# Tanya Vyhovsky

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

## 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. She is of Ukrainian descent.

## 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. Vyhovsky was endorsed by the Champlain Valley DSA chapter in her 2020 run.

### 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.
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. She won the Democratic nomination alongside Redmond and placed second out of five candidates in the 2020 election.

### Vermont Senate

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

## Electoral history

2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Marybeth Redmond | 632 | 55.88% |
| | Democratic | Tanya Vyhovsky | 496 | 43.85% |
| | Write-in | Write-in | 3 | 0.27% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 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 | Write-in | 14 | 0.23% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 6,093 | 100.00% |
| | | Blank | 2,175 | |
| | | Spoiled | 2 | |
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Write-in | 11 | 0.39% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 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 | Write-in | 17 | 0.18% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 9,459 | 100.00% |
| | | Blank | 2,001 | |
2022 Vermont Senaye Chittenden-Central district election :
| Primary election |||||
| Party | 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 | Write-in | 70 | 0.29% |
| Total votes | Total votes | 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 | Write-in | 600 | 1.26% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 47,501 | 100.00% |
| | | Blank | 24,169 | |
| | | Spoiled | 15 | |