Vermont
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Name
Party
State
District
Office Sought
1. Prohibiting AbortionProhibiting abortion after a baby’s heartbeat is detected, with limited exceptions such as to save the mother’s life or in cases of rape or incest.
2. Taxpayer Funded AbortionAllowing taxpayer dollars to fund organizations that provide abortion.
3. Physician-Assisted SuicideAllowing voluntary physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.
4. Conscience Rights: ProfessionalsProhibiting the government from denying required licensure or certification to individuals because of their religious or political beliefs.
5. Conscience Rights: Faith-Based OrganizationsExempting faith-based organizations (e.g. adoption/foster care providers, private schools) from regulations that cause them to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.
6. Transparency in BankingAllowing consumers to obtain a written explanation when a financial institution shuts down the consumer’s account to protect against ideologically driven cancellations.
7. Privacy in Financial GivingProtecting confidential donor information so individuals are able to privately support charities and causes of their choice without fear of being doxed.
8. Parental Rights in Gender Identity CounselingAllowing parents to obtain professional counseling for a child struggling with gender confusion to help the child find comfort with his or her biological sex.
9(a). Protected Class: Sexual OrientationElevating “sexual orientation” to a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.
9(b). Protected Class: Gender IdentityElevating “gender identity” to a protected class alongside race, religion, sex, age, and disability in nondiscrimination law.
10. School ChoiceAllowing the use of tax credits, vouchers, and/or education savings accounts to cover the cost of children attending the school of their parents’ choice, including private religious schools.
11. Free Speech at SchoolProtecting teachers and students from being forced to refer to a person by inaccurate pronouns that do not align with the person’s sex.
12. Parental Rights in School Healthcare DisclosureDirecting schools to inform parents of any mental, physical, or emotional health information and treatment that a child is receiving at school.
13. Transparency in School Curriculum & ActivitiesGiving parents access to the curriculum, presentations, and activities that their children are learning in school and allowing them to opt their children out of school extra-curricular activities, presentations, or specific lessons to which the parents object.
14. Medical Rights of ConscienceProtecting health care workers from losing their jobs if they decline to participate in a procedure or treatment that violates their personal beliefs and conscience.
15. Women’s PrivacyPreventing males who identify as female from entering sex-separated spaces intended for females, such as showers, locker rooms, bathrooms, dormitories, women’s shelters, prisons, etc.
16. Protecting Pregnancy CentersEnsuring pregnancy centers that provide life-affirming support to women and their families are not targeted or penalized by government officials.
Bruce V. Post
Party: Republican
District: Windsor-Orange 1
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Windsor-Orange 1
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Dale L. Gassett
Party: Republican
District: Windham County
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State Senate
R
Windham County
State Senate
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
David “Dave” Bosch
Party: Republican
District: Rutland 2
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Rutland 2
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Debbie Powers
Party: Republican
District: Cal-1
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Cal-1
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
O
O
O
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Eugene Bifano
Party: Independent
District: WASH 2
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
NP
WASH 2
State House or Assembly
NR
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
NP
VT
State House or Assembly
O
S
S
O
S
O
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
O
S
S
Larry Hart, Sr.
Party: Republican
District: Orange County
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State Senate
R
Orange County
State Senate
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Lynn Smith
Party: Republican
District: Chittenden 23
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Chittenden 23
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
NP
Lamoille
State Senate
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
R
W-1
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Renee McGuinness
Party: Republican
District: Addison-4
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Addison-4
State House or Assembly
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
Richard “Rick” Morton
Party: Republican
District: Windham County
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State Senate
R
Windham County
State Senate
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
R
7
State House or Assembly
O
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
V.L. Coffin
Party: Republican
District: Windsor 2
State: Vermont
Office Sought: State House or Assembly
R
Windsor 2
State House or Assembly
NR
NR
NR
O
S
S
S
S
S
O
S
S
S
S
S
S
S