Weinberger's victory by 129 votes was the smallest margin of victory in Burlington's mayoral elections since Bernie Sanders' ten vote victory in 1981. Dieng received 1,830 votes and the remainder of the candidates received less than one percent of the popular vote each.
Weinberger won the election with 6,189 votes which was only 129 more votes than Tracy's 6,060 votes. Patrick White, Will Emmons, and Kevin McGrath ran as independents. Haik Bedrosian, who served on the city council in 1990s and had run for mayor in 1991, ran as an independent. 2021 Burlington Progressive mayoral caucus PartyĪli Dieng, an independent member of the city council who caucused with the Progressives, announced on November 10, 2020, that he was interested in running in the mayoral election and announced his campaign on December 7. Tracy won the Progressive nomination against Pine at the virtual nomination caucus. Max Tracy, the president of the city council, announced that he would seek the Progressive mayoral nomination. 2021 Burlington Democratic mayoral caucus Partyīrian Pine, who served on the city council in the 1990s and since 2018, announced that he would seek the Progressive mayoral nomination. A Burlington ready to respond to the pandemic." and later served as his campaign's treasurer. At the caucus she formally nominated Weinberger at the virtual caucus stating that "Miro has dedicated himself to the people of Burlington and delivered building a financially strong and nimble city. Mattison, the vice-chair of the Burlington Democratic Party, considered running for the Democratic nomination against Weinberger, but chose not to due to him stabilizing Burlington's financial situation during his mayoralty. Tim Ashe, who unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination in 2012, declined to run in 2021. Weinberger announced through an email on November 10, 2020, that he would seek reelection as mayor of Burlington. The Vermont Progressive Party took control of Burlington's city council after the 2020 elections. Weinberger was reelected in the 20 mayoral elections. Dieng, a member of the city council who caucused with the Progressives, and Haik Bedrosian, who had served on the city council in the 1990s and had previously ran for mayor in the 1991 election, ran as independent candidates.Īlthough the Progressives lost the mayoral election they retained control of the city council, which they had gained control of during the 2020 election, and saw multiple ballot initiatives endorsed by them win.ĭemocratic nominee Miro Weinberger's victory in the 2012 mayoral election made him the first Democrat to serve as Burlington, Vermont's mayor since Democratic mayoral incumbent Gordon Paquette lost to Bernie Sanders in the mayoral election of 1981.
Max Tracy, the president of the city council, defeated Brian Pine, a member of the city council, for the Progressive nomination. Weinberger faced no opposition for the Democratic nomination although C.D. Incumbent Democratic Mayor Miro Weinberger defeated Progressive nominee Max Tracy, independent Ali Dieng, and various other minor candidates. The 2021 Burlington mayoral election was held on March 2, 2021.