Brian Cina is an American politician who serves in the

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from the Chittenden-6-4 district as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. Prior to his tenure in the state house he was active in local politics in

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Early life and education

Brian Cina was born in

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. He was valedictorian of his graduating class at Lodi High School in 1994 He graduated from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native A ...

, which he had moved to attend in

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in 1994, with a

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in music. He moved to

, in 1998, and worked for the

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. He attended the

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from 2003 to 2005, and graduated from the university with a master of social work degree.

Career

Local politics

Cina was elected to the school board from the 2nd district in Burlington in the 2014 election. He won reelection to the school board from the Central district in the 2015 election. He did not seek reelection in 2017. During his tenure on the school board he led a committee to find an interim superintendent. Cina supported Max Tracy during the

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Vermont House of Representatives

Representatives Chris Pearson, a member of the Progressive Party, and Kesha Ram, a member of the Democratic Party, declined to run for reelection to the

in 2016. Cina ran for a seat in the state house from the Chittenden-6-4 district in the 2018 election with the nominations of the Democratic and Progressive parties and won in the general election alongside

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. He and Colburn were reelection in the

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and 2020 elections.

Political positions

Cina and Representatives Diana Gonzalez and Colburn wrote an open letter calling for at least twenty percent of Vermont's police budget to be diverted to other services. The state house voted eighty-nine to fifty-eight, with Cina in favor, in favor of raising the minimum wage and creating a paid family leave program.

Electoral history

References

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