United States Senate election in Vermont, 1974
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The 1974 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 5, 1974. The incumbent Republican Sen. George Aiken did not run for re-election to another term in the United States Senate. The Democratic nominee, attorney and prosecutor Patrick Leahy, defeated Republican nominee, then-Rep. Richard W. Mallary, to become Aiken's successor.
This election featured future Mayor of Burlington, U.S. Representative, and Leahy's future Senate colleague, Bernie Sanders, who was the nominee for the Liberty Union Party. Sanders won only 4.1% of the vote and failed to win any counties but managed to obtain 5.6% of the vote in Chittenden County.
Republican primary
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Richard W. Mallary | 27,221 | 59.1% | ||
Republican | Charles R. Ross | 16,479 | 35.8% | ||
Republican | T. Serse Ambrosini | 2,265 | 4.9% | ||
Republican | Other | 61 | 0.1% | ||
Total votes | 46,026 | 100.0% |
Democratic primary
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Patrick Leahy | 19,801 | 83.9% | ||
Democratic | Nathaniel Frothingham | 3,703 | 15.7% | ||
Democratic | Other | 97 | 0.4% | ||
Total votes | 23,601 | 100.0% |
General election
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Patrick Leahy | 70,629 | 49.47% | |||
Republican | Richard W. Mallary | 66,223 | 46.38% | |||
Liberty Union | Bernie Sanders | 5,901 | 4.13% | |||
N/A | Other | 19 | 0.0% | |||
Total votes | 142,772 | 100.0% | ||||
Democratic gain from Republican | ||||||
See also
References
- 1 2 "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
- ↑ "General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved June 17, 2015.
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