Tanya C. Vyhovsky is an American social worker and politician who has served in the

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since January 2023. A member of the

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, she previously represented the Chittenden-8-1 district in the

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Early life and education

Tanya Vyhovsky graduated from Essex High School in 2003. She graduated from

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with a

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in psychology and biology. She graduated from the

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with a

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degree in 2017. She married Jefferson Hales in 2015. Vyhovsky is of

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descent.

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. Vyhovsky was endorsed by the Champlain Valley DSA chapter in her 2020 run.

Vermont House of Representatives

Vyhovsky ran for a seat in the

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. Vyhovsky announced at an event held by

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that she would run for a seat in the state house again and during the campaign she was endorsed by Sanders. She won the Democratic nomination alongside Redmond and placed second out of five candidates in the 2020 election.

Vermont Senate

In 2022, Vyhovsky was a candidate for the

from the three-member Chittenden-Central District. The new three-seat district includes

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's New and Old North Ends, Winooski,

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, parts of the town of Essex, and a small portion of

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. With no Republicans on the ballot, voters chose between four candidates: Vyhovsky, incumbent Democrat and Progressive Philip Baruth, Democrat Martine Gulick, and independent Infinite Culcleasure. On election day, Vyhovsky, Baruth, and Gulick were elected. *Phil Baruth, 15,187 (32.4%) *Gulick, 14,007 (29.9%) *Vyhovsky, 12,377 (26.4%) *Culcleasure, 5,327 (11.4%)

Electoral history

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