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Nikhil Goyal

Democratic/Progressive · Vermont · 2026

Running for Vermont Senate, Chittenden-Central District, Vermont

Top priorities

From the campaign site

  • 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
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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