Amanda Janoo on Tuesday night captured the Democratic nomination to run for governor of Vermont, besting Aly Richards. “I knew when I decided to run for governor that it would be a long shot,” she told a crowd of supporters in Burlington’s South End. “It has been the honor of a lifetime to run for governor of this amazing state,” she said. “Now that the primary is behind us, it’s time for Vermonters to come together and rally behind Amanda Janoo. Richards formerly served as deputy chief of staff to Democratic governor Peter Shumlin.