Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located 45 miles (72 km) south of the Canada–United States border and 95 miles (153 km) south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census,the population was 44,743. It is the least populous city in the 50 U.S. states to be the most populous city in its state.
The Vermont Progressive Party,formerly the Progressive Coalition and Independent Coalition,is a political party in the United States that is active in Vermont. It is the third-largest political party in Vermont behind the Democratic and Republican parties. As of 2023,the party has one member in the Vermont Senate and five members in the Vermont House of Representatives,as well as several more affiliated legislators who caucus with the Democratic Party.
David E. Zuckerman is an American politician who is currently serving as the 84th lieutenant governor of Vermont since 2023. He previously served two terms as the 82nd lieutenant governor of Vermont,from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party,he previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives for seven terms (1997–2011),and the Vermont Senate for two (2013–2017). In 2020,Zuckerman was a candidate for governor of Vermont. He ran with the support of both the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party,but lost to incumbent governor Phil Scott in the general election.
Bob Kiss is an American politician and former mayor of Burlington,Vermont. Kiss was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from January 2001 until he stepped down to assume office as mayor of Burlington,following his election to that office in March 2006. He is a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Kiss won re-election in 2009,and was endorsed by Vermont's Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders. In November 2011,Kiss announced that he would not seek re-election in the 2012 Burlington mayoral election.
Donald H. Turner Jr. was an American Republican politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives,to which he was first elected in 2006. He represented the Chittenden-9 district until 2012 and represented the Chittenden-10 district from 2013 to 2019 for the town of Milton in Chittenden County. He also served as the Minority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. Turner later served as the Town Manager of Milton as well as a member of the Board of Civil Authority. He was also a certified fire instructor,a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs,Milton Firefighters Association,and was the Milton Fire and Rescue Chief and Forest Fire Warden.
Terrill G. Bouricius is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-7-4 district from 1991 to 2001,as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Prior to his tenure in the state house,he served on the city council in Burlington,Vermont,from 1981 to 1991,from the 2nd district,and served as president of the city council.
Kesha Ram Hinsdale is an American activist and politician who is the majority leader-elect of the Vermont Senate. She served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016,representing the Chittenden 6-4 District,which encompasses the Hill Section of Burlington and the University of Vermont. In her early career,Ram was the youngest member of the House of Representatives and the youngest state legislator in the country. She is the youngest Indian American to ever serve in state elected office.
Levi Underwood was a lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Democrat,Underwood's antislavery views caused him to join the new Republican Party when it was founded. Underwood was most notable for his service as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1860 to 1862.
Miro Weinberger is an American politician who was the 42nd mayor of Burlington,Vermont. He was the city's first Democratic Party mayor since Gordon Paquette was defeated by Bernie Sanders in 1981. Weinberger was the Democratic Party chair for Chittenden County during the 2004 election cycle. He also was on the Burlington Airport Commission for nine years,as board president of the Turning Point Center of Chittenden County,a drug addiction recovery organization,and on the board of the ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center,Leahy Center for Lake Champlain.
Joanna E. Cole is an American politician and educator from Burlington,Vermont,in the United States. A member of the Democratic Party,she was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2012,representing the Chittenden-6-1 district,which includes Burlington's New North End. She took office on January 9,2013.
The 2016 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2016,and elected the governor of Vermont,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Peter Shumlin was eligible to run for re-election to a fourth term in office,but opted to retire instead.
The 1974 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 5,1974. The incumbent Republican Senator,George Aiken,did not run for re-election to another term in the United States Senate. The Democratic nominee,Patrick Leahy,the state's attorney of Chittenden County,defeated Republican nominee Rep. Richard W. Mallary to become Aiken's successor. This election also included Liberty Union Party candidate Bernie Sanders,who won 4.1% of the vote.
Carina Nicole Driscoll is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from Chittenden County from 2001 to 2003,as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. She also served on the city council in Burlington,Vermont,and unsuccessfully sought the city's mayoralty in the 2018 election.
The 2018 Burlington mayoral election was held on March 6,2018. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger defeated independent candidates Carina Driscoll,who had the support of the Vermont Progressive Party,and Infinite Culcleasure.
Peter C. Brownell is an American politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Burlington,Vermont. Prior to his tenure as mayor he was active in local politics with him serving on the school board and the city council. After his tenure as mayor he served in the Vermont Senate. He is the most recent Republican elected as mayor of Burlington.
Hamilton S. Peck was an American attorney and politician from Burlington,Vermont. A Republican,among the offices in which he served were alderman (1883-1885),city court judge (1888-1894),and mayor (1896-1898).
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 8,2022,to elect the U.S. representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,as well as various other state and local elections.
Thomas Ira Chittenden is an American politician from Vermont and a member of the Vermont Democratic Party. He was elected as a Vermont State Senator on November 3,2020 as one of the six senators representing Chittenden County. He is a South Burlington City Councilor serving in his third term. He has also been twice elected by the faculty of the University of Vermont to serve as their Faculty Senate President (2019–2020). He also served as the Chair and Vice Chair of Green Mountain Transit Authority (2015–2020).
The 2022 Vermont Senate election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,Governor,and State House. Vermont voters elected all 30 state senators from 16 districts,with each district electing between one and three senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections were held on August 9,2022. This election would be the first to use new districts adopted by the Vermont General Assembly to allocate for population changes across the state after the 2020 census.
Judith B. Stephany Ahearn is an American politician who served as a member of the Vermont State Senate and the Vermont House of Representatives,and was the Democratic nominee for Mayor of Burlington in 1983,losing to independent Bernie Sanders.
