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Candice White
2025 - Present
2027
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Candice White (Democratic Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Washington-2 District. She assumed office on January 8, 2025. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.
White (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Washington-2 District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
White completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Candice White was born in Clinton, New York. She graduated from Ravenscroft School. She earned a bachelor's degree from Boston College in 1991. Her career experience includes working as the marketing director and director of new media for The Atlantic Monthly Magazine; publisher of The American Prospect Magazine; and marketing director and vice president of communications/guest service/brand for Sugarbush Resort. She has been affiliated with the Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation and the Vermont Women's Fund.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)
Candice White and incumbent Dara Torre defeated John Burns and Gene Bifano in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Candice White (D)  | 34.8 | 3,164 |
| ✔ |  | Dara Torre (D) | 29.1 | 2,644 |
| John Burns (Independent) | 24.2 | 2,201 | ||
| Gene Bifano (Common Sense Party) | 11.4 | 1,039 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 41 | ||
| Total votes: 9,089 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District (2 seats)
Candice White and incumbent Dara Torre advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Candice White | 51.5 | 659 |
| ✔ | | Dara Torre | 44.6 | 571 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.8 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 1,279 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for White in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Candice White completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by White's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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My work experience includes over twenty years in the communications field. I spent ten years working for national magazines in the Northeast. In 2008, I joined the Senior Leadership Team at Sugarbush Resort and served until opening a communications consulting practice in 2018.
I have volunteered my time to solve problems in public education, economic development, women’s equality, and the environment: I served as president of the Waitsfield Elementary School PTA; on the hiring committee for Harwood Union High School; and as a board member and chair for Central Vermont Economic Development Corporation. I am current co-chair of The Vermont Women’s Fund Council.
In 2021, I married Chris Klyza, a professor at Middlebury College. Together, we have four grown children, a Bernese Mountain dog, and a cat. We spend as much time as we can outdoors--hiking the Long Trail, skiing, snowshoeing, cycling, and foraging.- I am a Democrat, because I believe it is essential that women have control over their own reproductive rights. This is guaranteed in Vermont, but is in jeopardy nationally.
- Vermont's school-funding formula is no longer working, and requires immediate action to bring costs down and reformulate an equitable funding mechanism.
- Climate change is one of the most challenging issues we face, requiring Vermont to adapt smart, affordable policy.
in politics: Hillary and Bill Clinton; Joe Biden; Michelle and Barack Obama; Ruth Bader Ginsberg; Gloria Steinem; Liz Cheney; Bennie Thompson.
In books: Toni Morrison; Maya Angelou; Anne Patchett; John Irving
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
