Michelle Bos-Lun

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Michelle Bos-Lun
Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District
Tenure
2023 - Present
Term ends
2027
Years in position
3
Predecessor:Carolyn Partridge (D)
Prior offices:
Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 District
Years in office: 2021 - 2023
Predecessor:Nader Hashim (D)
Compensation
Base salary
$897.29/week during session
Per diem
Members can receive $74/day for meals and $167/night for lodging
Elections and appointments
Last election
November 5, 2024
Education
Bachelor's
Beloit College, 1987
Graduate
School for International Training, 2005
Personal
Birthplace
Waukesha, WI
Religion
Buddhist with Quaker influences
Profession
Educator
Contact

Michelle Bos-Lun (Democratic Party) is a member of theVermont House of Representatives, representingWindham-3 District. She assumed office on January 4, 2023. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Bos-Lun (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theVermont House of Representatives to representWindham-3 District. She won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Michelle Bos-Lun earned a bachelor's degree from Beloit College in 1987 and a master's degree from the School for International Training in 2005. Bos-Lun's career experience includes working as a re-entry coordinator at a community justice center, an educator, a human services worker, a youth program director in career development and youth development, and in social services as a housing case manager. She has served as the volunteer co-director of the Bihar Educational Change Foundation, as a volunteer educator with the National Alliance for Mental Illness (NAMI), and as the chair of Monadnock Friends of Tibet. Bos-Lun has also been affiliated with Greater Falls Connections, the Community Asylum Seekers Project (CASP), the Greater Falls Warming Shelter, the Brattleboro Community Justice Center, the Okemo Mountain School, and Health Care and Rehabilitation Services (HCRS).[1][2]

Committee assignments

2023-2024

Bos-Lun was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Bos-Lun was assigned to the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

IncumbentLeslie Goldman and incumbentMichelle Bos-Lun defeatedCasey Cota andRyan Coyne in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leslie Goldman
Leslie Goldman (D)
 
29.9
 
2,312
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun (D)
 
29.4
 
2,271
Casey Cota (Independent)
 
25.9
 
2,004
Ryan Coyne (R)
 
14.6
 
1,128
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
12

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Total votes: 7,727
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

IncumbentMichelle Bos-Lun and incumbentLeslie Goldman advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun
 
50.1
 
497
✔
Image of Leslie Goldman
Leslie Goldman
 
48.6
 
482
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
13

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Total votes: 992
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

Ryan Coyne advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Ryan Coyne
 
92.5
 
147
 Other/Write-in votes
 
7.5
 
12

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Total votes: 159
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

IncumbentLeslie Goldman and incumbentMichelle Bos-Lun defeatedTyler Austin,Bonnie Depino, andRyan Coyne in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Leslie Goldman
Leslie Goldman (D)
 
36.4
 
2,300
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun (D) Candidate Connection
 
33.9
 
2,139
Tyler Austin (R)
 
13.2
 
831
Bonnie Depino (R)
 
10.8
 
683
Ryan Coyne (Independent)
 
5.5
 
346
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
12

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Total votes: 6,311
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

IncumbentMichelle Bos-Lun and incumbentLeslie Goldman advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun Candidate Connection
 
50.9
 
1,047
✔
Image of Leslie Goldman
Leslie Goldman
 
48.5
 
998
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
11

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Total votes: 2,056
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District (2 seats)

Tyler Austin andBonnie Depino advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔Tyler Austin
 
54.3
 
169
✔Bonnie Depino
 
41.5
 
129
 Other/Write-in votes
 
4.2
 
13

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Total votes: 311
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Endorsements

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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentMike Mrowicki andMichelle Bos-Lun won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Mrowicki
Mike Mrowicki (D)
 
49.9
 
3,357
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun (D) Candidate Connection
 
48.4
 
3,259
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.7
 
117

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Total votes: 6,733
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentMike Mrowicki andMichelle Bos-Lun defeatedMathew Ingram,David Ramos, andRobert DePino in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Mike Mrowicki
Mike Mrowicki
 
45.9
 
1,633
✔
Image of Michelle Bos-Lun
Michelle Bos-Lun Candidate Connection
 
42.6
 
1,515
Mathew Ingram
 
5.5
 
197
David Ramos
 
3.8
 
135
Robert DePino Candidate Connection
 
2.0
 
71
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
5

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Total votes: 3,556
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

Candidate Connection

Michelle Bos-Lun completedBallotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bos-Lun's responses.

