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June Goodband
June Goodband (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party) ran for election for Governor of Vermont. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Goodband completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
June Goodband was born in Ithaca, New York. She earned a high school diploma from Lansing High School, a bachelor's degree from Goddard College in 1976, and a graduate degree from Antioch University in 1987. Her career experience includes working as a therapist and teacher. She has been affiliated with the Vermont Workers' Center and the Poor People's Campaign.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2024
General election
General election for Governor of Vermont
Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Esther Charlestin, Kevin Hoyt, June Goodband, and Poa Mutino in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phil Scott (R) | 73.4 | 266,439 |
 | Esther Charlestin (D / Vermont Progressive Party)  | 21.8 | 79,217 | |
 | Kevin Hoyt (Independent) | 2.6 | 9,368 | |
 | June Goodband (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party) | 1.2 | 4,512 | |
 | Poa Mutino (Independent) | 0.7 | 2,414 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 891 | ||
| Total votes: 362,841 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Marielle Blais (Vermont Progressive Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont
Esther Charlestin defeated Peter Duval in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Esther Charlestin | 62.3 | 24,007 |
 | Peter Duval | 24.3 | 9,377 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 13.4 | 5,159 | ||
| Total votes: 38,543 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Vermont
Incumbent Phil Scott advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phil Scott | 98.1 | 23,173 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 448 | ||
| Total votes: 23,621 | |||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont
Marielle Blais advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Marielle Blais | 78.1 | 268 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 21.9 | 75 | ||
| Total votes: 343 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Goodband in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
June Goodband completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Goodband's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- CORPORATIONS AND BIG MONEY SHOULD NOT ELECT CANDIDATES OR CONTROL GOVERNMENT. We need government by and for the people. The role of government is to promote the common good, which means that every person matters and government has an important role in protecting human rights and assuring that basic needs are met. In order to do this we need to restrict campaign spending and outlaw paid lobbying. If something is in the public interest members of the public will volunteer time to lobby for it. We also need to stop relying on the private sector to do the work of the public sector, since the explicit goal of the private sector is profit, which is rarely compatible with the public good.
- EVERY PERSON MATTERS. We can find ways to meet people's basic needs. Basic needs include food, housing, health care, care for children and others who are not able to care for themselves, education, safety, and ways to make contributions to society at the level each person's ability. We can meet these needs through responsible regulation of employers and landlords, fair taxation, and changing our priorities. We need to stop helping businesses like insurance companies profit and pay excessive executive salaries, and instead use that money for actual health care. We can reduce spending on prisons that don't make us safer and invest in housing, social support, and mental health and addictions care that do make us safer.
- THE CLIMATE CRISIS REQUIRES URGENT RESPONSE. We need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including emissions of methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. We also need to prepare for the changes that are inevitable by creating sustainable local food production and distribution systems that use the land that is currently open without reducing forests. This requires a shift towards plant based organic agriculture and would provide jobs at a wide range of ability levels. It would significantly reduce our output of greenhouse gases while helping us be more reliant on our own communities We also need to work to develop energy efficient transportation systems and increase the energy efficiency of all buildings in Vermont.
Accountability for one's actions as a candidate and a government official is essential.
An elected official needs to respect the rights of all of the people and avoid prioritizing one group above others.
Once I had submitted the budget proposal, I would be available to legislators and legislative committees to discuss various aspects of the proposal and suggestions based on their knowledge, perspective, and expertise.
We are also facing significant challenges from climate change which has caused unprecedented flooding and disturbances in agriculture in recent years. These disruptions are likely to increase and affect the whole nation. We cannot rely on food produced far away and this will require investment in and transformation of our agricultural economy and food distribution systems.
Financial transparency at a personal level for government officials is important to safeguard against corruption and abuse of power.
