Peter Isaac Diamondstone (December 19, 1934 – August 30, 2017) was an American lawyer and socialist politician from the state of

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, best known as a

perennial candidate A perennial candidate is a political candidate who frequently runs for elected office and rarely, if ever, wins. Perennial candidates' existence lies in the fact that in some countries, there are no laws that limit a number of times a person can ...

and co-founder of the

Liberty Union Party The Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party, known as the Liberty Union Party (LUP) until 2021, is a political party active in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is a self-proclaimed "non-violent socialist party". The LUP was founded in 1970 by former ...

. He ran for various Vermont political offices, always unsuccessfully, in every election cycle from 1970 until 2016.

Early life

Diamondstone was born in the New York borough of

The Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

in 1934 and raised in the borough of Queens. His father was a dentist and a socialist. In 1944, at the age of nine, Diamondstone got a job passing out flyers for the fourth presidential campaign of

Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

. He served in the

U.S. Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

from 1954 to 1956. Diamondstone received a J.D. degree from the

University of Chicago Law School The University of Chicago Law School is the law school of the University of Chicago, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is consistently ranked among the best and most prestigious law schools in the world, and has many dist ...

in 1960 and moved to Vermont in 1968, where he soon entered the political scene.

Career

Diamondstone, along with former U.S. Congressman

William H. Meyer William Henry Meyer (December 29, 1914 – December 16, 1983) was an American politician and Member of the United States House of Representatives from Vermont. Biography Born in Philadelphia, he attended the public schools of the city and gra ...

Bernie Sanders Bernard Sanders (born September8, 1941) is an American politician who has served as the junior United States senator from Vermont since 2007. He was the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district from 1991 to 2007 ...

(who is a current U.S. Senator), and others, founded the Liberty Union Party in 1970. From then until his death, he ran every two years for various political offices, never receiving more than 8% of the vote in general elections. While Diamondstone usually carried the Liberty Union banner in his political campaigns, he occasionally ran under other party labels and even entered Democratic and Republican primaries. In

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from ...

, he was the official Democratic nominee for U.S. House of Representatives and placed a distant third, behind Bernie Sanders (running as an independent) and Republican Karen Ann Kerin. Diamondstone arrived late to a debate for U.S. Congress in 1980, and was told he would not be able to participate. He remained in the debate area and was arrested. He was also arrested in 1996 while attempting to participate in a debate for U.S. Congress, for which he was a candidate. In 2006, Diamondstone was escorted off stage and charged with disorderly conduct after cursing at students in the audience and repeatedly speaking past his allotted time during a U.S. Senate debate. Once a friend and political ally of Bernie Sanders, the two gradually drifted apart as Sanders transitioned into mainstream electoral politics. In 1984, Diamondstone passed out anti-Sanders flyers, calling him a "

Quisling ''Quisling'' (, ) is a term used in Scandinavian languages and in English meaning a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force – or more generally as a synonym for ''traitor''. The word ori ...

" and criticizing him for endorsing Democratic presidential nominee

Walter Mondale Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota ...

. He did not endorse Sanders' 2016 presidential candidacy and referred to him as a war criminal for supporting the 1999

NATO bombing of Yugoslavia The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombings continued until an a ...

Political positions

Diamondstone was a supporter of Vermont seceding from the United States. He advocated for community ownership of the

means of production The means of production is a term which describes land, labor and capital that can be used to produce products (such as goods or services); however, the term can also refer to anything that is used to produce products. It can also be used as an ...

as well as

nationalization Nationalization (nationalisation in British English) is the process of transforming privately-owned assets into public assets by bringing them under the public ownership of a national government or state. Nationalization usually refers to pri ...

of the healthcare system and increasing the number of paid leave and paid vacation days. Diamondstone also believed in disbanding the

Vermont National Guard The Vermont National Guard is composed of the Vermont Army National Guard and the Vermont Air National Guard. Together, they are collectively known as the Green Mountain Boys. Both units use the original Revolutionary War-era Flag of the Green Mo ...

and replacing it with a civilian militia. He opposed

water fluoridation Water fluoridation is the controlled adjustment of fluoride to a public water supply solely to reduce tooth decay. Fluoridated water contains fluoride at a level that is effective for preventing cavities; this can occur naturally or by adding ...

