| A New Hope in Vermont Read the top story of the day in your inbox. Sign up for the Daily Prospect newsletter here. BRATTLEBORO, Vermont - Amanda Janoo, improbably, might be the next governor of Vermont. Polling shows the 39-year-old economist and novice politician neck-and-neck with Republican Gov. Phil Scott, Vermont's chief executive since 2017. This is a seismic shift in a state where Scott until recently maintained approval ratings that reliably made him 'America's most popular governor.' But times are changing. |