Debbie Dolgin
State House, Caledonia-Essex · CAL ESX · Republican · Vermont
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Where they stand
Climate policy: Dolgin supports repealing the Global Warming Solutions Act, Clean Heat Standard, and 2024 Renewable Energy Standard to make clean energy affordable rather than mandatory.
Bail reform: Dolgin supports reforming Vermont's bail system to give judges greater authority to detain dangerous individuals awaiting trial.
Juvenile justice: Dolgin supports repealing Vermont's “Raise the Age” laws so serious, violent offenses receive appropriate accountability in the justice system.
Where Debbie stands on the questions on which we score all candidates
Education & Families · Likely supports: Vermont should prioritize children’s long-term well-being through stronger public investment and support.
Housing · Likely supports: Vermont should streamline state environmental and land-use permitting for housing and economic development projects.
Housing · Likely supports: Vermont should make it easier to build more homes in areas with existing infrastructure.
Housing · Likely supports: Vermont should make it easier to build permanently affordable housing.
Housing · Likely opposes: Vermont should strengthen state legal protections for renters.
Economy & Taxes · Supports: Vermont should reduce the education property tax burden on homeowners and renters.
Economy & Taxes · Opposes: Vermont should raise taxes on high-income residents.
Workforce & Business · Likely supports: Vermont should expand state-supported workforce training, apprenticeships, and career-technical education pathways.
Workforce & Business · Supports: Vermont should cut state taxes on employers.
Workforce & Business · Supports: Vermont should support its working lands economy, including farms, forestry, and small local producers.
Health & Care · Likely supports: Vermont should strengthen access to mental health, substance use, and supportive care services through early intervention and prevention.
Health & Care · Likely supports: Vermont should strengthen health-care workforce recruitment and retention to maintain access to care.
Infrastructure & Communities · Likely supports: Vermont should increase state support for municipal infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water systems, and wastewater systems.
Environment & Energy · Opposes: Vermont should take stronger state action to cut greenhouse-gas emissions.
Environment & Energy · Supports: Vermont should regulate large data centers and other high-load facilities through transparent siting, environmental, utility-cost, and water-use standards.
Environment & Energy · Supports: Vermont should rely on voluntary incentives rather than mandates for cleaner heating and transportation technologies.
Public Safety & Justice · Likely supports: Vermont should expand rehabilitative criminal-justice approaches, including alternatives to incarceration and reentry support.
In the news
A Vermont landlord pursues debts from tenants. His wife now helps write eviction law. (vtdigger.org, Apr 30, 2026)