Candidate · November 3, 2026
June Goodband
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 | Peace and Justice1 |
| 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.
June Goodband was born in Ithaca, New York, and earned a bachelor's degree from Goddard College in 1976 and a graduate degree from Antioch University in 1987.2 She has worked as a therapist and a teacher, and she has been affiliated with the Vermont Workers' Center and the Poor People's Campaign.2
Why they say they're running
Her campaign website says Vermont needs a governor who is not funded by large donors and who represents the people, and it presents her as offering practical steps toward her party's vision of a fair society in which wealth and power are shared more equally.3
Websites and accounts
- Campaign websitejune4govvt.org3,
4 - Facebookfacebook.com/JuneGoodbandforGovernorofVermont3
§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.
State Government
Her campaign website says profitable businesses should be required to pay a living wage so their workers do not need state assistance.3
Health Care
Her campaign website says Vermont should carry out its existing universal health care law to lower costs, widen access and improve outcomes.3
Taxes and Budget
Her campaign website says the state should raise taxes on high incomes, separate the state tax system from the federal one and set a standard deduction in line with the cost of living in Vermont.3
- Add or raise taxes on the highest incomes (for example, a tax on income over $1 million)
- Keep current rates
- Cut rates or move to a single flat rate
- Phase out the state income tax
Her campaign website says schools should be paid for through progressive taxation instead of homestead property taxes, and that taxes should rise on buildings that could be used for housing but sit empty most of the year.3
Housing
Her campaign website says the state should provide short-term emergency housing in group settings, as it would after a natural disaster, and help people keep stable long-term housing through cooperative housing and no-interest mortgages for modest homes.3
Her campaign website says the state should make it easier to build modest housing and harder to build luxury housing.3
§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.5