1994 United States Senate election in Vermont

Summary

The 1994 U.S. 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.

1994 United States Senate election in Vermont

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Nominee Jim Jeffords Jan Backus Gavin T. Mills
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote 106,505 85,868 12,465
Percentage 50.32% 40.57% 5.89%

Jeffords:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Backus:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Jim Jeffords
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Jeffords
Independent

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Democratic Primary results[1]
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 edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Republican primary results[1]
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 edit

Candidates edit

  • Jerry Levy, sociologist and perennial candidate

Results edit

Liberty Union primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Liberty Union Jerry Levy 289 90.03
Liberty Union Write-ins 32 9.97
Total votes 321 100.00

General election edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

General election results[3]
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 edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 17, 2012. Retrieved June 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72241055.html?dids=72241055:72241055&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+24%2C+1994&author=Dan+Balz&pub=The+Washington+Post+%28pre-1997+Fulltext%29&desc=Internal+Battles+Shake+Foundation+of+Perot%27s+Political+Structure&pqatl=google[dead link]
  3. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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