, genetically modified food, and the

HPV vaccine Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines are vaccines that prevent infection by certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Available HPV vaccines protect against either two, four, or nine types of HPV. All HPV vaccines protect against at least HP ...

, which he referred to as a "Big Pharma sham". Diamondstone was an advocate of eliminating the

voting age A voting age is a minimum age established by law that a person must attain before they become eligible to vote in a public election. The most common voting age is 18 years; however, voting ages as low as 16 and as high as 25 currently exist (s ...

. He also wanted to open

hearings In law, a hearing is a proceeding before a court or other decision-making body or officer, such as a government agency or a legislative committee. Description A hearing is generally distinguished from a trial in that it is usually shorter and ...

to investigate conspiracy theories relating to the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercia ...

. Diamondstone, while coming from a Jewish family, was an opponent of

Zionism Zionism ( he, צִיּוֹנוּת ''Tsiyyonut'' after ''Zion'') is a Nationalism, nationalist movement that espouses the establishment of, and support for a homeland for the Jewish people centered in the area roughly corresponding to what is ...

, saying, "Zionism has nothing to do with Judaism. As a matter of fact, probably about 90 percent of all Zionists are Christians." He endorsed withdrawing all military aid to Israel and criticized "war crimes and genocide" perpetrated by the Israeli government. Ideologically, he identified as a "nonviolent

revolutionary socialist Revolutionary socialism is a political philosophy, doctrine, and tradition within socialism that stresses the idea that a social revolution is necessary to bring about structural changes in society. More specifically, it is the view that revoluti ...

". He argued it is an imperative for

capitalism Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and their operation for Profit (economics), profit. Central characteristics of capitalism include capital accumulation, competitive markets, pric ...

to end, to be replaced by a socialist economic system.

Personal life

Diamondstone married Doris Lake in 1957. They had four children. He was an

atheist Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no ...

. Diamondstone died at his home in Dummerston, Vermont on August 30, 2017, at age 82. According to his wife, he was suffering from several ailments, including heart and kidney diseases, and had been recently released from the hospital. Diamondstone also suffered from leg sores which required him to wear shorts to stay comfortable. Upon his death, Bernie Sanders said, "I first met Peter Diamondstone over 45 years ago. While I have not had any real contact with him for many, many years, I have the feeling that he never changed. Peter was a very independent thinker, unafraid to express his (often controversial) point of view on any subject. As a result, he forced people to examine and defend their own positions. No small thing. In his own way, Peter played an important role in Vermont politics for many decades."

Electoral history

''Scattering votes are not included.''

1970s

Vermont Attorney General The Vermont Attorney General is a statewide elected executive official in the U.S. state of Vermont who is elected every two years. It was created by an act of the Vermont General Assembly in 1790, repealed in 1797, and revived in 1904. The office ...

Democratic primary, 1970 *

Thomas P. Salmon Thomas Paul Salmon (born August 19, 1932) is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 75th governor of Vermont from 1973 to 1977. Biography Salmon was born in Cleveland, Ohio, raised in Stow, Massachusetts, and attended Hudson ...

( Democratic) – 19,513 (66.97%) * Peter Diamondstone (D) – 9,553 (32.79%) Vermont Attorney General election, 1970 *

Jim Jeffords James Merrill Jeffords (May 11, 1934 – August 18, 2014) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989, he served as a Republican until 2001, when he left the party to become ...

(

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

) – 85,515 (57.83%) *

(D) – 60,373 (40.83%) * Peter Diamondstone ( Liberty Union) – 1,987 (1.34%) Vermont Attorney General Republican primary, 1972 *

Kimberly B. Cheney Kimberly B. Cheney (born November 25, 1935, in Manchester, CT) is an American lawyer and politician who served as Vermont's Attorney General from 1973 to 1975. Early life and career Kimberly B. Cheney is one of four sons born to Kimberly Chen ...

