Michelle Bos-Lun
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windham 4 district
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byNader Hashim
Personal details
Political partyDemocratic

Michelle Bos-Lun is an American educator, activist, and politician. She is a state representative in the Windham-4 district of Vermont.

Career

Bos-Lun moved to Vermont in 2003 to go to graduate school at the School for International Training. For five years, she worked at Youth Services in the area of youth housing and career development.[1] Bos-Lun then went to work at the Brattleboro Community Justice Center to help people who were recently released from prison.[1] Bos-Lun currently serves as vice president of the board of directors of Health Care and Rehabilitation Services.[1]

State House of Representatives Campaign

In May 2020, Bos-Lun attended Emerge VT, a program that trains Democratic women to run for office in Vermont.[1][2] On May 13, 2020, Bos-Lun declared her candidacy for the state House of Representatives seat vacated in the two-seat Windham-4 district by outgoing representative Nader Hashim.[1][3] On July 11, outgoing state representative Nader Hashim endorsed Bos-Lun and incumbent state representative Mike Mrowicki.[4] On August 11, Bos-Lun came in second in the Democratic primary, which was enough to win the Democratic nomination in the two-seat district.[3] She beat Matt Ingram, Robert DePino, and David Ramos. The other Democratic nominee was Mike Mrowicki.[3] On November 3, Bos-Lun and Mrowicki won the general election with no on-ballot opposition.[5]

Electoral history

Vermont State House of Representatives Windham-4 Primary Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Mrowicki 1,633 45.99
Democratic Michelle Bos-Lun 1,515 42.66
Democratic Matt Ingram 197 5.54
Democratic David Ramos 135 3.80
Democratic Robert DePino 71 1.66
Total votes 3,551 100
Vermont State House of Representatives Windham-4 General Election, 2020
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Mrowicki 3,357 50.74
Democratic Michelle Bos-Lun 3,259 49.26
Total votes 6,616 100

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Michelle Bos-Lun announces run: Windham 4 state representative". VTDigger. 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ "State Homepage". Emerge Vermont. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ^ a b c Reformer, Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro. "Mrowicki, Bos-Lun top Windham 4 Democratic primary". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 2021-01-01.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Rep. Nader Hashim endorses Mike Mrowicki, Michelle Bos-Lun". The Vermont Journal & The Shopper. 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  5. ^ Reformer, Susan Smallheer, Brattleboro. "Mrowicki, Bos-Lun coast to House election". Brattleboro Reformer. Retrieved 2021-01-01.((cite web)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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