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Parents > United States > Vermont > Lieutenant Governor
OfficeLieutenant Governor
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 23, 2016 03:58am
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionBrian Dubie fell 20,224 votes short of a majority in the General Election of 1998. The joint assembly convened on January 9, 2003 to hear the report of the canvassing committee and, in the case of the office of Lieutenant 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:
177
Percent: 100

Necessary for election: 89
50 plus 1 vote

Brian Dubie had: 134
75.7%

Anthony Pollina had: 4
2.3%

Peter E. Shumlin had: 24
13.5%

Blank votes: 15
8.5%


Brian Dubie was declared to be the Lieutenant Governor of the State of Vermont for the two years next ensuing.

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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameDoug Racine Votes152,561 (53.33%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2003 Margin34,359 (+12.01%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

06/10/2002 09/15/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Brian Dubie Peter Shumlin Anthony Pollina Sally Ann Jones Scattering
PartyRepublican Democratic Progressive Vermont Grassroots
Votes94,044 (41.15%) 73,501 (32.16%) 56,564 (24.75%) 4,310 (1.89%) 116 (0.05%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -20,543 (-8.99%) -37,480 (-16.40%) -89,734 (-39.26%) -93,928 (-41.10%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Action Research 
09/12-09/15
24.00% (+0.0) 24.00% (+0.0) 22.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
American Research Group 
06/10-06/11
29.00% (+0.0) 31.00% (+0.0) 14.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Bulldogscm
IndP 6921
Laf-W Craverguy
D InspectorMorse

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