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| Name | Joseph Barney |
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Swanton, Vermont , United States |
| Email | None |
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| Contributor | Charlotte Rose |
| Last Modifed | Charlotte Rose
Jul 02, 2019 08:05pm |
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| Info | Vermont's newest candidate for governor is a high school teacher who says he wants to build "middle ground" in an era of political polarization.
Joseph Barney, 24, has no prior political experience, but says he brings an important perspective to state government's top race.
"When I look at Vermont politics, I see a lot of wealth and affluence there, and not a good representation of Vermonters," Barney said in an interview. "Not everyone owns a construction business."
His own background is rooted in Franklin County. Raised in a low-income family, Barney said he joined the Vermont Army National Guard after high school, worked as an auto mechanic, and now lives in Swanton, where he is married and has a 3-year-old son.
As a teacher of agricultural mechanics at Missisquoi Valley Union Middle/High School — "diesel, heavy equipment, hydraulics, welding" — Barney is critical of some of the governor's decisions on education, including Scott's insistence on cutting local school spending.
"For Scott to say that the secretary of education doesn’t have to have a background in education? That’s absurd to me," Barney said. "Absolutely laughable."
Barney filed as an independent gubernatorial candidate last month, motivated by concerns over school safety and his brother's past struggle with heroin addiction.
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