2024 Burlington mayoral election
The 2024 Burlington mayoral election will be held on March 5, 2024. It will elect the mayor of Burlington, Vermont. Incumbent Democratic mayor Miro Weinberger announced on September 28, 2023 that he would retire rather than seek re-election to a fifth term in office.[1]
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Background
Miro Weinberger's victory in the 2012 mayoral election made him the first Democrat to serve as Burlington's mayor since Gordon Paquette lost re-election to Bernie Sanders in the 1981 election.[2] Weinberger was re-elected in 2015, 2018, and 2021. Weinberg was the longest serving consecutive mayor in Burlington history and second-longest serving after Peter Clavelle.[1]
The Democrats won a majority on the city council in the 2023 elections; previously, the Progressive Party held a plurality of seats on the council.[3]
This will be the first Burlington mayoral election to see the return of ranked-choice voting. Burlington previously used the system for the 2006 and 2009 mayoral elections before overturning it. Voters approved a referendum to re-adopt the system for mayoral races in the 2023 election, despite opposition from Weinberger.[4] Kurt Wright, the last Republican to serve on the Burlington city council and a former mayoral candidate, argued that the use of ranked-choice voting would help Republicans, as it meant a Republican could run for mayor and not "drain votes away from another candidate."[5]
Democratic caucus
Declared
- Karen Paul, city council president[6]
Publicly expressed interest
Declined
- Miro Weinberger, incumbent mayor[1]
Progressive caucus
Declared
- Emma Mulvaney-Stanak, leader of the Progressive caucus in the Vermont House of Representatives, former Burlington city councilor, and former chair of the Vermont Progressive Party[7]
Publicly expressed interest
- Carina Driscoll, former state representative, former Burlington city councilor, and nominee for mayor in 2018[8]
Potential
Declined
Republican caucus
Publicly expressed interest
- Christopher-Aaron Felker, chair of the Burlington Republican Party[8]
Declined
- Kurt Wright, former state representative, former Burlington city council president, and nominee for mayor in 2009 and 2012[5]
References
- Lamdin, Courtney (September 28, 2023). "Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger Won't Seek Reelection". Seven Days. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
- Elletson, Grace (November 27, 2020). "Burlington Dems to 'play defense' in 2021 races, only one council seat is contested". VTDigger. Archived from the original on May 22, 2022.
- Lamdin, Courtney (March 7, 2023). "Burlington Dems Cruise to Victory on Town Meeting Day". Seven Days. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
- Lamdin, Courtney (May 29, 2023). "Scott Vetoes Noncitizen Voting in Burlington, Allows Ranked-Choice Voting to Become Law". Seven Days. Archived from the original on October 1, 2023.
- Crowley, Patrick (September 29, 2023). "Burlington has never had a woman as mayor. Will that change in 2024?". VTDigger. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
- Cusanelli, Michael (October 24, 2023). "Burlington City Council President Karen Paul announces run for mayor". WPTZ. Hearst Television. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- Huntley, Katharine (October 16, 2023). "Mulvaney-Stanak 1st to announce candidacy for Burlington mayor". WCAX-TV. Gray Television. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
- Lamdin, Courtney (October 4, 2023). "There Are Plenty of Potential Successors to Outgoing Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger". Seven Days. Archived from the original on October 5, 2023.
- Huntley, Katharine; Cutler, Calvin (September 28, 2023). "Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger will not seek reelection". WCAX-TV. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.