The 2016 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 8, 2016, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Vermont, concurrently with the

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, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and

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. The primaries were held August 9. Incumbent Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy, the most senior member in the Senate, the longest-serving U.S. Senator from Vermont, and the first

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to be elected to a Senate seat in Vermont, won re-election to a record eighth term in office.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Cris Ericson Cris Ericson (born May 16, 1952) is an American marijuana legalization activist and perennial candidate for public office in Vermont. She has unsuccessfully run for the governorship of Vermont nine times and for a seat in the United States Cong ...

, perennial candidate, later ran as Marijuana Party nominee (also

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for Governor) * Patrick Leahy, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* Scott Milne, businessman, candidate for the State House in 2006 and nominee for Governor in

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Liberty Union primary

This election was the last in which Diamondstone ran prior to his death in 2017. Diamondstone had run for Vermont statewide office in every biennial election since 1970.

Candidates

Declared

Peter Diamondstone Peter Isaac Diamondstone (December 19, 1934 – August 30, 2017) was an American lawyer and socialist politician from the state of Vermont, best known as a perennial candidate and co-founder of the Liberty Union Party. He ran for various Ver ...

, LU party co-founder, lawyer, and perennial candidate

Other candidacies

Declared

* Jerry Trudell, independent candidate, environmental activist, candidate for House of Representatives in

* Cris Ericson, Marijuana Party perennial candidate, previously sought Democratic nomination

General election

Candidates

* Patrick Leahy (D) * Scott Milne (R) * Jerry Trudell (I) *

(LU) *

(MJ)

Predictions

Debates

Polling

Results

References

External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

Patrick Leahy (D) for Senate

(MJ) for Senate

Scott Milne (R) for Senate

Jerry Trudell (I) for Senate

Debates

Complete video of October 18, 2016 debate
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Vermont

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