Progressive Wins Burlington Mayoral Race
Big news tonight as Vermont Progressive Party state representative Bob Kiss was elected mayor of Burlington.
From WRGB-TV:
Progressive Bob Kiss was elected mayor of Burlington today, winning on the second ballot of the instant runoff under the city’s new election system.Kiss, a state representative, won 39 percent of the vote on the first ballot, while Democrat Hinda Miller had 31 percent and Republican Kevin Curley won 26 percent.
Then Curley and two trailing independent candidates were dropped out of the count and their votes re-allocated according to voters’ second choices.
Kiss won on the second count, with 4,761 to Miller’s 3,966.
March 8th, 2006 at 2:19 am
Ah music to my ears- IRV in action and allowing political alternatives to take seats! Sign maine up!
March 8th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Dems & progressives are actually the main parties in Burlington, whereas Republicans and other parties are in the minority…
March 8th, 2006 at 1:44 pm
Interesting…Prog won 8pts above the Dem in the initial and IRV counts. Republicans split their support evenly in the IRV recounts. IRV…sweet.
March 9th, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Kiss would have won on plurality, so this interesting third party news does not show IRV changing things.
March 11th, 2006 at 6:37 am
What!? They just threw out all three other candidates in one crack?! A minor party stands NO chance under this system! Try Approval Voting.
March 13th, 2006 at 7:03 pm
[...] Third Party Watch [...]
April 19th, 2006 at 2:50 pm
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February 10th, 2007 at 12:03 pm
So much spam (
February 11th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
Is it ok?
March 25th, 2007 at 9:07 am
Not bad, it really can occur