41 Facts About Terry Bouricius

Terry Bouricius entered politics with his activity in the Liberty Union Party, where he served as chair of the Addison County affiliate and the statewide party, and ran for a seat in the Vermont Senate twice with their nomination.

Terry Bouricius left the Liberty Union Party to aid in the creation of the Citizens Party, and ran for state senate and lieutenant governor.

Terry Bouricius was elected to the city council in Burlington, becoming the first member of the Citizens Party elected in the United States.

Terry Bouricius ran for a seat in the state house in 1986, and lost by six votes to Ben Truman, but later defeated Truman in the 1990 election and served until his retirement in 2000.

Terrill G Bouricius was born in New Mexico on March 27,1954.

Terry Bouricius graduated from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1976.

Terry Bouricius married Catherine Lamb, with whom he had two children.

Terry Bouricius announced that he would run for a seat in the Vermont Senate from Addison County with the nomination of the Liberty Union Party during the 1976 election, but placed fifth out of five candidates.

Terry Bouricius ran for one of six seats to the state senate from Chittenden County with the Liberty Union Party's nomination, but placed last.

Terry Bouricius served as chair of the Liberty Union Party in Addison County.

Terry Bouricius was selected to serve as chair of the Liberty Union Party after Bernie Sanders left the party in 1977, and served until he was replaced by Jack Craven following his resignation in 1978.

In 1980, Earl Gardner, Jame Franco, and Terry Bouricius, who were all former members of the Liberty Union Party, aided in the creation of the Citizens Party in Vermont.

Terry Bouricius ran for lieutenant governor in the 1982 election and was endorsed by the party at its state convention.

Terry Bouricius won the Citizens nomination without opposition, but lost in the election won by Republican nominee Peter Plympton Smith.

Terry Bouricius was given the Citizens nomination to run for a seat on the city council in Burlington, Vermont, from the 2nd district in 1981.

Terry Bouricius defeated Fisher in the election becoming the first member of the Citizens Party elected to office in the United States.

Terry Bouricius won reelection in the 1983 election against Democratic nominee Esther Sorrell, a former member of the state senate, after spending $617 against Sorrell's $641.

Terry Bouricius won reelection in the 1985 election against Democratic nominee John H Bartlett Jr.

Terry Bouricius won reelection in the 1987 election against Democratic nominee Rick Sharp after raising $1,630, raising $2,088, and having a remaining debt of $458.

Terry Bouricius offered his name for consideration, but did not actively campaign for the endorsement of the coalition.

Terry Bouricius gave a speech at the caucus giving his support to Clavelle who won the coalition's nomination.

Terry Bouricius was selected to serve as president of the city council after thirty-one ballots and served until 1985.

Terry Bouricius was the only member of the Progressive Coalition to serve as president during Sanders' administration.

Terry Bouricius announced on December 26,1984, that he would see reelection to the city council and that he would seek another term as president.

Terry Bouricius was selected to serve on the executive committee of the Progressive Coalition in 1988.

Terry Bouricius worked as Sanders' treasurer for his campaign for a seat in the United States House of Representatives in the 1988 election.

Terry Bouricius ran as an independent candidate, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Ben Truman by one vote.

Terry Bouricius requested for a new election to be held, but Judge Matthew Katz rejected the request.

Terry Bouricius announced that he would run for a seat in the state house in the 1990 election against incumbent Representative Truman.

Terry Bouricius won reelection without opposition in the 1992,1996, and 1998 elections.

Terry Bouricius defeated Democratic nominee Thomas C Nuovo in the 1994 election.

Terry Bouricius did not run for reelection to the state house in the 2000 election and was succeeded by Progressive nominee Carina Driscoll.

Terry Bouricius endorsed David Zuckerman for lieutenant governor during the 2016 election.

Terry Bouricius refers to himself as a "recovering politician" and has become an outspoken critic of electoral democracy.

Terry Bouricius believes that citizens' assemblies, selected via a stratified random sample to create a microcosm of a population, are much better suited to the task of deliberating over policy than professional politicians, who are mainly focused on re-election.

Terry Bouricius is currently working on a book titled "The Trouble With Elections: Everything We Thought We Knew About Democracy is Wrong" which describes his thinking on this subject in detail.

In 1992, Terry Bouricius sponsored legislation to increase the minimum wage in Vermont from $4.25 to $5.50.

Terry Bouricius supported legislation to ban smoking in public areas in 1993.

Terry Bouricius supported the creation of a single-payer healthcare system.

Terry Bouricius opposed President Ronald Reagan's decision to implement an embargo against Nicaragua.

Terry Bouricius proposed a change to Burlington's city charter which would have changed the Board of Aldermen to the gender-neutral city council which the city council voted nine to four in favor of the legislation and was approved by a referendum.