1982 United States Senate election in Vermont

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1982 United States Senate election in Vermont

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Nominee Robert Stafford James A. Guest
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 84,450 79,340
Percentage 50.3% 47.2%

1982 United States Senate election in Vermont results map by county.svg
County results

Stafford:      40-50%      50-60%

Guest:      40–50%      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Robert Stafford
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Robert Stafford
Republican

The 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican Robert Stafford successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate, defeating Democratic candidate James A. Guest. This election marks the last time a Democrat won any counties in a race for Vermont's Class 1 US Senate seat, as well as the last time the winner of the seat did not win every county in the state.

Republican primary[]

Results[]

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Stafford (Incumbent) 26,323 46.2
Republican 19,743 34.7
Republican 10,692 18.8
Republican Other 162 0.3
Total votes 65,920 100

Democratic primary[]

Results[]

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic James A. Guest 11,352 67.1
Democratic 3,749 22.2
Democratic 1,281 7.6
Democratic Other 536 3.2
Total votes 16,918 100

General election[]

Results[]

United States Senate election in Vermont, 1982[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Stafford (Incumbent) 84,450 50.3
Democratic James A. Guest 79,340 47.2
Independent Michael Edward Hackett 1,463 1.0
Independent Ion Laskaris 897 0.5
Libertarian Bo Adlerbert 892 0.5
N/A Other 961 0.6
Total votes 168,003 100

See also[]

  • 1982 United States Senate elections

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  2. ^ "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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