Candidate · November 3, 2026
Amanda Janoo
On the ballot for Governor · Vermont
- issues with public statements
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§1On the ballot
Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.
| Office | Governor · Vermont1 |
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| Party on the ballot | Democratic, Progressive1 |
| Status | Challenger |
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§2Who they are
Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Amanda Janoo was born on a farm in rural Vermont and raised in South Strafford.2 She began her career working with the United Nations and international development organizations as an industrial policy specialist, and she now works as Economics and Policy Lead for the Wellbeing Economy Alliance.2 She co-founded the Wellbeing Economy Alliance of Vermont and has served on the boards of the ACLU of Vermont and Rights & Democracy Vermont.2 She earned a bachelor's degree from Macalester College in 2010 and an MPhil in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, and she received a Fulbright Scholarship.2,
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says she is running because Vermont should do better than a slow decline at a time when many residents struggle to afford housing, health care and life in their communities.4 It says she wants to return power to people and communities, strengthen democracy and build an economy that gives everyone security and opportunity.4
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejanooforvt.com3,
4 - Facebookfacebook.com/JanooForVT4
- Instagraminstagram.com/janooforvt4
- YouTubeyoutube.com/@janooforvt4
- TikToktiktok.com/@janooforvt4
§3What they've said on the issues
Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.
Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.
Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.
Energy and Climate
Her campaign website says she would place a moratorium on AI data centers and oppose building energy-intensive data centers in Vermont.4,
- Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
- Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
- Pause or limit new data centers
Her campaign website says she would oppose new nuclear power infrastructure proposed to supply AI data centers.5
Technology, Privacy and AI
Her campaign website says states have real power to regulate AI and should use it, and it proposes working with other states on common standards and enforcement.5
- Override state AI laws with a single national approach
- Set national rules as a minimum and let states add stronger ones
- Let states keep writing their own AI laws
Her campaign website says Vermont should set strong standards for AI, including independent testing, transparency, human oversight and audits, and should ban uses such as predictive policing, social scoring and emotion recognition.5
Her campaign website says she would strengthen Vermont's Digital Bill of Rights, giving people the right to see, correct, move and delete their personal data and to opt out of targeted advertising, and would ban the sale of sensitive personal information.5
Her campaign website says she would require independent audits of large recommendation systems and restrict design practices meant to drive compulsive use, especially for children.5
Housing
Her campaign website says she would end homelessness through a Housing First approach, offering quick access to permanent housing along with voluntary mental health care, addiction treatment and job help.5
- Provide permanent housing first, without requiring treatment or sobriety beforehand
- Provide housing that comes with requirements, such as treatment, sobriety or work
- Enforce bans on public camping and move people into shelters or treatment, including court-ordered treatment for some
Her campaign website says large corporate and private equity owners of housing should pay more in taxes, and that she would close loopholes that let large investors hide behind multiple companies.5
Her campaign website says she would simplify permits for permanently affordable housing, reuse of old buildings, accessory dwelling units and small infill projects, while keeping environmental protections and giving towns more flexibility.5
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says she would change Vermont's property tax system so primary homes and affordable housing get more protection while luxury second homes, vacation rentals, vacant investment properties and large corporate owners pay more, using the revenue to lower residents' property taxes.5
Her campaign website says she would shift state economic development incentives away from recruiting large corporations and toward local businesses, tying grants and tax incentives to results such as local ownership and living wages.5
Health Care
Abortion and Reproductive Health
Her campaign website lists defending reproductive freedom among the freedoms she would protect.5
§4Money
Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left.
Candidates for governor file campaign-finance reports with the state, not the FEC, so this guide doesn't include their fundraising. Search the state's reports: Campaign finance system (public search) — Vermont Secretary of State.6