1. Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was a member of the Burlington city council from 2009 and 2010 to 2012, and the Vermont House of Representatives from 2021 to 2024.
23 Facts About Emma Mulvaney-Stanak
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak became involved in politics when she was director of the Vermont Living Wage Campaign and as field director for Scudder Parker's gubernatorial campaign during the 2006 election.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was elected to the city council in 2009, but had to resign due to her moving.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak returned to the city council in 2010, where she was at one point the only Progressive member.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak defeated incumbent state representative Jean O'Sullivan for a seat in the state house.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak and her twin sibling Lluvia were born to Joelen Mulvaney and Ed Stanak, who later ran for Vermont Attorney General with the Vermont Progressive Party's nomination in 2012.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak graduated from Smith College with a degree in political science.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak married Megan Moir, with whom she has two children.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak worked as field director for Scudder Parker's gubernatorial campaign during the 2006 election.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was elected to succeed Jane Knodell, a member of the Progressive Party, on the city council from the 2nd district in Burlington, Vermont, with the nomination of the Progressive Party against Democratic nominee Nicole Pelletier.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was the only Progressive member of the fourteen-member city council following the resignation of Marisa Caldwell in 2010, which was the lowest amount for the party since 1981.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak did not seek reelection in the 2012 election and Rachel Siegel was elected to succeed her.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was selected to be secretary of the Vermont Progressive Party in April 2013.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was selected to be chair of the party on November 10,2013, and was reelected in 2015.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak resigned as chair on June 9,2017, to focus on her job working for the Vermont-National Education Association and Anthony Pollina was selected to be interim chair.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak defeated incumbent Democratic Representative Jean O'Sullivan in the Democratic primary and won in the general election without opposition.
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In 2020, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was selected by a unanimous vote of seven to be assistant chair of the Vermont Progressive Party's caucus in the state house.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak was selected to become the caucus' leader on November 21,2023, with Taylor Small replacing her as assistant leader.
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On October 16,2023, Emma Mulvaney-Stanak announced her run for mayor of Burlington after Mayor Miro Weinberger announced that he would not seek reelection.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak defeated Democratic nominee Joan Shannon in the election.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak entered office with a budget deficit of $9 million, but this was later determined to be $14 million due miscalculations.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak appointed public defender Jessica Brown to serve as city attorney, a position which had been vacant for two years.
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Emma Mulvaney-Stanak reappointed Jon Murad as chief of police in 2024.