Mollie Burke
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Assumed office
2009
Preceded byDaryl Pillsbury (Windham-2-2)
ConstituencyWindham-2-2 (2009-2011)
Windham-3-2 (2011-present)
Personal details
Political partyVermont Progressive
Other political
affiliations		Democratic
SpousePeter Gould
Children3
EducationMarymount Manhattan College (BA)
Goddard College (MFA)

Mollie S. Burke is an American politician who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windham-2-2 district as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Prior to her tenure in the state house she was active in local politics in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Early life and education

Mollie S. Burke was raised in Buffalo, New York. She graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science and graduated from Goddard College with a Master of Fine Arts degree. She moved to Vermont in 1970. She married Peter Gould, with whom she had three children.[1]

Career

Local politics

Burke was elected as one of thirteen town meeting representatives from the 3rd district in Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1990. She has served as a town meeting representative since 1990.[1][2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives

Elections

Representative Daryl Pillsbury, an independent, did not seek reelection to the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windham-3-2 district in the 2008 election. Burke ran with the Vermont Progressive and Democratic nominations and won in the general election without opposition. Her election made her the second member of the Progressive Party to represent Brattleboro after Representative Sarah Edwards.[4][5][6]

She was reelected in the 2010 elections without opposition.[7] She was redistricted into the Windham-2-2 district and won reelection without opposition in the 2012, 2014, 2018, and 2020 elections.[8][9][10][11] She defeated independent candidate Adam Salviani in the 2016 election.[12]

Tenure

Burke supported Peter Shumlin during the 2010 gubernatorial election and called upon members of the Vermont Progressive Party to support Shumlin.[13] During the 2010 election she endorsed Doug Hoffer for Auditor.[14] During the 2016 Democratic presidential primaries she supported Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination.[15]

During her tenure in the state house she served on the Transportation committee.[16] In 2017, a recount was conducted in the Orange-1 district and Burke was one of the members of the twenty-three member committee that oversaw the recount.[17]

Political positions

The state house voted 95 to 52, with Burke in favor, in favor of legislation which would allow for same-sex marriage in Vermont and the state house later voted 100 to 49, with Burke in favor, of overturning Governor Jim Douglas' veto of the legislation.[18][19]

Electoral history

Mollie Burke electoral history
2008 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-3-2 district election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke
Democratic Mollie Burke
Total Mollie Burke 1,683 99.18%
Independent Write-ins 14 0.82%
Total votes 1,697 100.00%
2010 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-3-2 district Democratic primary[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 539 99.26%
Democratic Write-ins 4 0.74%
Total votes 543 100.00%
Blank 67
2010 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-3-2 district election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 1,112 99.11% -0.07%
Independent Write-ins 10 0.89% +0.07%
Total votes 1,122 100.00%
Blank 206
2012 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district Democratic primary[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 314 99.05%
Democratic Write-ins 3 0.95%
Total votes 317 100.00%
Blank 43
2012 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 1,561 99.30%
Independent Write-ins 11 0.70%
Total votes 1,572 100.00%
Blank 262
2014 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district Democratic primary[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 295 99.66% +0.61%
Democratic Write-ins 1 0.34% -0.61%
Total votes 296 100.00%
Blank 47
2014 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district election[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 798 99.50% +0.20%
Independent Write-ins 4 0.50% -0.20%
Total votes 802 100.00%
Blank 125
2016 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district Democratic primary[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 473 100.00% +0.34%
Total votes 473 100.00%
Blank 96
2016 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district election[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 1,445 81.55% -17.95%
Independent Adam Salviani 321 18.12% +18.12%
Independent Write-ins 6 0.34% -0.16%
Total votes 1,772 100.00%
Blank 111
Spoiled 2
2018 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district Democratic primary[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 568 98.95% -1.05%
Democratic Write-ins 6 1.05% +1.05%
Total votes 574 100.00%
Blank 52
2018 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district election[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 1,491 99.60% +18.05%
Independent Write-ins 6 0.40% +0.06%
Total votes 1,497 100.00%
Blank 158
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district Democratic primary[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent) 811 99.88% +0.93%
Democratic Write-ins 1 0.12% -0.93%
Total votes 812 100.00%
Blank 47
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 district election[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Democratic Mollie Burke (incumbent)
Total Mollie Burke (incumbent) 1,934 98.77% -0.83%
Independent Write-ins 24 1.23% +0.83%
Total votes 1,958 100.00%
Blank 281
Spoiled 3

References

  1. 1 2 "Representative Mollie S. Burke". Vermont General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Town Meeting Members". Brattleboro Reformer. February 3, 1990. p. 13. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Gould novel wins award". Brattleboro Reformer. February 10, 2009. p. 7. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Pollina adds independent after name". Brattleboro Reformer. July 22, 2008. p. 1. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Onion City Madness". Seven Days. May 28, 2008. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  6. 1 2 "2008 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  7. 1 2 "2010 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  8. 1 2 "2012 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  9. 1 2 "2014 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  10. 1 2 "2018 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  11. 1 2 "2020 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  12. 1 2 "2016 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Prog activists call on party members to support Shumlin". Vermont Digger. August 19, 2010. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Doug Hoffer for State Auditor". The Burlington Free Press. August 22, 2010. p. 21. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Vermont's elected Progressives endorse Sanders for president". Vermont Digger. June 12, 2015. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Lawmakers". Brattleboro Reformer. January 8, 2009. p. 6. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "New recount in disputed House election to start Wednesday". Vermont Digger. February 21, 2017. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  18. ↑ "Same-sex marriage roll call". The Burlington Free Press. April 3, 2009. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "House votes on veto override". The Burlington Free Press. April 8, 2009. p. 5. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "2010 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  21. ↑ "2012 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  22. ↑ "2014 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  23. ↑ "2016 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  24. ↑ "2018 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
  25. ↑ "2020 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021.
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