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Campaign website
Goodband’s campaign website stated the following:
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Governance We need government for the people and for the common good. What we have now is government by, for, and of the corporations. We can change it. Outlaw paid lobbying. When something is in the public interest someone will think it is worth their time and effort to lobby for it. Limit campaign spending to a low level and block corporate contributions. Stop relying on the private sector to do the work of the public sector. Stop outsourcing state funded work to businesses owned in other states. Stop catering to big business. For example, we could set limits on employers to improve the quality of life for employees and prevent people who are employed for 30 hours or more per week from needing public assistance. Increase communication between local people and their representatives through community forums that occur at least once a year in every community. Support efforts to increase political engagement and voting for all people and avoid measures that may restrict access to voting. Health Care for All We don’t need the outrageous expense of paying for insurance premiums, deductibles and copays with their endless cost increases. We don’t need to pay exorbitant salaries and benefits for executives and massive profits for multiple insurance companies and the wasteful cost of unnecessary paperwork boondoggle. Insurance costs continue to rise, putting extreme pressure on businesses, individuals, and state subsidy programs. We can change it. We can reduce the cost of healthcare by establishing a universal health care system administered by the state. This would also allow us find ways of funding essential health care services that improve outcomes and reduce costs, as they have done in many other countries in the world. Vermont has a law guaranteeing universal health care through a publicly funded system, but it hasn’t been implemented due to the influence of corporations that profit from health care spending and whose executives benefit from the current system. If we implemented Universal Health Care it would cost less than the current system and eliminate waste. The Vermont Worker’s Center has put forward a funding proposal for this that would be a good “ how to” starting point. I would like to implement it and expand it to include having birth to death coverage in one system. The link for the Worker’s Center Plan is: Housing for All The population of Vermont has grown by less than 3% per year over the past three years, but the number of homeless people has more than tripled. The biggest problem is that incomes have not increased as much as the cost of housing has. The cost of buying a house has risen more in Vermont in the past four years than in any other state and rents have risen proportionately. We can change it. We can address this problem by reducing the cost of home ownership and establishing state wide rent control. We need to work proactively to prevent people from becoming homeless and this can be done through community care teams. Starting a state bank and instituting no profit loans would allow low and middle income people to purchase homes and make them safe and welcoming. Increasing taxes on homes that are left vacant for extended periods of time could raise money for a housing fund and allow for more full use of the current housing stock. Providing state housing subsidies for people who have low incomes and are unable to get federal subsidies would also help alleviate the problem. During the pandemic Vermont paid $3954.16 per room every month for four years, which was necessary initially but didn’t transition to creating long term solutions for people who can not afford housing. The state did little toward creating stable housing over the past four years because of the belief that everything has to be done through the private sector and this didn’t work well. Rents and home prices have soared, making housing unaffordable for more and more people. We missed and opportunity to use federal funding to creating a state bank that could invest in buying, rehabbing and building housing that could be sold to families and coop housing groups at a rate the was affordable. We can create this system in the future using state funds and grants. Some of the money would come back into the bank as people paid off affordable no profit loans. People who have stable housing need less help from the state in the long run. Stable housing improves health and education outcomes and reduces crime. It allows people to become active community members because they don’t have to to struggle so much to get through each day. Having everyone housed contributes dramatically to public safety. We can make sure everyone is housed through fair taxation and changing priorities. Everyone needs housing. Every Person Matters. Public Safety Prisons don’t make us safer. Most people who are imprisoned get out. They are not likely to do better after they are released because their opportunities to find positive paths forward in their lives are restricted by their criminal records, and their experience in prison is often psychologically debilitating. Reducing reliance on prisons can save the state so much money going forward that we could more easily afford to invest in strengthening families and communities by meeting people’s needs. Restorative justice programs should be the first line of intervention and we need to invest in these programs so that they have the resources to mitigate potential risks and optimize the potential for people who have been convicted of crimes to make positive contributions to society and find a more productive path forward in their lives. We don’t need a new $70 million prison for women. We don’t need to spend over $90,00/year to keep per person to keep people who are not a threat to society in prison. By shifting funding from imprisonment to investing in preventing crime and in intervening in restorative ways we can increase public safety, improve many people’s day to day lives, and still save money. We know how to do this. Vermont Law School offers a master’s degree in Restorative Justice and and there are multiple examples of effective programs around the world. We just have to agree to do what works instead of what has always been done. Many of the people in Vermont prisons haven’t been convicted of a crime. We could could develop less expensive and less restrictive ways to temporarily place people who have not been released on conditions and are awaiting trial. The war on drugs doesn’t reduce