Vermont Progressive Party state representative David Zuckerman, who has been representing the same seat since 1996 (he ran unsuccessfully for it while he was attending University of Vermont in 1994), has decided that he will not be running for reelection this year. …
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Vermont Liberty Union/Progressives Win in Moretown
By IPR Contributor on April 1, 2010 6:52 PM
Posted at http://www.libertyunionparty.org/
Just wanted to let folks know that on Town Meeting Day I won my second election to the Moretown Select Board (this is a one year seat).…
Two Progressive Party state representatives on Vermont Public Radio
By Ross Levin on April 1, 2010 8:24 AM
Representatives Sandy Haas and David Zuckerman, who were elected as Progressives and caucus with the Progressive Party in the state legislature, were interviewed on Vermont Public Radio. …
VTdigger.org profiles executive director of Vermont Progressive Party
By Ross Levin on March 14, 2010 9:32 PM
From VTdigger.org:
The 40-year-old [Morgan] doesn’t come across as a politician of any stripe; he is a soft-spoken spokesman for the third major party in Vermont, and he has the unenviable task of fielding questions on the touchy issue of whether the Progressives are election spoilers rather than a “keep’em honest” corrective to Democratic candidates who are unwilling to take strong positions on issues that matter to the Progressives.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT): ‘One year later, the White House gets it’
By Ross Levin on March 10, 2010 10:52 PM
Bernie Sanders is an independent US Senator who is closely associated with the Vermont Progressive Party. He caucuses with the Democrats in Congress. From The Raw Story:
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VTDigger.org: Progressive Party ‘is in serious condition’
By Ross Levin on March 6, 2010 11:45 PM
After some pretty tough losses at the polls in local Burlington elections – the geographical base for the Vermont Progressive Party – VTDigger.org published a piece about the hard times the party is currently facing.…
Pro-Secession Party Formed for Vermont
By Jake_Witmer on January 14, 2010 4:46 PM
A group in Vermont has formed the Vermont Independence Day Party, which believes that Vermont should secede from the United States. It plans to place nominees on the 2010 ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and 7 State Senate seats.…
State Rep. Sandy Haas: ‘Vermont Can Still Lead on Healthcare’
By Ross Levin on January 2, 2010 12:53 PM
Vermont Progressive Party State Representative Sandy Haas posted the following at the Prog Blog:
In his December 16 St. Albans Messenger editorial, Emerson Lynn asserted that the Vermont legislature should not “waste time” talking about health care reform.…
New England: independents and libertarians rising
By Jordan Willow Evans on December 27, 2009 4:04 PM
Thomas Simmons comments at The Concord Monitor
In 2010, in New England, a vote for a third party is not a wasted vote; in fact, it is the direction that many Independents and dissatisfued Republicans and Democrats are heading.
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