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Nikhil Goyal

Democratic/Progressive · Vermont · 2026

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Vermont Senate, Chittenden-Central DistrictVermont · 2026Chittenden County sample ballot

Top priorities

  • Wants to address property tax cost drivers while protecting public education funding
  • Supports establishing universal primary care
  • Supports building affordable housing and rehabilitating vacant housing

Per the campaign site.

Biography

Nikhil Goyal is a candidate for Vermont State Senate in the Chittenden-Central district. He has taught sociology at the University of Vermont and served as a senior policy advisor on education and children on the U.S. Senate Budget Committee under Chairman Senator Bernie Sanders, per his campaign site. He holds a BA from Goddard College and an MPhil and PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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