Amanda Janoo for Governor

Together, we have everything we need to build a more prosperous, resilient, and democratic future.

I’m running for Governor because Vermont deserves better than managed decline.

As wealth and power become increasingly concentrated, too many Vermonters are struggling to afford housing, healthcare and the communities they love.

I believe Vermont can lead with a different vision, one that puts power back in the hands of people and communities, strengthens our democracy and builds an economy where everyone has the security and opportunity to thrive.

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Our Platform

Local Businesses, Strong Communities

Strengthening Vermont's economy from the bottom up by investing in local businesses, farmers, workers, and cooperatives, keeping more wealth circulating in our communities instead of flowing to distant corporations and shareholders.

Homes for Vermonters, Not Investors

Together, we can build a housing system where every Vermonter can afford to rent, buy, or build a home in the community they love.

Protect & Invest in Community Schools

Together, we can protect and strengthen Vermont's schools by investing in them as the heart of every community—bringing essential services closer to home, strengthening local economies, and giving communities more power to shape their own future.

Ban AI Data Centers & Retake Control from Big Tech

The concentration of power in the hands of a few AI companies and tech giants is a threat to our democracy, economy and planet. Vermont can be a national leader in advancing the regulations and protections needed to ensure everyone has control of their data, their privacy and their lives.

Free, Universal Primary & Preventive Care

Reduce the overall cost of healthcare by implementing universal primary care, and emphasize preventive medicine by making sure there is a community doctor for every Vermonter.

Protect Vermont, Deepen Democracy

Together, we can build the most democratic state in America by protecting our freedoms, giving every Vermonter a meaningful voice in the decisions that affect their lives, and returning more power to our communities.

Local Food, Healthy Communities, & A Vermont That Can Feed Itself

Every Vermonter should have access to healthy, nutritious food, and every farmer should be able to earn a good living feeding their community.

Why I'm Running

We are living through extraordinary times. Vermonters are burnt out. We’re working harder than ever and barely staying afloat. Families are being crushed by healthcare and housing costs. Young people can’t afford to build a life here. Communities are losing schools, local businesses, and a real voice over the decisions that shape their future. Our people and democracy are under attack, and people are anxious about the future and for good reason.

But Vermont has never been a place that simply accepts its fate.

I was born and raised in rural Vermont, where I learned that strong communities aren’t built by billionaires or distant political institutions. They’re built by people who know how to build what’s needed, repair what’s broken, grow what sustains us, and care for one another. By neighbors showing up for one another. By communities having a real voice in the decisions that shape their lives.

We don’t wait for someone else to decide our future. We decide it together.

I’ve spent my career helping governments across the United States and around the world build stronger, more resilient economies, and it’s only strengthened what Vermont taught me as a kid: the strongest places don’t wait for prosperity to trickle down. They invest in their own people, their own businesses, their own farmers, and their own communities. They build resilience from the ground up.

And here in Vermont, that’s exactly what this moment asks of us. Because despite what we have been told for too long, together, we have everything we need.