Vermont Progressive Party
Vermont Progressive Party | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Anthony Pollina |
| Secretary | John Christopher Brimmer |
| Vice Chair | Marielle Blais |
| Treasurer | Robert Millar |
| Senate Leader | Anthony Pollina |
| House Leader | Selene Colburn |
| Founded | 1980 Independent Coalition 1983 Progressive Coalition March 1999 Vermont Progressive Party |
| Split from | Citizens Party Liberty Union Party Democratic Party |
| Preceded by | Franklin County Independent Coalition Citizens Party Liberty Union Party |
| Headquarters | Montpelier, Vermont |
| Youth wing | Progressive Youth Caucus |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism[1][2] Progressivism Social democracy Environmentalism Left-libertarianism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Left-wing[3] |
| Colors | Red |
| Statewide Offices | 1 / 6 |
| Seats in the State Senate | 2 / 30 |
| Seats in the State House | 7 / 150 |
| Elected County Judges | 1 / 42 |
| Countywide Offices | 1 / 42 |
| Mayorships[lower-alpha 1] | 1 / 8 |
| Seats on the Burlington City Council | 6 / 12 |
| Local offices | 19 (2021)[4] |
| Website | |
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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. The party currently has seven members in the Vermont House of Representatives, two members in the Vermont Senate, and multiple local officials.
The last time a third-party had members elected to the state legislature in Vermont since James Lawson of the Socialist Party of America in 1917.[5]
Vermont Organizing Committee
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Background
William H. Meyer, a member of the Democratic Party, was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district after defeating Republican nominee Harold J. Arthur in the 1958 election. Meyer's victory was the first time since the 1853 election that the Republicans had lost a statewide election in Vermont. Meyer was the most left-wing member of Congress from 1937 to 2002, according to Keith T. Poole. He lost reelection in the 1960 election against Republican nominee Robert Stafford.[6][7][8]
Meyer formed the Liberty Union Party at a meeting in his home with Peter Diamondstone, Dennis Morrisseau, and twenty other people on June 27, 1970.[9][10] Martha Abbott, a future chair of the Vermont Progressive Party, was one of the members of the Liberty Union Party's founding meeting.[11] Bernie Sanders joined the party in 1971, and was selected to serve as the party's candidate for a Senatorial special election at his first meeting.[12] During his time in the party Sanders also ran for United States Senate in the 1974 election and for Governor in the 1972 and 1976 elecitons.[13][14][15] Sanders left the party on October 11, 1977.[16]
History
State
Progressive Coalition
Sanders
Sanders announced on November 8, 1980, that he would run for mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in the 1981 election and formally announced his campaign on December 16, at a press conference in city hall.[17][18] Sanders had been convinced to run for the mayoralty by Richard Sugarman, an Orthodox Jewish scholar at the University of Vermont, had shown Sanders a ward-by-ward breakdown of the 1976 gubernatorial election which showed Sanders receiving 12% of the vote in Burlington despite only getting 6% statewide.[19] Sanders defeated incumbent Democratic Mayor Gordon Paquette by ten votes in the election.[20] Sanders was reelected as mayor in the 1983, 1985, and 1987 elections.[21][22][23]
During his mayoral campaign Sanders formed the Independent Coalition which according to Richard Sartelle was to bring working people, students, college faculty, union members, and all independent-minded citizens together. Sartelle ran with the support of the Independent Coalition for a seat on the city council from the 4th district, but was defeated by the Republican nominee.[24][25]
The Citizens Party attempted to have Greg Guma run with their nomination for mayor in 1981, but Guma declined as it would be "difficult to run against another progressive candidate" and the party instead endorsed Sanders.[26][27] Terry Bouricius, a member of the Citizens Party, was elected to the city council from the 2nd district becoming the first member of the party elected to office in Vermont.[27][25]
Following his victory in the 1981 election Sanders faced difficulties with the city council due to eleven of the thirteen members of the board of alderman opposing Sanders. The council would oppose measures proposed by Sanders and override his vetoes on legislation.[28] Bouricius and Sadie White were the only members of the city council aligned with Sanders.[29]
