1994 United States Senate election in Vermont
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The 1994 United States Senate election in Vermont was held, where incumbent centrist Republican senator Jim Jeffords won re-election to a second term against state senator Jan Backus and independent Gavin Mills. He won every county in the state.
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Democratic primary
editCandidates
editResults
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Jan Backus | 16,217 | 53.65 | |
| Democratic | Doug Costle | 13,139 | 43.46 | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 873 | 2.89 | |
| Total votes | 30,229 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
editCandidates
edit- Jim Jeffords, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Jeffords (Incumbent) | 24,795 | 91.56 | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 2,285 | 8.44 | |
| Total votes | 27,080 | 100.00 | ||
Liberty Union primary
editCandidates
edit- Jerry Levy, sociologist and perennial candidate
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Union | Jerry Levy | 289 | 90.03 | |
| Liberty Union | Write-ins | 32 | 9.97 | |
| Total votes | 321 | 100.00 | ||
General election
editCandidates
edit- Jan Backus (Democratic), State Senator
- Jim Jeffords (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), sociologist and perennial candidate
- Bob Melamede (Grassroots)
- Gavin Mills (I), former State Chairman of United We Stand America[2]
- Matthew Mulligan (I)
- Joseph Victor Pardo (Natural Law)
Results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jim Jeffords (Incumbent) | 106,505 | 50.32% | −17.65% | |
| Democratic | Jan Backus | 85,868 | 40.57% | +10.80% | |
| Independent | Gavin T. Mills | 12,465 | 5.89% | ||
| Independent | Matthew S. Mulligan | 3,141 | 1.48% | ||
| Grassroots | Bob Melamede | 1,416 | 0.67% | ||
| Liberty Union | Jerry Levy | 1,376 | 0.65% | −0.40% | |
| Natural Law | Joseph Victor Pardo | 709 | 0.33% | ||
| Write-ins | 192 | 0.09% | |||
| Majority | 20,637 | 9.75% | −28.45% | ||
| Turnout | 211,672 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.
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- ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".