2024 Burlington mayoral election
March 5, 2024
 
Party Democratic Progressive
Mayor before election

Miro Weinberger
Democratic

 Elected Mayor

TBD

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]

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. Weinberger is the longest serving consecutive mayor in Burlington history and second-longest serving overall 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

The Democratic caucus is scheduled for December 10, 2023.[6]

Declared

  • CD Mattison, nonprofit executive and former vice chair of the Burlington Democratic Party[7]
  • Karen Paul, city council president[8]
  • Joan Shannon, city councilor and former council president[9]

Declined

Endorsements

Karen Paul
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
  • Sarah Carpenter, Burlington city councilor[10]
Joan Shannon
Local officials
  • Dave Hartnett, former Burlington city councilor[11]
  • Jane Knodell, former Burlington city councilor (Progressive)[11]

Progressive caucus

The Progressive caucus is scheduled for December 7, 2023.[6]

Declared

Publicly expressed interest

Potential

  • Tim Ashe, deputy state auditor, former president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, and candidate for mayor in 2012[14]
  • Brian Pine, director of the Burlington Community and Economic Development Office, former city councilor, and candidate for mayor in 2021[13]

Declined

  • Zoraya Hightower, city councilor[6]
  • Joe Magee, city councilor[6]
  • Max Tracy, former city council president and nominee for mayor in 2021[5] (endorsed Mulvaney-Stanak)[13]

Endorsements

Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
Local officials
  • Max Tracy, former city council president and nominee for mayor in 2021[13]

Republican caucus

Publicly expressed interest

  • Christopher-Aaron Felker, chair of the Burlington Republican Party[13]

Declined

  • Kurt Wright, former state representative, former Burlington city council president, and nominee for mayor in 2009 and 2012[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lamdin, Courtney (September 28, 2023). "Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger Won't Seek Reelection". Seven Days. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Lamdin, Courtney (March 7, 2023). "Burlington Dems Cruise to Victory on Town Meeting Day". Seven Days. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 3 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Crowley, Patrick (November 9, 2023). "Election season begins for Burlington City Council with two Progressive incumbents opting out". VTDigger. Retrieved November 11, 2023. Hightower and Magee both said they had no plans to run for mayor.
  7. ↑ Crowley, Patrick (November 13, 2023). "CD Mattison latest to join Burlington mayor's race". VTDigger. Vermont Journalism Trust. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
  8. ↑ Cusanelli, Michael (October 24, 2023). "Burlington City Council President Karen Paul announces run for mayor". WPTZ. Hearst Television. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  9. ↑ Stewart, Megan (November 3, 2023). "'I stand by my record': Veteran Burlington City Councilor Joan Shannon joins mayoral race". The Burlington Free Press. Gannett. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  10. 1 2 3 Crowley, Patrick (October 26, 2023). "Karen Paul launches campaign for Burlington mayor". VTDigger. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  11. 1 2 Crowley, Patrick (November 2, 2023). "Joan Shannon latest to join Burlington mayoral race". VTDigger. Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  12. ↑ Huntley, Katharine (October 16, 2023). "Mulvaney-Stanak 1st to announce candidacy for Burlington mayor". WCAX-TV. Gray Television. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
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