(R) – 20,307 (33.62%) * Natt L. Divoll (R) – 18,300 (30.30%) * Robert E. West (R) – 13,095 (21.68%) * Sten E. Lium (R) – 5,009 (8.29%) * Peter Diamondstone (R) – 3,669 (6.07%) Vermont Attorney General election, 1972 *

(R) – 101,480 (57.89%) * Richard Gadbois (D) – 67,884 (38.72%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 5,989 (3.36%)

Vermont's at-large congressional district Vermont has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when the state lost its second seat, obsoleting its 1st and 2nd congressional districts. There were o ...

Democratic primary, 1974 * Francis J. Cain (D) – 9,415 (41.37%) * Margaret A. Lucenti (D) – 3,384 (14.87%) * John J. Welch (D) – 3,004 (13.20%) * Francis J. Esposito (D) – 2,804 (12.32%) * Dennis J. Morrisseau (D) – 2,623 (11.52%) * Peter Diamondstone (D) – 1,426 (6.27%) Vermont Attorney General election, 1976 * M. Jerome Diamond (D) – 89,839 (53.17%) * John P. Meaker (R) – 71,960 (42.59%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 7,153 (4.23%)

United States House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives, often referred to as the House of Representatives, the U.S. House, or simply the House, is the Lower house, lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the United States Senate, Senate being ...

election in Vermont, 1978 *

(R) – 90,668 (75.26%) * Sarah Marie Dietz (D) – 23,228 (19.28%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 6,505 (5.40%)

1980s

U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1980 *

(R) – 154,274 (79.24%) * Robin Lloyd (

Citizens Citizenship is a "relationship between an individual and a state to which the individual owes allegiance and in turn is entitled to its protection". Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...

) – 24,758 (12.72%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 15,218 (7.82%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1982 *

(R) – 114,191 (69.23%) * Mark A. Kaplan (D) – 38,296 (23.22%) * Robin Lloyd (C) – 6,409 (3.89%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 2,794 (1.69%) * Morris Earle (

Small Is Beautiful ''Small Is Beautiful: A Study of Economics As If People Mattered'' is a collection of essays published in 1973 by German-born British economist E. F. Schumacher. The title "Small Is Beautiful" came from a principle espoused by Schumach ...

) – 1,733 (1.05%) * George E. Trask (

Libertarian Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

) – 1,407 (0.85%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1984 *

(R) – 148,025 (65.41%) *

Anthony Pollina Anthony Pollina (born February 17, 1952) is an American Progressive politician who has served as a member of the Vermont Senate since 2011. Biography Anthony Pollina was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey on February 17, 1952, the son of Salvatore P ...

(D) – 60,360 (26.67%) * Jim Hedbor (L) – 9,359 (4.14%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 4,858 (2.15%) * Morris Earle (SIB) – 3,313 (1.46%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1986 *

(R) – 168,403 (89.12%) * John T. McNulty (

Pro-life Anti-abortion movements, also self-styled as pro-life or abolitionist movements, are involved in the abortion debate advocating against the practice of abortion and its legality. Many anti-abortion movements began as countermovements in respons ...

) – 7,404 (3.92%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 7,060 (3.74%) * Morris Earle (SIB) – 5,850 (3.10%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1988 *

Peter Plympton Smith Peter Plympton Smith (born October 31, 1945) is an American educator and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from the U.S. state of Vermont, the 76th lieutenant governor of Vermont, and an education ...

(R) – 98,937 (41.21%) *

(Independent) – 90,026 (37.50%) * Paul N. Poirier (D) – 45,330 (18.88%) * Jim Hedbor (L) – 3,109 (1.30%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,455 (0.61%) * Morris Earle (SIB) – 1,070 (0.45%)

1990s

Vermont's at-large congressional district Democratic primary, 1990 * Dolores Sandoval (D) – 5,979 (41.27%) * Peter Diamondstone (D) – 5,711 (39.42%) *

(write–in, D) – 2,005 (13.84%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1990 *

(I) – 117,522 (56.00%) *

(R) – 82,938 (39.52%) * Dolores Sandoval (D) – 6,315 (3.01%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,965 (0.94%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1992 *

(I) – 162,724 (57.78%) * Tim Philbin (R) – 86,901 (30.86%) * Lewis E. Young (D) – 22,279 (7.91%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 3,660 (1.30%) * John Dewey (

Natural Law Natural law ( la, ius naturale, ''lex naturalis'') is a system of law based on a close observation of human nature, and based on values intrinsic to human nature that can be deduced and applied independently of positive law (the express enacte ...

