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VT Governor
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| Office | Governor |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | 00, 1986 - 12:00pm |
| Polls Open | November 04, 1986 - 06:00am |
| Polls Close | November 04, 1986 - 08:00pm |
| Term Start | January 03, 1987 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | January 03, 1989 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Joshua L. |
| Last Modified | E Pluribus Unum October 15, 2024 01:10am |
| Data Sources | [Link] |
| Description | Madeleine Kunin fell 5,874 votes short of a majority in the General Election of 1986. The joint assembly convened on January 8, 1987 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:
179
Percent: 100
Necessary for election: 90
50 plus 1 vote
Madeleine M. Kunin had: 139
77.7 %
Peter Smith had: 39
21.8%
Bernard Sanders had: 1
.5%
Madeleine Kunin was declared to be the Governor of the State of Vermont for the two years next ensuing.
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COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS |
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(I) Gov. Madeleine M. Kunin |
Lt. Gov. Peter P. Smith |
Mayor Bernie Sanders |
Richard F. Gottlieb |
(W) Write-In |
| Party | Democratic |
Republican |
Independent |
Liberty Union |
Nonpartisan |
| Votes |  92,485 (47.01%) |
75,239 (38.25%) |
28,418 (14.45%) |
491 (0.25%) |
83 (0.04%) |
| Margin | 0 (0.00%) |
-17,246 (-8.77%) |
-64,067 (-32.57%) |
-91,994 (-46.76%) |
-92,402 (-46.97%) |
| Predict Avg. | 0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.00% |
| Finances | $478,294.00 |
$482,236.00 |
$55,158.00 |
$0.00 |
$0.00 |
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