Progressive Party (Vermont)
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Vermont Progressive Party
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| Chairperson | Emma Mulvaney-Stanak |
| Senate Leader | Anthony Pollina |
| House Leader | Robin Chesnut-Tangerman |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | P.O. Box 281 Montpelier, VT 05601 |
| Ideology |
Progressivism Environmentalism Democratic socialism Social democracy |
| Political position | Centre-left to Left-wing |
| Colors | Pink |
| Statewide Offices |
2 / 6
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| Seats in the State Senate |
3 / 30
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| Seats in the State House |
7 / 150
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| Mayorships |
0 / 8
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| Seats on the Burlington City Council |
4 / 12
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| Other elected offices | 7 (2017) |
| Website | |
| www.progressiveparty.org | |
The Vermont Progressive Party is a political party in the United States. It was founded in 1999 and is active only in the U.S. state of Vermont. The party is largely social democratic and progressive. The Progressives received 9,470 votes (2.96% of the vote) in the 2010 Vermont House of Representatives Elections, and five seats, compared to the Democrats' 55.11% and 96 seats, the Republicans' 38.04% of the vote, and 46 seats. Independents received 3.81% and three seats. As of 2016, the party controls 16.6% of the Vermont Senate seats, and 6% of the seats in the Vermont House of Representatives. After the Democratic Party and the Republican Party, the Vermont Progressive Party has the highest number of seats among State and National offices for any organized party.
The Vermont Progressive Party originated with the independent campaign of Bernie Sanders for mayor of Burlington (previous to being elected mayor Sanders was a leader in the VT Liberty Union Party). Sanders, who was later elected to the United States House of Representatives, and subsequently to the United States Senate, never officially associated himself with the Progressive Party, although the Progressives were among his biggest supporters. A group of his supporters organized themselves as the Progressive Coalition to contest further elections.
Progressives started running for the Burlington City Council and getting elected from the poor, student, and middle-class areas of Burlington. They cleaned up the waterfront, which had been left trashed by industry, started city-wide recycling, and established a public/private partnership with a land trust to make low- and moderate-income rental and home ownership available. The Progressive Administration started a women’s small business technical assistance program and an affirmative action ordinance for the awarding of city contracts. The city-owned public electric utility created nationally-recognized efficiency programs, developed a wood-burning electric facility, and provides Burlington residents with the lowest electric rates in the state.
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