David Zuckerman announced today that he will be seeking a Senate seat from Chittenden County.
He plans to run in the Democratic primary, and in the general election as a P/D.
Having served 14 years in the House representing Burlington, Zuckerman is well known and respected as an effective advocate for progressive issues.
With his spouse and co-owner of Full Moon Farm, Rachel Nevitt, Zuckerman is a party to the nationwide lawsuit by organic farmers asking for protection from Monsanto, should GMO materials contaminate their farms.
As a representative, Zuckerman was a leader on many issues that are due to come before the Senate in the coming years. From sustainable agricultural issues, health care reform, labor relations, end-of-life-choice, marijuana policy, labeling of GMO foods and progressive taxation, David Zuckerman was an outspoken leader. “I look forward to hitting the ground running. Through my experience on these issues, I am ready to contribute from day one to achieve results on these and other important topics,” said Zuckerman as he announced his campaign.
David is a frequent visitor here, and he’s also a Prog who has always been interested in working with Democrats. He was effective in the House, rising to chair the Ag Committee, and I think he’ll be an effective campaigner countywide.
He will also give loyal Progs the cover to vote for him and not feel bad about not voting for Bob Kiss. “Well, I couldn’t vote for Bob, but by voting for Dave I’ll still be supporting the party.”
I wish Zuckerman good luck. In fact, there’s one incumbent I’d be happy if he beat (I know that’s not how it works, but you get the idea, Zuck gets 6th, Senator I don’t like gets 7th).
who is thinking hard about the most important issues on the planet.
and many of them good, but to say he has “always been interested in working with Democrats” is uninformed statement. Even after he was chosen by a Democrat as Ag Chair he was slamming Democrats. If there’s a bigger slammer of Democrats, I wish someone would point him/her out.
If you want to be in the senate, run for the senate, but stop all the convoluted bullshit and just run and serve as a Democrat. None of us are stupid. Letters are just letters. No matter how you’re elected, the Democrats will call you “Zuckerman D-Chittenden” and the Progs will call you “Zuckerman P-Chittenden” and the voters won’t know or care, but doing the fusion crap only makes people wonder if you’re on the up and up. The reason the Progs have been unsuccessful is because they think their grand strategies are winning ones. They never were and they never will be.
Paul Heintz, in a Seven Days staff blog writes:
http://7d.blogs.com/blurt/2012…
It appears David’s “ready to work with Democrats” unless they choose six other Democrats to represent their party in Chittenden County. “Will run regardless” doesn’t sound good. Was this improperly attributed or did David just miss the mark coming out of the gate?