1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
Nominee
Bernie Sanders
Susan Sweetser
Jack Long
Party
Independent
Republican
Democratic
Popular vote
140,678
83,021
23,830
Percentage
55.2%
32.6%
9.4%
County resultsSanders: 40–50% 50–60%
Representative At-large before election
Bernie Sanders
Independent
Elected Representative At-large
Bernie Sanders
Independent
The 1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996, to elect the U.S. Representative from the state's at-large congressional district . The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election .
Republican primary [ ]
Democratic primary [ ]
Liberty Union primary [ ]
General election [ ]
Campaign [ ]
National Republicans were eager to unseat Sanders, and had placed him on a list of 10 incumbent Representatives they would most heavily target in the 1996 cycle.[2] The Republican nominee, State senator , was viewed as a rising star within the party and campaigned as a political moderate.[2] [3] Sweetser's gender was viewed as a potential advantage by political analyst at the University of Vermont Garrison Nelson, who felt that it would prevent Sanders from utilising his traditional aggressive campaign style.[4] However, her campaign imploded after it was revealed that she had hired a private investigator to investigate Sanders' first marriage, which was largely viewed as unacceptable "dirty campaigning" by the electorate.[2]
Endorsements [ ]
Jack Long (D)
State officials
Howard Dean , Governor of Vermont [5]
Newspapers and publications
The Burlington Free Press [6]
Bernie Sanders (I)
Executive officials
George Stephanopoulos , Senior Advisor to the President [7]
Federal officials
Barney Frank , U.S. Representative from MA-04 [8]
State officials
Individuals
Fred Tuttle , farmer (Co-endorsement with Sweetser) [11]
Jane Sanders , congressional staffer and wife of Bernie Sanders[12]
Gloria Steinem , activist[13]
Organizations
Susan Sweetser (R)
Federal officials
Dick Armey , U.S. Representative from TX-26 and House Majority Leader[3]
Individuals
Steve Forbes , publishing executive and former candidate for President [15]
Fred Tuttle , farmer (Co-endorsement with Sanders) [11]
Results [ ]
References [ ]
^ a b c "1996 Primary Election Results" (PDF) . Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved January 9, 2015 .
^ a b c Freyne, Peter (November 4, 1998). "GOP Throws In the Towel" . Seven Days VT . Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ a b Freyne, Peter (May 22, 1996). "Politics, Politics, Politics" . Seven Days VT . Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ Freyne, Peter (November 15, 1995). "Ho-Ho Come Home" . Seven Days VT . Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ Lisberg, Adam (October 14, 1996). "Long struggles to catch up" . The Burlington Free Press . Retrieved December 31, 2021 .
^ Sneyd, Ross (October 28, 1996). "Congressional candidates in high gear; Long gets endorsement" . Brattleboro Reformer . Associated Press. Retrieved December 31, 2021 .
^ Bradsher, Keith; et al. (November 6, 1996). "Northeast" . The New York Times . Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
^ Schmaler, Tracy (August 10, 1996). "Frank crosses party lines, endorses Sanders" . Retrieved December 31, 2021 .
^ Karp, Matt (January 24, 2016). "Bernie in the Age of Clinton" . Jacobin . Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ Derby, Diane (July 28, 1996). "Long: The Lonely Candidate" . Rutland Daily Herald . Retrieved January 13, 2022 .
^ a b Singer, Mark (November 18, 1996). "The Vital Center, Part II" . The New Yorker . Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
^ Gugliotta, Guy (July 9, 1996). "Candidate has his party to contend with" . The Washington Post . Retrieved November 23, 2021 .
^ Murphy, Tim (February 4, 2016). "That Time Bernie Sanders Said He Was a Bigger Feminist Than His Female Opponent" . Mother Jones . Retrieved July 19, 2021 .
^ Hoffman, Jack (July 16, 1996). "Sanders wins endorsement of the national Sierra Club" . Rutland Herald . Vermont Press Bureau. Retrieved December 31, 2021 .
^ Scherer, Ron (July 8, 1996). "Flat-Tax King Is Back On Chicken-Pie Circuit" . The Christian Science Monitor . Retrieved December 29, 2021 .
^ "United States Representative (One District): 1932-2014" (PDF) . Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2015 .
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