) – 3,549 (1.26%) * Douglas M. Miller ( Freedom for LaRouche) – 2,049 (0.73%) Vermont Attorney General election, 1994 * Jeffrey Amestoy (R) – 176,857 (87.14%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 11,210 (5.52%) * Joseph P. Mulcahy (NL) – 7,753 (3.73%) * Ted Talcott ( Vermont Grassroots) – 7,062 (3.48%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1996 *

(I) – 140,678 (55.23%) * Susan W. Sweetser (R) – 83,021 (32.60%) * Jack Long (D) – 23,830 (9.36%) * Thomas J. Morse (L) – 2,693 (1.06%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,965 (0.77%) * Robert Melamede (VG) – 1,350 (0.53%) * Norio Kushi (NL) – 812 (0.32%) Vermont's at-large congressional district Democratic primary, 1998 *

(write-in, D) – 1,661 (47.88%) * Mark Candon (write–in, D) – 524 (15.11%) * Jack Long (write–in, D) – 465 (13.40%) * Peter Diamondstone (write–in, D) – 352 (10.15%) Vermont's at-large congressional district Republican primary, 1998 * Mark Candon (R) – 23,101 (48.43%) * Jack Long (R) – 15,716 (32.95%) * Peter Diamondstone (R) – 8,327 (17.46%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1998 *

(I) – 136,403 (63.40%) * Mark Candon (R) – 70,740 (32.88%) * Matthew S. Mulligan (VG) – 3,464 (1.61%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 2,153 (1.00%) * Robert Maynard (L) – 2,097 (0.98%)

2000s

Vermont's at-large congressional district Democratic primary, 2000 * Peter Diamondstone (D) – 20,539 (90.94%) *

(write–in, D) – 1,337 (5.92%) U.S. House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2000 *

(I) – 196,118 (69.21%) * Karen Ann Kerin (R) – 51,977 (18.34%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU, D, Organic Life) – 14,918 (5.27%) * Stewart Skrill (I) – 11,816 (4.17%) * Jack Rogers (VG) – 4,799 (1.69%) * Daniel H. Krymkowski (L) – 2,978 (1.05%) Governor of Vermont Progressive primary, 2002 * Michael J. Badamo (

Progressive Progressive may refer to: Politics * Progressivism, a political philosophy in support of social reform ** Progressivism in the United States, the political philosophy in the American context * Progressive realism, an American foreign policy par ...

) – 931 (54.16%) * Peter Diamondstone (P) – 412 (23.97%) Vermont gubernatorial election, 2002 *

Jim Douglas James Holley Douglas (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for ...

(R) – 103,436 (44.94%) * Doug Racine (D) – 97,565 (42.39%) * Cornelius Hogan (I) – 22,353 (9.71%) *

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 ...

(

Marijuana Cannabis, also known as marijuana among other names, is a psychoactive drug from the cannabis plant. Native to Central or South Asia, the cannabis plant has been used as a drug for both recreational and entheogenic purposes and in various tra ...

) – 1,737 (0.76) * Michael Badamo (P) – 1,380 (0.60%) * Joel W. Williams (L) – 938 (0.41%) * Patricia Hejny (VG) – 771 (0.34%) * Marilynn Christian (Restore Justice-Freedom) – 638 (0.28%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 625 (0.27%) * Brian Pearl (I) – 569 (0.25%) Governor of Vermont Progressive primary, 2004 * Martha Abbott (write–in, P) – 375 (55.07%) * Peter Diamondstone (P) – 190 (27.90%) Vermont gubernatorial election, 2004 *

(R) – 181,540 (58.74%) *

Peter Clavelle Peter A. Clavelle (born May 10, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and was the first member of a third party to hold the office since James Edmund Burke in 1935. Bernie Sanders also won ...