drug addiction or the damage associated with it. We need to work with National Institute of Drug Addiction to develop ways to take the profit out of drug dealing and reduce harm to people who have addictions. We need to expand access to treatment and provide treatment approaches that are adequate to the needs of people seeking treatment. I know this is expensive, but it is less expensive than dealing with the harm done by drugs after the fact and is less expensive than long term imprisonment. We are safest when everyone can meet their basic needs, families and communities are supported, childcare and education systems are strong, and people have opportunities to create positive paths forward in their lives. Climate Change We need to respond to climate change with the urgency it demands. We know that climate change is going to get worse and cause problems all over the country and the world. We need to reduce our contribution to climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions and prepare for the inevitable by developing adequate local food production and distribution systems that use the open land we have without cutting down forests. This would make Vermont communities more resilient and reduce emissions of methane and nitrous oxide emissions, as both are more potent greenhouse gases than carbon dioxide and methane dissipates much more quickly. We can seek guidance from groups who have fully researched the climate change problem and are ready to propose solutions that don’t include nuclear power or building more biomass systems. Childcare and Education Caring for children is important work that helps children grow into healthy, well adjusted people who can contribute to society. Quality Childcare currently is unaffordable for many Vermont families and childcare workers are are often not paid enough to live. We can change this. Quality childcare is an essential expense that benefits the society as a whole and we need to invest in providing it for all children. Government and employers need to work together to create quality childcare options that include having a parent stay at home with young children and well run child care centers that support people’s work schedules. I strongly support public education in which young people are exposed to wide range of ideas and an honest account of our history. We also need to nurture critical thinking skills and help young people understand how they are influenced by the media they consume. Everyone needs access to education that will allow them to develop the knowledge and skills they need to contribute to society according to their ability without being severely handicapped by debt. Human Rights Two guiding principles for Government: Support Equal Rights for All. In order to bring our standard up to equal rights for everyone, we need to offer extra support and protection to people who have been marginalized and/or attacked in the current system One important role of government is to protect everyone’s rights and promote equal rights for all. The only time personal freedom should be restricted by government is when a person is violating the rights or safety of others. It may make sense to define here what a person is, A person is what a third grader draws when you ask them to draw a person: Head, hair, body, a being roughly defined by the boundaries of their skin. People should have ultimate control over their own bodies, including their reproductive systems. Government should not set limits on personal expression. This includes how a person dresses, what they choose to be called, how they wear their hair, what words they use, who they marry or spend time with or what books they read. It should not try to control how many children people have or when they have them. These are basic freedoms and it seems like it should go without saying that government should not restrict them, but I am witnessing that states are trying to enforce limits on these things. Community Care Teams People and problems don’t fit in neat little boxes, so to be effective we need to offer help that actually meets people’s needs. Creating Community Care Teams would allow people to contact one group rather than being sent from one agency or non-profit to another before finding out that no one is there to help them. These teams would be composed of employees from state agencies, non-profit personnel who can link people to services, and local citizens. Their office would be the one place to go if you are having trouble meeting basic needs, whether you just need help filling out forms, need a ride to and from a surgery appointment, are seeking a job, or need help with food or a housing situation. All staff would be able to counsel about available resources, provide or arrange help with accessing resources and could also help develop creative individualized solutions. Community members would be able to volunteer services that staff could access and flexible funding would be available to assist people. Community Care Teams would provide a personalized approach that helps find inexpensive and practical ways to solve problems and build supportive community. Vermont Blueprint for Effective Government I have some ideas about how to make life work better for all Vermonters, but I realize that people who have worked in specific fields, have experienced how the system works, or are engaging in advocacy work have more in depth knowledge to contribute. This knowledge is a critical resource and gathering these ideas together can form a basis for action in the state government, whether I am elected or not. The central feature of my candidacy and how I would serve as governor is that I would seek out information and ideas from people who have the kind of knowledge that comes from lived experience and from those how have knowledge based on scientific research. Their knowledge would form the basis for building a workable plan for Vermont. As a candidate I plan to engage in community forums with people who understand the problems we face and and gather their ideas into a Blueprint for Effective Government. You can help us develop the blueprint by helping to locate venues for forums/listening sessions in your community and offering input about things you know about. Your voice matters. Contact june4gov@icloud.com[2] |
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| —June Goodband’s campaign website (2024)[3] | ||
Campaign finance summary
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 1, 2024
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, “June Goodband for Governor,” accessed October 19, 2024
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