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Tea Party Tactics Have No Place in Vermont
As many of you have heard by now, Vermont Republicans are lying to our seniors about Medicare. Yesterday voters in Addison and Rutland counties received mailings that claimed Progressive and Democratic...
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Sen. Leahy Endorses Dean Corren for Lt. Gov
Dean Corren Endorsed by US Senator Patrick LeahyBURLINGTON, VT – In a year when voter turnout could be low candidates for statewide office are pushing every advantage possible. Endorsements are no...
View ArticleVermont signs $2.8-million software contract
february 3, 2014; Nancy Remsen; Burlington Free PressMONTPELIER — When the first campaign finance reports for the 2014 election are filed in July, the office of the Secretary of State hopes candidates...
View ArticleProgs back Corren, rebuff Bauer for Lt. Gov.
June 2, 2014; Terri Hallenbeck; Burlington Free PressMONTPELIER – As the Progressive Party State Committee met Saturday in the Statehouse cafeteria, two candidates for lieutenant governor stood up and...
View ArticleProgressives Announce Slate of 21 Candidates
June 1, 2014; Anne Galloway; VTDiggerThe Vermont Progressive Party will have four statewide candidates, three incumbent senators and 14 House candidates running for office in the 2014 election.The...
View ArticleProgs face staffing change, focusing on leggie races
May 27, 2014; Terri Hallenbeck; Burlington Free PressIt might seem like bad timing for a political party to be losing its executive director and trying to hire an elections director right now, just as...
View ArticleThe Vermont Progressive Party is looking for an Elections Director
The ideal candidate is an experienced organizer who is familiar with Vermont politics and motivated by a desire to build an alternative political party. Administrative multi-tasking, ability to work...
View ArticleFormer Progressive State Rep to Run for Lieutenant Governor
May 8, 2014; Andrea Suozzo; VTDiggerIt's been 14 years since Dean Corren left the Vermont House. But with the state moving ever closer to providing universal health insurance coverage, he says it's...
View ArticleHow to Get a “P” - A Quick Summary of the Party Nomination & Endorsement Process
First, you need to understand the difference between an endorsement and a nomination. In the simplest terms, the difference is that a nomination is determined by state statute and procedures, while an...
View ArticleWill the House balk at holding an earlier primary?
March 31, 2014; Nancy Remsen; Burlington Free PressRobert Millar, executive director of the Vermont Progressive Party, worries about making changes to the process so late in an election year. Many...
View ArticleAs Vermont Goes, So Goes the Nation?
April 5, 2014; Molly Worthen; New York Times"Three years ago, Peter Shumlin, the governor of Vermont, signed a bill creating Green Mountain Care: a single-payer system in which, if all goes according...
View ArticleMinutes - February 2014 State Committee Meeting
February 8, 2014; 1:00 pm, North End Studios, BurlingtonIn attendance: Approximately 60 people attended, with another several guest speakers.Welcome: Emma Mulvaney-StanakEmma opened the meeting and...
View ArticleMy Turn: Campaign finance bill fails Vermonters
The late Molly Ivins said it well: “Either we keep corporate money out of the political system, or we lose the democracy.”A new campaign finance bill enacted by state lawmakers late last month not only...
View ArticleVermont signs $2.8-million software contract
february 3, 2014; Nancy Remsen; Burlington Free PressMONTPELIER — When the first campaign finance reports for the 2014 election are filed in July, the office of the Secretary of State hopes candidates...
View ArticlePress Release: Progressive Party Statement on Burlington City Progressive Caucus
On Sunday evening, over fifty Burlington Progressives gathered at the East Avenue Co-housing to endorse candidates for the 2014 Town Meeting Day election. In addition to endorsing candidates, those...
View ArticleDemocrats, Republicans overwhelmingly back campaign finance bill in House vote
January 9, 2014; Anne Galloway; VTDiggerIn the brief House debate Thursday, independents and Progressives complained that the bill gives the major parties — Republicans and Democrats — an unfair...
View ArticleThe Democratic Vistas of 2014: Five Reforms to Make Our Politics Matter
January 1, 2014; John Nichols; The NationCommon Cause and other groups are working in states across the country to end the absurd practice of gerrymandering local, state and federal election...
View ArticleMinutes - November 2013 State Convention
November 9, 2013; 1:00 pm, Capital City Grange, Berlin In attendance: 125 peopleWelcome: Martha AbbottMartha started the meeting at 1:15pm and thanked the VT State Employees Association for...
View ArticleMinutes - August 2013 State Committee Meeting
1. Opening Remarks from Party Chair, Martha AbbottMartha Abbott reviewed the agenda and noted highlights of what the Party has achieved in recent years, including pushing state towards single payer...
View ArticleProgs Seem Eager to Take on Shumlin ... If They Can Find the Money and the...
August 11, 2013; Kevin J. Kelley; Seven DaysThe absence of some of the party's brightest stars didn't prevent Vermont Progressives at a meeting on Saturday from considering a race next year against...
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