Press Release: Jared Duval to run for State Senate
Jared Duval, candidate for State Senate to represent Washington County, Stowe, Orange, and Braintree.
May 9, 2022
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Jared Duval to run for State Senate from Washington County District
Jared Duval, a clean energy non-profit leader and former economic development director for Vermont, will be a candidate in the 2022 Democratic primary to represent Washington County, Stowe, Orange, and Braintree in the Vermont State Senate. A formal announcement and launch event will follow in the weeks ahead.
“I come from and am deeply committed to the working class of Vermont,” Duval said. “I am particularly humbled to run in the same district that Senator Anthony Pollina has served. His life and work have been an inspiration to me, from efforts to raise the minimum wage to working to pass a Vermont Green New Deal.”
Duval’s life has been committed to building a greener, more equitable economy that boldly responds to the climate crisis and that works better for working Vermonters—especially lower- and middle-income families like the one he grew up in. “My main motivation to run comes from wanting to serve working class Vermonters who are struggling, as my parents did when I was growing up, and who deserve policy-makers who listen to and respect them.” Duval, whose father survived multiple heart attacks and weathered bankruptcy and housing insecurity caused by medical debt, knows what it means to face economic hardship and will be a champion for working Vermonters.
Duval previously served in state government as Economic Development Director at the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development, where he supported working lands and clean energy businesses and workforce development. For the past five years he has served as Executive Director of the Energy Action Network, a statewide non-profit organization that conducts research and analysis on energy, equity, and the economy while supporting a diverse network of members working to achieve Vermont’s energy and climate commitments. Duval is a member of the Vermont Climate Council and a co-author of Vermont’s Climate Action Plan. He has also served as a Board member of the Public Assets Institute, whose mission includes improving the well-being of all Vermonters by conducting research and analysis related to the state budget and fiscal policy.
Duval is part of the 9th generation of his family to live in Vermont and the 6th generation to live in Washington County. “My love for Vermont and my commitment to my fellow Vermonters runs very deep. It would be a humbling honor to be entrusted with the responsibility to represent Washington County, Braintree, Orange, and Stowe in our State Senate. I look forward to spending time across our district in the months ahead, listening to and learning from my neighbors, and working to earn one of your three votes for State Senate.”
A resident of Washington County since 2014, Duval lives in Montpelier with his wife, Joan Javier-Duval, and their eight year old son. Before moving back home to Vermont, he interned for then-Congressman Bernie Sanders (2001); was the youngest member of the policy team for Governor Howard Dean’s presidential campaign (2003); served as the National Director of the Sierra Student Coalition (2005-2007), then the largest student-led environmental organization in America; authored the book Next Generation Democracy (2010); and earned a Master in Public Affairs degree from Princeton University (2014), with a concentration in domestic policy. He is an avid outdoors person who enjoys hiking, fishing, and hunting.
“I believe that policy making should be guided by evidence, reason, and empathy and that policy makers should work with civility, humility, and collaboration. I run to offer my commitment to this approach and because I know that by using it we can improve the lives of this and future generations of Vermonters,” Duval said.
More information on Jared and his campaign is available at https://www.jaredduvalvt.com/
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