Haik Bedrosian, Daniel Gregory, and Michael Hackett ran as independent candidates.

Peter Clavelle won the 1989 mayoral election as an independent candidate with the support of the Progressive Coalition.

Bob Minkewicz, the chair of the Burlington Republican Party, stated that nobody could commit to running a campaign against Clavelle.

[13][14][15][16] Haik Bedrosian, a senior at Burlington High School, announced on January 22, 1991, that he would run for mayor as an independent candidate stating that he wanted to empower the youth and increase youth representation in office and because there were no other candidates in the race.

[1] Michael Hackett, who had unsuccessfully run for office fifteen times, ran as an independent candidate.

[18] Bedrosian called for Clavelle, Gregory, and Hackett to agree to a campaign finance limit of $5,000.

[19] During the campaign there was one event where the mayoral candidates gave statements and answered questions and two debates.