During the 1982 elections Sanders endorsed Citizens nominees Richard Musty and Zoe Breiner, and independent candidate Gary DeCarolis for city council and all of them won causing the council to have five pro-Sanders members, five Republican members, and three Democratic members.[30][31][32] However, the Republicans and Democratic members of the city council united to select Robert Paterson, a Republican, as president of the city council instead of Sadie White, a Sanders supporter, by a vote of eight to five after six ballots and to prevent the pro-Sanders members of the city council from receiving positions. Sanders stated that "Probably the Democrats feel more comfortable dealing with the Republicans than with us".[33]
DeCarolis asked for members of the media to referred to him and other pro-Sanders members of the city council as the Progressive Coalition rather than as just Sanders supporters.[34] An organizational meeting for Progressive Coalition, which was attended by over 100 people, was held on November 10, 1983.[35] The Progressive Coalition was not a political party, but an organization that gave out endorsements.[36]
During the 1984 elections the Citizens Party only ran one candidate under its name and instead endorsed the Progressive Coalition candidates. Bouricius stated that the Citizens Party was the core of the coalition, but that the coalition was being built broader than the Citizens Party.[37] The Progressive Coalition gained one seat from the Democratic Party during the 1984 city council elections bringing the composition of the city council to six Progressive members, five Republican members, and two Democratic members.[38] The Citizens Party of Vermont disbanded in 1986.[39]
Bouricius was selected to serve as president of the city council after thirty-one ballots and served until 1985. Bouricius was the only member of the Progressive Coalition to serve as president during Sanders' administration.[40][41] After the 1985 elections William Skelton, a Republican member of the city council, was selected to serve as president of the city council against the Progressive-backed Zoe Breiner as Bouricius had dropped out.[42]
Clavelle
The Vermont Progressive Alliance was formed by members of the Progressive Coalition and Rainbow Coalition on May 19, 1990, at Montpelier High School and inspired by the New Democratic Party. The organization endorsed ten independent candidates for seats in the state legislature in the 1990 election.[43][44] Terry Bouricius and Tom Smith, who were endorsed by the organization, were elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in the 1990 election becoming the first member of the Progressive Coalition to do so.[45][46][47] The Vermont Organizing Committee was formed by the organization in 1992.[48][49]
The Franklin County Independent Coalition was also formed in 1990, to support Sanders' campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives during the 1990 election. The organization was founded by independent candidates for seats in the state house and Neil Bean, who was an independent member of the St. Albans city council and also grew out of Jeff Weaver's campaign for mayor of St. Albans and Jerry Colby's 1988 and 1990 campaigns for a seat in the Vermont Senate.[50][51]
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Vermont Progressive Party
Clavelle
Kiss
Post-Kiss
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was the only Progressive member of the fourteen-member city council following the resignation of Marisa Caldwell in 2010, which was the lowest amount for the party since 1981.[52][53] The party ran and received its highest amount of candidates, votes, and share of seats in the state house in the 2016 election with seven out of twenty candidates winning with a combined total of 18,954 votes.[54]
Federal
The Progressive Coalition supported Jesse Jackson during the 1984 Democratic presidential primaries and later supported Walter Mondale in the presidential election.[55][56]
Leadership
| # | Name | Term |
|---|---|---|
| insert numbers | Gene Bergman | –1988[57] |
| insert numbers | Barbara Nolfi Rick Musty Co-chairs |
1988–[57] |
| insert numbers | Terry Bouricius Julie Davis Co-chairs |
–1991[58] |
| insert numbers | Cindy Reid Brian Pine Co-chairs |
1991–[58] |
Electoral history
Presidential
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State legislature
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Burlington city council
References
- ↑ Mark P. Jones, ed. (2020). Voting and Political Representation in America: Issues and Trends [2 volumes]. Mark P. Jones. p. 202. ISBN 9781440860850. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18.
The Vermont Progressive Party is a competitive third party that currently provides a visible democratic socialist presence in the state's politics.
