Tanya Vyhovsky

Tanya C. Vyhovsky[1] is an American social worker and politician who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party, she represents the Chittenden-8-1 district.

Tanya Vyhovsky
Vyhovsky in 2022
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
from the Chittenden-8-1 district
Assumed office
January 6, 2021
Personal details
Political partyVermont Progressive
Other political
affiliations		Democratic
SpouseJefferson Hales
EducationNortheastern University (BS)
University of Vermont (MSW)

Early life and education

Tanya Vyhovsky graduated from Essex High School in 2003. She graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and biology. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a master of social work degree in 2017. She married Jefferson Hales in 2015.[2][3][4][5] Vyhovsky is of Ukrainian descent.[6]

Career

Vyhovsky worked as a clinical social worker and school social worker in Essex, Vermont. She served on the board and was vice-president of the Vermont National Association of Social Workers from 2016 to 2020.[5] Vyhovsky was endorsed by the Champlain Valley DSA chapter in her 2020 run.[7]

Vermont House of Representatives

Vyhovsky ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives and won the Progressive and Democratic nominations alongside Marybeth Redmond, but placed third out of three candidates behind Redmond and Linda K. Myers in the 2018 election.[3][8][9]

Vyhovsky announced at an event held by Bernie Sanders that she would run for a seat in the state house again and during the campaign she was endorsed by Sanders.[10][11] She won the Democratic nomination alongside Redmond and placed second out of five candidates in the 2020 election.[12][13]

Political future

Vyhovsky publicly considered running a “people-powered Democratic-socialist” campaign for U.S. Senate in the 2022 election to replacing retiring incumbent Patrick Leahy.[14] Vyhovsky indicated that she would only run if Senator Bernie Sanders didn't get behind Representative Peter Welch, which she said would make the race unwinnable for her.[15]

Electoral history
Tanya Vyhovsky electoral history
2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district Democratic primary[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond 632 55.88%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky 496 43.85%
Democratic Write-ins 3 0.27%
Total votes 1,131 100.00%
Blank 440
Spoiled 1
2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond 2,485 40.78%
Republican Linda K. Myers (incumbent) 1,994 32.73%
Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky
Total Tanya Vyhovsky 1,600 26.26%
Independent Write-ins 14 0.23%
Total votes 6,093 100.00%
Blank 2,175
Spoiled 2
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district Democratic primary[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond (incumbent) 1,359 48.57% -7.31%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky 762 27.23% -16.62%
Democratic Brian Shelden 666 23.80% +23.80%
Democratic Write-ins 11 0.39% +0.12%
Total votes 2,798 100.00%
Blank 622
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond (incumbent) 3,234 34.19% -6.59%
Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky
Total Tanya Vyhovsky 2,273 24.03% -2.23%
Republican Thomas M. Nelson 1,840 19.45% +19.45%
Republican Maryse B. Dunbar 1,793 18.96% +18.96%
Libertarian V. Chase 302 3.19% +3.19%
Independent Write-ins 17 0.18%
Total votes 9,459 100.00%
Blank 2,001

See also

References
  1. Zuckerman, David. "Endorsements". Zuckerman for VT. Retrieved September 16, 2022.
  2. About Tonya
  3. "Tanya Vyhovsky announces run for Chittenden 8-1 House seat". Vermont Digger. May 17, 2018. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  4. "The House race for Chittenden-8-1: Tanya Vyhovsky (P/D)". St. Albans Messenger. October 5, 2020. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  5. "Representative Tanya Vyhovsky". Vermont General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  6. Vyhovsky, Tanya (April 4, 2022). "Tanya Vyhovsky: Painful to watch what's happening in my family's homeland". VTDigger.
  7. "Electoral Working Group Meeting". Champlain Valley DSA - Vermont's Champs of Socialism 🌹. Retrieved November 15, 2021.
  8. "2018 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  9. "2018 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  10. "Tanya Vyhovsky announces candidacy for state representative – Chittenden 8-1". Vermont Digger. March 4, 2020. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  11. "Sanders endorses 36 state and local candidates in Vermont". Vermont Digger. October 9, 2020. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  12. "2020 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  13. "2020 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021.
  14. Editor, BRIDGET HIGDON Community. "Q&A: Town of Essex Rep. Tanya Vyhovsky shares why she wants to run for U.S. Senate". Essex Reporter. Retrieved December 18, 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  15. Grim, Ryan (November 15, 2021). "Bernie Sanders Could Snuff Out a Potential Primary Contest to Replace Patrick Leahy". The Intercept. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
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