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I am a teacher, youth program director and practioner of restorative justice. I have been married for 35 years to my husband, Ron, also a teacher and have three adult children and one grandchild. I am an avid gardener, home cook and hiker and nature photographer. My priorites in the legislature are 1. Youth and Families 2. Restorative Justice 3. Environmental Protection/Sustainability.
  • Supporting youth and families
  • Restorative Justice
  • Preserving the environment and working to address Climate issues
I am passionate about poliies that impact youth and families: including issues like universal school meals and community schools. I am also passionate around policies that make our justice system more just: diversion programs for first time offenders, or restorative justice in communities and in schools are policies that can make a big difference in our schools and around our state.
I have a diverse professional background with an ability to listen well to others and to help connect people to resources that can support them. In the legislature you need to listen well to understand complex issues and help craft solutions to them. This is a good fit for me as an educator and a restorative justice practitioner.
I love many books, but my recent favorite is "My Sweet Life in Paris" which is a travel/humor/cookbook by chef David Lebowitz. It is laugh out loud funny, and has lots of recipes for combinations of food I never thought of trying before. A great, practical book and the author is hilarious!

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2020

Candidate Connection

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I am an educator who has worked as a teacher, program director and in human services for more than thirty years. I moved to Vermont in 2003 to pursue a degree in International Education at the School for International Training in Brattleboro. I have worked on state department youth exchanges, restorative justice and mental health and housing support. She serves on the board of Health Care and Rehabilitation Services as vice-president and has also been a b I taught secondary school students Social Studies and writing for many years as well. I have been a board member and community educator with the National Alliance on Mental Illness VT and serve on the board of HCRS. I live in Westminster, VT with my husband Ron, also a teacher.
  • Affordable and Accessible Health Care for All , Including Mental Health Care
  • Sustainability: Environmental and Economic
  • Welcoming Asylum Seekers: right for the economy, right for individuals and right for the community
I have done extensive volunteer and professional work in mental health. I have volunteered in programs addressing food insecurity: housing and adequate food needs. (I started a non-profit which supports a food program at a school in north India, where I have visited with students many times). I currently work at a Community Justice Center and am passionate about reform in the Justice System. As both a class room teacher and an program leader I have worked with youth for most of my career. I care deeply about education and supportive programs for youth and families.
I look up to the His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet. He has served as both a spiritual and a political leader. In each role he has been a guiding positive presence. He speaks well and listens well. He looks at situations from multiple perspectives and tries to find solutions that work for all. He is deeply attentive to details and also compassionate. He embraces and celebrates the diverse ways of living on our planet. He is a coalition builder. He has strong beliefs but is still able to listen to and appreciate diverse opinions.
As a Social Studies teacher, including teaching many many years of US History, I would say that Howard Zinn's People's History of the United States might be the book that best represents my political philosophy. In this book, Zinn re-tells history filling in many of the omitted, overlooked facts from people whose voices should (and did) matter, but who were often not given full attention at the time or by history. Zinn wrote US History trying to help readers understand all the perspectives of those who made America, not just the white, land owning men who wrote the constitution. The USA is a nation of immigrants (and a small population of native people). For our country to thrive we need to learn and respect our shared history. We need to learn and respect each other now. We need to be one nation with all participants having equal opportunity and equal voice. While the book is not purely a political philosophy book, it does represent qualities that I believe are critical in political philosophy.
I am compassionate . I work hard and I am am both a good listener and a good problem solver. I care what happens to people in my community. I care what happens in the world. I have friends and students all over the world and I know that what we do in Vermont impacts them as well as my students in the states. (I am aware of the interconnections in our world). I don't like injustice. If I see something is ethically wrong, I want to address how to change that. I am a good organizer and good at mobilizing people on behalf of issues or individuals we all care about.
I love the memoir My Several Worlds, by Pearl S. Buck. Pearl lived much of her life in China but was an American citizen . I too grew up partly in the US and partly in Taiwan and China. There are so many experiences that Pearl had and observations she made about growing up as a guest in another culture that I can relate to when I read her story, even though she was there decades before I was. The fact that I grew up bi-culturally feeling as comfortable in China as in the US, but not fitting completely either place contributed to my identity in a huge way and enabled me to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and seek both what is new and what is familiar. To find common ground. Coincidentally, after many years in China and in other places in the US, Pearl Buck eventually moved to Vermont for her golden years and lived in southern Vermont.

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Michelle Bos-Lun campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 DistrictWon general$8,262 $7,496
2022Vermont House of Representatives Windham 3 DistrictWon general$7,666 $5,984
2020Vermont House of Representatives Windham 4 DistrictWon general$9,337 N/A**
Grand total$25,266 $13,480
Sources:OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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