Mollie Burke

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Mollie Burke
Image of Mollie Burke
Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)

Compensation

Base salary

$843.32/week during session

Per diem

No per diem paid during session. Members can receive $168.66/day in per diem outside of session.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

Marymount College

Graduate

Goddard College

Personal
Birthplace
Buffalo, N.Y.
Profession
Artist
Contact

Mollie Burke (Democratic Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Windham-8 District. She assumed office on January 4, 2023. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Burke (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Windham-8 District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

On September 5, 2022, the VTDigger announced that Burke was leaving the Vermont Progressive Party and would register as a Democrat. She said, "I just felt like I needed to have a little bit more access in terms of being able to promote legislation."[1] To learn more about state legislators who have switched political party affiliation, click here.

Biography

Mollie Burke grew up in Buffalo, New York, and on the Niagara River in Canada. Burke earned her B.A. from Marymount College, attended the London School of Economics, and received her MFA from Goddard College. Her career experience includes working as an artist, educator, and founder/director of Art in the Neighborhood. Burke became a Brattleboro Town Meeting representative and a member of the Brattleboro Coalition for Active Transportation.[2]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Burke was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Burke was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Burke was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Transportation

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Burke served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Burke served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Burke served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Burke served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District

Incumbent Mollie Burke defeated Bill Harvey and Ken Fay in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke (D)
 
79.9
 
1,566
Bill Harvey (R)
 
16.5
 
323
Image of Ken Fay
Ken Fay (Independent)
 
3.5
 
69
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
3

Total votes: 1,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District

Incumbent Mollie Burke advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke
 
98.2
 
442
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.8
 
8

Total votes: 450
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District

Bill Harvey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Bill Harvey
 
100.0
 
33

Total votes: 33
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District

Incumbent Mollie Burke defeated Rikki Risatti in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke (D)
 
89.6
 
1,447
Image of Rikki Risatti
Rikki Risatti (R) Candidate Connection
 
10.2
 
164
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
4

Total votes: 1,615
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District

Incumbent Mollie Burke advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke
 
99.9
 
816
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 817
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2020

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See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)

Incumbent Mollie Burke won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke (Vermont Progressive Party / D)
 
98.7
 
1,834
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.3
 
24

Total votes: 1,858
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)

Incumbent Mollie Burke advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke
 
99.9
 
811
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
1

Total votes: 812
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

Burke also ran in the 2018 election as a Democratic candidate.

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)

Incumbent Mollie Burke won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical) on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke (Vermont Progressive Party / D)
 
99.6
 
1,491
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
6

Total votes: 1,497
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)

Incumbent Mollie Burke advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mollie Burke
Mollie Burke
 
100.0
 
568

Total votes: 568
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2016

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.

Incumbent Mollie Burke defeated Adam Salviani in the Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 District general election.[3][4]

Vermont House of Representatives, Windham-2-2 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mollie Burke Incumbent 81.82% 1,445
     Independent Adam Salviani 18.18% 321
Total Votes 1,766
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Incumbent Mollie Burke ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Windham-2-2 District Democratic primary.[5][6]

Vermont House of Representatives, Windham-2-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mollie Burke Incumbent (unopposed)


2014

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Incumbent Mollie Burke was unopposed in the Democratic primary.[7] Burke was unchallenged in the general election.[8]

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Burke won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2. Burke was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[9]

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

Burke ran for re-election to the Windham 3-2 District in 2010. She ran unopposed in the primary election and in the general election on November 2, 2010.[9]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Mollie Burke did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Mollie Burke did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Mollie Burke campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 DistrictWon general$323 $944
2022Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 DistrictWon general$1,522 $1,019
2018Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)Won general$765 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Windham-2-2Won $2,466 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Windham-2-2Won $105 N/A**
2012Vermont State House, District Windham-2-2Won $128 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Windham-3-2Won $0 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2011

Personal

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Burke and her husband, Peter Gould, have three children.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
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Vermont House of Representatives Windham 8 District
2023-Present
Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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Vermont House of Representatives Windham 2-2 District (Historical)
2009-2023
Succeeded by
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