25 Facts About Carina Driscoll

Carina Nicole Driscoll was born on 1974 and is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from Chittenden County from 2001 to 2003, as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party.

Carina Driscoll served on the city council in Burlington, Vermont, and unsuccessfully sought the city's mayoralty in the 2018 election.

Carina Driscoll became active in politics during her step-father's campaigns, with her serving as Sanders' campaign, fund-raising, office, and database manager.

Carina Driscoll entered electoral politics with her election to the Burlington school board in 2000.

Carina Driscoll was then elected to the state house, where she served one term, before winning election to a seat on the Burlington city council.

Carina Driscoll partially served one term before resigning to focus on her first child, but unsuccessfully attempted to win election to the city council in 2011.

Carina Driscoll ran against Miro Weinberger in the 2018 mayoral election, after having supported him and worked for him, but lost.

Carina Nicole Driscoll was born to Jane Sanders and David Martin Driscoll.

Carina Driscoll graduated from Burlington School District, where she was an honors student, in 1992.

Carina Driscoll married Blake Anders Ewoldsen, with whom she had two children, on April 19,2003.

Carina Driscoll's mother married Bernie Sanders, who was serving as Mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in 1988.

Carina Driscoll worked as Sanders' campaign manager during the 2000 United States House of Representatives election.

Carina Driscoll later worked as his fundraiser, office, and database manager.

Carina Driscoll earned $65,002 while working for her step-father from 2000 to 2004.

Carina Driscoll volunteered for her step-father's presidential campaign during the 2016 presidential election.

Carina Driscoll defeated Grassroots nominee Matthew Hogg in the general election.

Carina Driscoll won in the election to succeed her without opposition.

Carina Driscoll ran for a seat on the Burlington city council from the 3rd district in the 2003 election to succeed Doug Dunbebin, who was a member of the Progressive Party.

Carina Driscoll resigned from the city council in May 2004, so that she could focus on the birth on her first child.

Carina Driscoll participated in the Democratic caucus and supported Hinda Miller for mayor during the 2006 election, but stated that she did so because the Progressives seemed to not have a candidate.

Carina Driscoll, announced that she was considering running a campaign for mayor of Burlington in 2017.

Carina Driscoll announced that she would run as an independent candidate in the 2018 mayoral election on December 4,2017.

At the Vermont Progressive Party's caucus Carina Driscoll won the party's endorsement with 116 votes against Infinite Culcleasure's 84 votes after Representative Selene Colburn nominated her for the party's endorsement.

Carina Driscoll declined to seek the endorsement of the Democratic and Republican parties.

Carina Driscoll voted against the resolution as she believed that a constitutional amendment prohibiting flag burning would weaken the First Amendment.