LETTER: State Rep. Dara Torre runs for re-election in Washington-2

July 3, 2026 | By Rep. Dara Torre

To the Washington-2 House district voters of Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield and Warren, 

Thank you for the opportunity to serve our district and state over the past four years. I’m hopeful I’ll get the chance to continue as your state representative for another term and use the experience and relationships I’ve built to keep making needed changes responsibly and collaboratively while preserving what makes Vermont unique and precious. 

State Rep. Dara Torre, D-Moretown. Courtesy photo

These are times of tumult and disruption in our country, with trust in government institutions low, polarization high, and frustration mounting over the slow pace of progress on the many issues facing us. In the election season ahead, I look forward to more time in community and in conversation to hear your priorities, feedback, fears and hopes. 

Relentless flooding events have required us to be laser-focused to better protect lives, livelihoods and infrastructure by improving how we plan, regulate and coordinate how and where to build, invest in healthy ecosystems and functional floodplains, and augment our emergency planning and response when disaster does strike. We’ve had to make difficult budgetary decisions and course corrections, informed by the diverse perspectives in our communities and in response to changing federal policies and facts on the ground. 

I was proud to support the critical immigrant and voter protections made this year as well as our attempts to lower health insurance costs in S.190 (which unfortunately was vetoed). With less federal funding available to invest in housing, I supported this year’s housing omnibus bill (Act 179) that frees up more state money to invest in infrastructure, creates new financing tools and streamlines permitting. See the end-of-session report on my website for highlights on the legislature’s progress this term. 

Important issues remain for next session, including education, fairer taxation, data center regulation, and improved health care affordability and access. Recent criticism of Act 181, the conservation and housing bill from 2024, has sparked a larger conversation on how to ensure rural vitality stays top of mind, highlighting for me the need for new supports and assistance in smaller towns like ours. I worked hard on the data center bill (H.727) that was vetoed and also hit speed bumps in my efforts to protect Vermonters from electric utility disconnections. I hope to keep moving forward in these efforts next term.

Please check my website for events and info this campaign season – daratorrevt.com and stay in touch at daratorrevt@gmail.com or dara.torre@vtleg.gov. 

Dara Torre

Moretown

Rep. Dara Torre, D-Moretown, is one of two state representatives in the Washington-2 House district covering Duxbury, Moretown, Fayston, Waitsfield and Warren. First elected in 2022, she is running for re-election this year.