Tanya Vyhovsky

Tanya C. Vyhovsky^[1] is an American politician and social worker who has served in the Vermont Senate representing the Chittenden-Central district since January 2023. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party, she previously represented the Chittenden-8-1 district in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Tanya Vyhovsky
Vyhovsky in 2022
Member of the Vermont Senate from the Chittenden-Central district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 4, 2023 Serving with Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick
Preceded by	Christopher Pearson
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-8-1 district
In office January 6, 2021 – January 3, 2023 Serving with Marybeth Redmond (2019–2021) Rey Garofano (2022–2023)
Preceded by	Linda Myers
Succeeded by	Leonora Dodge
Personal details
Political party	Progressive
Spouse	Jefferson Hales ​ (m. 2015)​
Education	Northeastern University (BS) University of Vermont (MSW)

Early life and education

Tanya Vyhovsky graduated from Essex High School in 2003. She graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and biology. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a master of social work degree in 2017. She married Jefferson Hales in 2015.^[2][3][4][5] She is of Ukrainian descent.^[6]

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.^[5] Vyhovsky was endorsed by the Champlain Valley DSA chapter in her 2020 run.^[7]

Vermont House of Representatives

Vyhovsky ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives 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.^[3][8][9]

Vyhovsky announced at an event held by Bernie Sanders that she would run for a seat in the state house again and during the campaign she was endorsed by Sanders.^[10][11] She won the Democratic nomination alongside Redmond and placed second out of five candidates in the 2020 election.^[12][13]

Vermont Senate

In 2022, Vyhovsky was a candidate for the Vermont Senate from the three-member Chittenden-Central District.^[14] She placed second in the Democratic primary and was elected in the general election alongside Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick.^[15][16]

Electoral history

2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election^[8][9]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marybeth Redmond	632	55.88%
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky	496	43.85%
	Write-in		3	0.27%
Total votes			1,131	100.00%
		Blank	440
		Spoiled	1
General election
	Democratic	Marybeth Redmond	2,485	40.78%
	Republican	Linda K. Myers (incumbent)	1,994	32.73%
	Progressive	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Total	Tanya Vyhovsky	1,600	26.26%
	Write-in		14	0.23%
Total votes			6,093	100.00%
		Blank	2,175
		Spoiled	2

2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election^[12][13]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marybeth Redmond (incumbent)	1,359	48.57%
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky	762	27.23%
	Democratic	Brian Shelden	666	23.80%
	Write-in		11	0.39%
Total votes			2,798	100.00%
		Blank	622
General election
	Democratic	Marybeth Redmond (incumbent)	3,234	34.19%
	Progressive	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Total	Tanya Vyhovsky	2,273	24.03%
	Republican	Thomas M. Nelson	1,840	19.45%
	Republican	Maryse B. Dunbar	1,793	18.96%
	Libertarian	V. Chase	302	3.19%
	Write-in		17	0.18%
Total votes			9,459	100.00%
		Blank	2,001

2022 Vermont Senaye Chittenden-Central district election^[15][16]

Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Philip Baruth (incumbent)	5,710	23.71%
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky	5,140	21.34%
	Democratic	Martine Gulick	3,949	16.40%
	Democratic	Erhard Mahnke	3,947	16.39%
	Democratic	Dawn Ellis	3,329	13.82%
	Democratic	Andrew Brown	1,941	8.06%
	Write-in		70	0.29%
Total votes			24,086	100.00%
		Blank	7,432
		Spoiled	27
General election
	Democratic	Philip Baruth (incumbent)
	Progressive	Philip Baruth (incumbent)
	Total	Philip Baruth (incumbent)	15,189	31.98%
	Democratic	Martine Gulick	14,007	29.49%
	Democratic	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Progressive	Tanya Vyhovsky
	Total	Tanya Vyhovsky	12,378	26.06%
	Independent	Infinite Culcleasure	5,327	11.21%
	Write-in		600	1.26%
Total votes			47,501	100.00%
		Blank	24,169
		Spoiled	15

See also

• List of Democratic Socialists of America who have held office in the United States