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Parents > United States > Vermont > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2005 - 12:00pm
ContributorJoshua L.
Last ModifiedRBH January 13, 2018 06:19pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionJames H. Douglas fell 11,645 votes short of a majority in the General Election of 2002. The joint assembly convened on January 9, 2003 to hear the report of the canvassing committee and, in the case of the office of Governor, to vote by joint ballot for the three candidates who received the greatest number of votes. On the first ballot, when the ballots were taken and counted, the result was as follows:

Total votes cast:
176
Percent: 100

Necessary for election: 89
50 plus 1 vote

James H. Douglas had: 159
90.5%

Cornelius "Con" Hogan had: 0
0.0%

Douglas A. Racine had: 16
9.4%

Blank votes: 1
0.1%


James H. Douglas was declared to be the Governor of the State of Vermont for the two years next ensuing.

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameHoward Dean Votes148,059 (50.45%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2003 Margin36,700 (+12.51%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 10, 2002 VT Governor - PRG Primary Michael Badamo
Sep 10, 2002 VT Governor- R Primary Jim Douglas
Sep 10, 2002 VT Governor- D Primary Doug Racine
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Doug Racine
Strong 1
Lean 13
Slight 6
Jim Douglas
Lean 1
Slight 4
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

03/11/2002 11/02/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Treasurer Jim Douglas Lt. Gov. Doug Racine Cornelius "Con" Hogan Cris Ericson Michael Badamo Joel W. Williams Patricia Hejny
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Make Marijuana Legal Progressive Libertarian Vermont Grassroots
Votes103,436 (44.94%) 97,565 (42.39%) 22,353 (9.71%) 1,737 (0.76%) 1,380 (0.60%) 938 (0.41%) 771 (0.34%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -5,871 (-2.55%) -81,083 (-35.23%) -101,699 (-44.19%) -102,056 (-44.34%) -102,498 (-44.53%) -102,665 (-44.61%)
Predict Avg.42.42% 49.99% 5.31% 0.00% 3.39% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$1,124,519.00 $723,907.00 $265,192.00 $660.00 $5,286.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
11/01-11/02
36.00% (+1.0) 46.00% (+4.0) 7.00% (-5.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/23-10/25
35.00% (+0.0) 42.00% (+0.0) 12.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/24-10/25
37.00% (+4.0) 43.00% (+1.0) 7.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/14-10/15
33.00% (+2.0) 42.00% (+2.0) 8.00% (+3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Action Research 
09/12-09/15
28.00% (+0.0) 34.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ORC Macro 
08/01-08/04
24.00% (-3.0) 35.00% (+0.0) 7.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Gun Owners of Vermont
LBR Old LW
I Bernie Sanders
I McCord 2014
D None Entered
D InspectorMorse
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name Marilynn "Mom" Christian Peter I. Diamondstone Brian Pearl Scattering
PartyRestore Justice-Freedom Liberty Union Independent
Votes638 (0.28%) 625 (0.27%) 569 (0.25%) 149 (0.07%)
Margin-102,798 (-44.66%) -102,811 (-44.67%) -102,867 (-44.69%) -103,287 (-44.88%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Mason-Dixon 
11/01-11/02
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/23-10/25
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/24-10/25
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
10/14-10/15
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Action Research 
09/12-09/15
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ORC Macro 
08/01-08/04
0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 09, 2002 08:28pm General In Vt., Undecided Vote Key to Racine's Success  Article RP 

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