2024 Burlington mayoral election Results by wardMulvaney-Stanak: 60–70% 70–80%Shannon: 50–60% 60–70%
The2024 Burlington mayoral election was held on March 5, 2024. It elected themayor ofBurlington, Vermont . IncumbentDemocratic mayorMiro Weinberger declined to seek re-election.
City councilor Joan Shannon defeated CD Mattison and Karen Paul for the Democratic nomination. TheVermont Progressive Party nominated state representativeEmma Mulvaney-Stanak .
In the general election, Mulvaney-Stanak prevailed, defeating Shannon and two independent candidates. Mulvaney-Stanak became Burlington's first female and first openly LGBT mayor, as well as being the first Progressive to serve as mayor of Burlington sinceBob Kiss left office in 2012.[ 1]
Miro Weinberger 's victory in the2012 mayoral election made him the firstDemocrat to serve as Burlington's mayor sinceGordon Paquette lost re-election toBernie Sanders in the1981 election .[ 2] 2018 , and2021 . Weinberger is the longest serving consecutive mayor in Burlington history and second-longest serving overall afterPeter Clavelle .[ 3]
The Democrats won a majority on the city council in the 2023 elections; previously, theProgressive Party held a plurality of seats on the council.[ 4]
This was the first Burlington mayoral election to useranked-choice voting since the2009 mayoral election . Voters approved a referendum to re-adopt the system for mayoral races in the 2023 election, despite opposition from Weinberger.[ 5] 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 ."[ 6]
On September 28, 2023, Weinberger announced that he would not seek reelection.[ 3] [ 7]
Joan Shannon, city councilor and former council president[ 8] Eliminated at caucus [ edit ] CD Mattison, nonprofit executive and former vice chair of the Burlington Democratic Party[ 9] Karen Paul, city council president[ 10] Karen Paul
Statewide officials
State legislators
Local officials
Sarah Carpenter, Burlington city councilor[ 11] Joan Shannon
Local officials
Dave Hartnett, former Burlington city councilor[ 12] Jane Knodell, former Burlington city councilor(Progressive) [ 12] Labor unions
Burlington Firefighters Association (IAFF Local 1552)[ 8] Burlington Police Officers’ Association[ 8] The Progressive caucus was held on December 7, 2023.[ 7]
Zoraya Hightower, city councilor[ 7] Joe Magee, city councilor[ 7] Max Tracy, former city council president and nominee for mayor in2021 [ 6] (endorsed Mulvaney-Stanak) [ 14] Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
Local officials
Max Tracy, former city council president and nominee for mayor in2021 [ 14] The Republican caucus was held on December 19, 2023.[ 15]
Kurt Wright , former state representative, former Burlington city council president, and nominee for mayor in2009 and2012 [ 6] Endorsements inbold were made after the caucuses.
Joan Shannon (D)
Local officials
Dave Hartnett, former city councilor[ 12] Jane Knodell, former city councilor(Progressive) [ 12] Adam Roof , chair of the Burlington Democratic Party and former city councilor[ 17] Labor unions
Emma Mulvaney-Stanak (P)
State legislators
Local officials
Ali Dieng , city councilor(Independent) [ 19] Max Tracy, former city council president[ 14] Individuals
CD Mattison , former vice chair of the Burlington Democratic Party and former 2023 mayoral candidate(Democratic) [ 18] Labor unions
Organizations
Shannon raised $132,124 from 651 donors, spending around $60,000. Donors to her campaign include former Vermont GovernorHoward Dean and former state Attorney GeneralT.J. Donovan . Mulvaney-Stanak raised $67,052 from 514 donors, spending roughly $35,000. Donors included state Attorney GeneralCharity Clark , city councilor Zoraya Hightower, and former city councilors Vince Brennan and Max Tracy.[ 23]
Voter turnout rose from 39% in 2021, to 47% in 2024, with every ward seeing its turnout rise. Mulvaney-Stanak's victory made her the first woman and openly LGBT person to be mayor.[ 24]
Despite representing it on the city council, Shannon carried Ward 5 by a slim 1,185 to 1,075 margin. Progressive councilor Gene Bergman argued that Mulvaney-Stanak's performance in Ward 5 "speaks to the fact that we ran a campaign that reached those folks". Mulvaney-Stanak performed better than the Progressive candidates in every ward that elected a Democratic councilor. Jane Knodell, who worked as Shannon's treasurer, stated that Shannon lost due to discontent under Weinberger's tenure and Democrats holding the mayoralty for 12 years.[ 24]
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