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| Turnout | 8,747 votes (Final Round) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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On March 7, 2006 a mayoral election was held in Burlington, Vermont, United States. Incumbent Mayor Peter Clavelle declined to seek reelection and Progressive nominee Bob Kiss was elected to succeed him.
Peter Brownell's victory in the 1993 election against Progressive Coalition Mayor Peter Clavelle was the first time a Republican had won Burlington's mayoralty since Edward A. Keenan left office in 1965, and ended the Progressive's control over the mayoralty which started with Bernie Sanders' victory in the 1981 election. [1] However, Clavelle regained the mayoralty in the 1995 election. [2]
In 2005, voters approved a referendum implementing instant-runoff voting for mayoral elections. [3] Jo LaMarche, the director of elections for Burlington, organized a mock election using the system on January 27, 2006. [4] Burlington was the first place in Vermont to use the voting system. [5]
John Tracy announced his campaign on March 16, 2005, but withdrew on September 23. Hinda Miller announced her campaign on September 20, and Andy Montroll announced on September 23. [8] [7] [6] Christine Salembier managed Miller's campaign. [10] Miller and Montroll participated in a 70-minute debate hosted by Town Meeting TV. [11]
The Democratic caucus was held on January 5, 2006. It was the most attended caucus in Burlington Democratic history, beating the previous record set during the 1989 election. [12] Carina Driscoll, a former Progressive member of the city council, voted for Miller in the caucus as the Progressives seemed to not have a candidate. [13] Montroll considered running as an independent after losing the Democratic nomination, but declined on January 19, 2006. [14] [15]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | Hinda Miller | 550 | 51.84% | ||
| Democratic | Andy Montroll | 511 | 48.16% | ||
| Total votes | 1,061 | 100.00% | |||
Clavelle sought the Democratic mayoral nomination in 2003, and ran with the Democratic nomination in the 2004 gubernatorial election. This angered Progressives, including chair of Burlington's Progressives Tiki Archambeau. Tiki stated that Clavelle was "not the candidate we have in mind" for the 2006 mayoral election. [19] Clavelle announced that he would not run for reelection on September 7, 2005. [18] Bob Kiss won the party's nomination at its caucus on January 8, 2006. [16]
Kevin Curley, the Republican nominee in the 2001 mayoral election, announced his campaign on November 28, 2005. [20] Curley was the only councilor to vote against putting the proposal to use instant runoff voting for mayoral elections onto the ballot. [22] The Republican caucus was held on December 6. [23] Harry Snyder managed Curley's campaign. [10]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Kevin Curley | 49 | 81.67% | ||
| Republican | Kevin Ryan | 20 | 18.33% | ||
| Total votes | 69 | 100.00% | |||
Ion Laskaris', who served on the city council from 1990 to 1992, campaign announcement in January 2005, made him the first person to announce their campaign for mayor. He planned on running as an independent fusion candidate with the support of the Republican and Democratic parties. He criticized the Democrats for giving their nomination to Clavelle in the 2003 election. [24] He withdrew from the election on January 27, 2006. [25]
Less than ten people attended the Green Party's caucus. [15] Loyal Ploof, a member of the school board and chair of the Burlington Green Party, was given the party's nomination. The active membership of the Green Party in the city was a maximum of seven according to Ploof and receiving 400 votes would be a great success for his candidacy. Craig Chevrier, the former chair of the Vermont Green Party, said that the party was dysfunctional and Ploof was an example of it. [26] [27]
Curley told his supporters to rank Kiss second. [28] Miller spent $66,758,20 during the campaign, $28,188 before the nomination and $38,570 in the general election. Kiss spent $19,788 and Curley spent $11,148. Miller spent $16.75 per vote, Curley spent $4.27 per vote, and Kiss spent $4.15 per vote. [29] Miller had two paid staffers before winning the nomination and then one paid staffer and her campaign manager. Kiss's campaign manager was his only campaign employee. [30]
| 2006 Burlington mayoral election debates | ||||||||||||||
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| No. | Date & Time | Host | Moderator | Participants | ||||||||||
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Non-invitee I Invitee | Progressive | Democratic | Republican | Independent | Green | |||||||||
| Bob Kiss | Hinda Miller | Kevin Curley | Louis Beaudin | Loyal Ploof | ||||||||||
| 1 [10] [31] | February 13, 2006 7:30 p.m. EDT | Mark Kaplan | P | P | P | P | P | |||||||
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| Party | Candidate | Round 1 | Round 2 | ||||||||
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| Vermont Progressive | Bob Kiss | 3,809 | 38.95 | 4,761 | 54.43 | ||||||
| Democratic | Hinda Miller | 3,106 | 31.77 | 3,986 | 45.57 | ||||||
| Republican | Kevin Curley | 2,609 | 26.68 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Independent | Louis Beaudin | 119 | 1.22 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Green | Loyal Ploof | 57 | 0.58 | Eliminated | |||||||
| Write-in | 78 | 0.80 | Eliminated | ||||||||
| Total active votes | 9,778 | 99.90 | 8,747 | 89.36 | |||||||
| Exhausted ballots | 10 | 0.10 | 1,041 | 10.64 | |||||||
| Total votes | 9,788 | 100 | 9,788 | 100 | |||||||
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