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Elected Progressives — The Vermont Progressive Party". progressiveparty.org. Archived from the original on 16 November 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sanders carries independents". The Burlington Free Press. November 7, 1990. p. 11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Then again: An unpolished public speaker brought a long losing streak to an end". Vermont Digger. October 16, 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Green Old Party". Seven Days. July 2, 2003. Archived from the original on June 8, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Is John Kerry A Liberal?". VoteView. October 13, 2004. Archived from the original on August 12, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Vermont Liberals Form New Party". Bennington Banner. June 29, 1970. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New Political Organization Will Field State Candidates". Brattleboro Reformer. June 29, 1970. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Liberty Union Party Sticks to Its Ideals — and Keeps Losing". Seven Days. September 24, 2014. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Sanders, Bernie (September 17, 1998). "Outsider in the House: A Political Autobiography". Verso Books. Archived from the original on January 2, 2017. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Google Books. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1974 U.S. Senate General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1972 Governor General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1976 Governor General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2021-06-18. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Goodbye, Bernie Sanders". Bennington Banner. October 12, 1977. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Liberty Unionite to Run For Mayor of Burlington". The Burlington Free Press. November 9, 1980. p. 19. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "UVM Pair to Work for Independent Coalition". The Burlington Free Press. December 13, 1980. p. 3. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bernie's Red Vermont". The New Republic. June 13, 2019. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sanders' Victory Affirmed". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. March 14, 1981. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 3, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1983 election results". The Burlington Free Press. March 2, 1983. p. 17. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1985 election results". The Burlington Free Press. March 6, 1985. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "1987 election results". The Burlington Free Press. March 4, 1987. p. 2. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sartelle to Run for Alderman". The Burlington Free Press. December 3, 1980. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 25.0 25.1 Statement of Votes Annual City Meeting (Report). Burlington, Vermont. March 3, 1981. p. 1.
- ↑ "Citizens Party Fails To Nominate Candidate". The Burlington Free Press. January 16, 1981. p. 2. Archived from the original on November 30, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Sanders' Victory Stuns Paquette; Sprague Outpolls Cosman in Town". Brattleboro Reformer. March 4, 1981. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Bernie Sanders vs. The Machine". The New York Times. November 27, 2019. Archived from the original on December 5, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sanders' Backers Break Democrats' Tight Grip On Burlington Politics". The Burlington Free Press. March 4, 1982. p. 8. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 30.0 30.1 "Progressive rule". The Burlington Free Press. March 3, 1993. p. 8. Archived from the original on June 11, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Sanders' Supporters Hand Burlington Democrats Decisive Setback". Barre Montpelier Times Argus. March 3, 1982. p. 6. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Elections Retains Deep Divisions Among Aldermen". The Burlington Free Press. March 2, 1983. p. 17. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Paterson Elected Board President". The Burlington Free Press. April 6, 1982. p. 1. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "In Name Only". The Burlington Free Press. September 25, 1983. p. 11. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Burlington Progressives Told to Gird for Battle". Rutland Herald. November 12, 1983. p. 13. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "City Caucus Dates Differ This Year". The Burlington Free Press. January 17, 1984. p. 3. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Citizens Party Endorses Aldermanic Slate". The Burlington Free Press. January 20, 1984. p. 14. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 38.0 38.1 "Sanders Fails To Get Control". The Burlington Free Press. March 7, 1984. p. 14. Archived from the original on December 7, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Once strong Citizens Party now defunct". Bennington Banner. June 6, 1986. p. 7. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sanders Ally Bouricius Elected Board President". The Burlington Free Press. April 3, 1984. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Two candidates plan race for aldermanic president". The Burlington Free Press. March 26, 1989. p. 3. Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Progressives lose in Burlington". Brattleboro Reformer. April 3, 1985. p. 2. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Progressives, Rainbow Coalition Convene". Rutland Herald. May 20, 1990. p. 5. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Progressives lean on Canada in quest for party viability". The Burlington Free Press. October 16, 1991. p. 11. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Progressive group backs candidates". The Burlington Free Press. September 18, 1990. p. 17. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "First Elected". The Burlington Free Press. November 7, 1990. p. 23. Archived from the original on June 28, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Newcomers look to make noise". The Burlington Free Press. December 24, 1990. p. 7. Archived from the original on June 29, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Dean". The Burlington Free Press. May 10, 1992. p. 7. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Dean Irked By Donation To Progressives". Rutland Herald. July 26, 1992. p. 18. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Franklin group backs Sanders". The Burlington Free Press. July 28, 1990. p. 22. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Building statewide". The Burlington Free Press. April 11, 1992. p. 4. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Caldwell: Ward 3 councilor resigns effective this weekend". The Burlington Free Press. July 31, 2010. p. 13. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 54.00 54.01 54.02 54.03 54.04 54.05 54.06 54.07 54.08 54.09 54.10 54.11 54.12 54.13 "Vermont Progressive Party 2016 Showing for State Representative Set a New Party Record". Ballot Access News. January 25, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Unknown parameter
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|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 56.0 56.1 "Coalition to Back Mondale Candidacy". The Burlington Free Press. August 7, 1984. p. 13. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 57.0 57.1 "Burlington". The Burlington Free Press. November 21, 1988. p. 15. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Unknown parameter
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Notes
- ↑ Montpelier mayor Anne Watson is officially elected to a non-partisan office; however, she is designated as a member of the party.
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