Democrats had lined up behind former state representative Dean Corren, the Progressive Party’s nominee for Lt. Governor of Vermont. Unfortunately, it just wasn’t enough.
With 30% of the vote counted, Corren is winning only about 35% of the vote. He trails the Republican incumbent by nearly 30 points.
Click here for full results from Vermont’s statewide races. We’re still waiting to see how well the Progressive Party candidates for state legislature have performed.
Corren had served four terms as a Progressive Party member in the Vermont state house from 1993 to 2000 and was a member and chair of the Burlington Electric Commission, which governs the state’s largest public electric utility.
In recent decades, the Progressive Party of Vermont has been the most successful single-state alternative party in the nation. The Progressives have held seats in the Vermont legislature without interruption since 1991. The party currently control 5 seats in the State House and 3 seats in the 30-member Vermont State Senate.
The Burlington City Council is made up of 7 Democrats, 5 Progressives, 1 Republican and 1 independent.
In fact, Burlington’s longest serving mayor was Peter Clavelle, a Progressive Party member who served seven terms between 1989 and 2006. Clavelle was followed by Progressive state representative Bob Kiss, who was elected to the office of mayor in 2006 and re-elected in 2009.
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