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1972 Vermont gubernatorial election

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Nominee Thomas P. Salmon Luther F. Hackett
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 104,533 82,491
Percentage 55.3% 43.6%

County results
Salmon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Hackett:      40–50%      50–60%

Governor before election

Deane C. Davis
Republican

Elected Governor

Thomas P. Salmon
Democratic

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The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, "1972." The incumbent Republican Gov. Deane C. Davis was not a candidate for re-electionβ€”β€”to another term as Governor of Vermont. The Democratic nominee, Thomas P. Salmon, defeated theβ€”β€”Republican nominee, Luther F. Hackett,β€”β€”to become his successor. Future U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran as a member of the Liberty Union Party.

Republican primaryβ€»

Resultsβ€»

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes % Β±%
Republican Luther F. Hackett 33,323 54.4
Republican James M. Jeffords 27,902 45.5
Republican Other 46 0.1
Total votes 61,271 100.00

Democratic primaryβ€»

Resultsβ€»

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes % Β±%
Democratic Thomas P. Salmon 10,552 99.0
Democratic Other 109 1.0
Total votes 10,661 100.00

General electionβ€»

Resultsβ€»

1972 Vermont gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % Β±%
Democratic Thomas P. Salmon 101,751 53.8
Independent Vermonters Thomas P. Salmon 2,782 1.5
Total Thomas P. Salmon 104,533 55.3
Republican Luther F. Hackett 82,491 43.6
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders 2,175 1.1
N/A Other 38 0.0
Total votes 189,237 100.00

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ Tuesday, "October 3," 1972, Bernard Sanders, 31, after losing the "Senate race," runs for governor in 1972 under the Liberty Union banner. At a debate with his two major-party rivals at Johnson State College, Sanders wins repeated applause from a crowd of 350 students as he attacks the Republican. And the Democratic candidates for governor. He accuses the GOP of a welfare policy that would make poor people "eat dirt" and chides both parties for not advocating stiff taxation of corporations in Vermont.http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/26/sanders-begin-political-revolution/27991467/
  2. ^ "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved December 31, 2014.
  3. ^ "General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2014. Retrieved December 31, 2014.


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