Caleb Elder is my pick for Vermont Senate and I hope you’ll join me in voting for him to represent our district.

As a parent to two elementary-school aged boys, both the seventh generation to live in Starksboro, I trust Caleb to push for solutions that support a future that ensures they’re able to keep living here to see the next generation. 

Caleb’s depth of experience in education and his forward-thinking ideas about community schools – co-locating human services in school buildings – are the kinds of innovation we need to support families and help communities thrive.

Further, healthcare is a major driver of stress to our family’s budget. In my day-to-day work at NOFA-VT, I also regularly hear from farmers and individuals around the state about how much of a challenge and stressor health care is for them, impacting their quality of life, business decisions, and their health. I appreciate Caleb’s advocacy for universal primary care as a pathway to a universal health care system in Vermont that would serve all Vermonters.

From issues around stewarding our environmental resources to growing the resilience of our communities in the face of extreme weather like we experienced again with this month’s flooding, to expanding housing opportunities to address Vermont’s housing crisis, I believe that Caleb has both a positive vision for the future of Vermont and the skills to work in the Legislature to make this vision a reality.

Please join me in voting in the August primary for Caleb Elder for Senate!

Erin Buckwalter

Starksboro