Virginia "Ginny" V. Lyons (born September 24, 1944) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the

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. She previously represented the Chittenden senate district, and has represented the Chittenden-Southeast Vermont Senate District since 2023. She was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 2000 and continues in that office.

Biography

Lyons was born in

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, on September 24, 1944. She received an A.B. degree in

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from

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in 1966, an

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in nutritional biochemistry from

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in 1968, and a

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of policy and administration from the

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. She is married to Richard Lyons, MD, and has two daughters. Lyons moved to

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, in 1974 and continues to reside there. She is a part-time

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for the

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.Vermont General Assembly-Virginia V. Lyons
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Public life

She has served as: *Chair of the Williston

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. * Justice of the Peace for Williston. *Williston

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. *Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, alternate member. *Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, plan update committee. *Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, legislative and economic development committee. *State Senator, elected in 2000 and reelected in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016.

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