Vermont State House Windsor-Orange-1 District

Current seat holder: John O'Brien (D).

John K. O'Brien

John K. O'Brien (Democratic) of Tunbridge is an incumbent Vermont Representative representing the Windsor-Orange-1 district in the 2025-2026 General Assembly, and works as Farmer, small business owner (Weddings at Landgoes Farm), State Rep, Tunbridge Selectboard.

What is one part of Vermont’s economy or cost of living that needs greater attention from elected officials?: “I think there should be a reassessment of our tax system. We should move away from an education fund that is mostly funded with property tax dollars, and replace it with an income tax model.”
“The discussion began with the idea of closing schools that didn't meet class size minimums or school size minimums. Every school in my SU district would have been forced to close.”
“No. I would like to see more local control over school budgets, not less. And if Brigham aspires to equal opportunity for all Vermont students, why does one high school with PCBs get a brand new high school (Burlington) and another high school with PCBs get an "Oh, too bad for you, we ran out of state funding for that program." (North Country Union)?”

Bruce Post

Bruce Post is a Republican candidate for the Vermont House of Representatives in the Windsor-Orange-1 district in the November 3, 2026 general election, residing in Royalton, Vermont.

· Vermont Secretary of State (2026 Qualified Candidate Listing)

“We'd like some post-monitoring assessments of three identified comparable sites, both comparable in size to the current proposal as well as to population,” (VTDigger)