Esther Charlestin on Principles & Values

	Esther Charlestin on Principles & Values

Condemned with IFFY award for running "Issue-Free" campaign

OnTheIssues attempted and failed to compile the issue stances of Esther Charlestin--which means she actively sought to hide issue stances from the internet, the news media, and the voters.

We consider "issue-free campaigners" to be untrustworthy of holding elected office--the IFFY award means they are "iffy" officeholders. Voters need to know how the candidate will actually vote on key issues. Charlestin did not say--an insult to her constituency--and voters should complain loudly and often. Charlestin is a municipal elected official and has no excuse as a novice "first-time candidate".

OnTheIssues undertook due diligence--over the entire course of 2024--we found only a 3-topic "platform" that ignored topics like abortion and LGBT rights--Vermont has led America in the past on these issues, so why can't Charlestin? We managed only to answer 50% of VoteMatch questions by November 2024--our standard for first-time candidates is to find 70% of VoteMatch questions.

Source: IFFY disendorsement in 2024 Vermont Gubernatorial race , Nov 1, 2024

First black woman to win VT gubernatorial nomination

Charlestin, 34, is a former Middlebury Selectboard member and school administrator. She is the first black woman in Vermont to win a major party gubernatorial nomination, and only the second in the country. If elected, Charlestin would also become the first person of color and the second woman to hold the highest office in the state. She currently serves as co-chair of the Vermont Commission on Women. In 2023, she won a Leahy Award for exceptional community leadership. Source: Burlington Free Press on 2024 Vermont Gubernatorial race , Sep 16, 2024

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