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Campaign 2018: Russell Beste Vies for U.S. Senate Seat

Russell Beste, an independent U.S. Senate candidate, at the VPR studios
Bayla Metzger
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VPR
Russell Beste is running as an independent for U.S. Senate.

With the November midterm elections just weeks away, VPR is featuring interviews with candidates running for statewide office. Russell Beste is an independent candidate running for U.S. Senate. He’s challenging incumbent Sen. Bernie Sanders, who is seeking re-election.

Beste says his chief reason for running is to bring jobs to Vermont and to create opportunities for future generations of Vermonters.

He believes that more jobs can be created in the craft beer, farming and biotechnology industries.

Beste says he would like to see money taken out of politics completely, as well as stricter term limits in order to create space for a more diverse pool of candidates — and he says he'd like to see more women running for office.

He also spoke with VPR about his views on immigration, health care and taxes.

Listen to the interview with Beste above. Find VPR's Campaign 2018 coverage here.

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.
Bayla joined VPR in 2018 as the producer for Morning Edition. She left in 2019.
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