(D) – 117,327 (37.96%) *

(M) – 4,221 (1.37%) * Patricia Hejny (I) – 2,431 (0.79%) * Harland Arthur Macia III (L) – 2,263 (0.73%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,298 (0.42%)

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2006 The 2006 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire rather than seek reelection to a fourth term, and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him. Sanders, w ...

(I) – 171,638 (65.41%) *

Rich Tarrant Richard Edward Tarrant (born August 6, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. He was the Republican nominee for U.S. Senator from Vermont in 2006, which he lost to U.S. Representative Bernie Sanders. Tarrant and his wife, Deborah, r ...

(R) – 84,924 (32.36%) *

(I) – 1,735 (0.66%) * Craig Hill (

Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 495570 Nanometre, nm. In subtractive color systems, used in painting and color printing, it is created by ...

) – 1,536 (0.59%) * Peter Moss ( Anti–Bushist) – 1,518 (0.58%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 801 (0.31%)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2008 The 2008 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4. Incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican Governor of Vermont, Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a fourth term. The gubernatorial primary took place on Septemb ...

(R) – 170,492 (53.43%) *

(I) – 69,791 (21.87%) *

Gaye Symington Gaye R. Symington (born April 20, 1954) is an American politician who is the former Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly. She was the 2008 Democratic nominee for the 2008 Vermont gubern ...

(D) – 69,534 (21.79%) * Tony O'Connor (Cheap Renewable Energy) – 3,106 (0.97%) * Sam Young (I) – 2,490 (0.78%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,710 (0.54%) * Cris Ericson (I) – 1,704 (0.53%)

2010s

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2010 *

Patrick Leahy Patrick Joseph Leahy (; born March 31, 1940) is an American politician and attorney who is the senior United States senator from Vermont and serves as the president pro tempore of the United States Senate. A member of the Democratic Party, ...

(D) – 151,281 (64.33%) * Len Britton (R) – 72,699 (30.91%) * Daniel Freilich (I) – 3,544 (1.51%) * Cris Ericson (M) – 2,731 (1.16%) * Stephen J. Cain (I) – 2,356 (1.00%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU, Socialist) – 1,433 (0.61%) * Johenry Nunes (I) – 1,021 (0.43%)

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012 The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2012. Incumbent Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won re-election to a second term in a landslide, capturing nearly three-quarters of the vote. Background Then-U ...

(I) – 207,848 (71.00%) *

John MacGovern John F. MacGovern (born July 14, 1951) is an American politician who represented the 2nd Middlesex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991. He was the Republican nominee in the Massachusetts's 5th congressional dis ...

(R) – 72,898 (24.90%) *

(M) – 5,924 (2.02%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 2,511 (0.86%) * Peter Moss (Peace & Prosperity) – 2,452 (0.84%) * Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS) – 877 (0.30%)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2014 The 2014 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Vermont, concurrently with elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and v ...

Peter Shumlin Peter Elliott Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 81st governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017. He was first elected to the office in 2010, and was reelected to a ...

(D) – 89,509 (46.36%) *

Scott Milne Scott Edward Milne (born March 10, 1959) is an American businessman and political candidate from North Pomfret, Vermont. A Republican, Milne was the party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2020, losing to Democrat Molly Gray; the no ...

(R) – 87,075 (45.10%) * Dan Feliciano (L) – 8,428 (4.37%) * Em Peyton (I) – 3,157 (1.64%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 1,673 (0.87%) * Bernard Peters (I) – 1,434 (0.74%) *

(I) – 1,089 (0.56%) United States Senate election in Vermont, 2016 *

(D) – 192,243 (59.99%) *

(R) – 103,637 (32.34%) *

(M) – 9,156 (2.86%) * Jerry Trudell (I) – 5,223 (1.63%) * Peter Diamondstone (LU) – 3,241 (1.01%)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Diamondstone, Peter 1934 births 2017 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American lawyers 21st-century American politicians Activists from Vermont American pacifists Jewish American atheists Jewish American attorneys Jewish socialists Liberty Union Party politicians People from Brattleboro, Vermont People from Dummerston, Vermont Politicians from Queens, New York University of Chicago alumni Vermont Democrats Vermont Progressive Party politicians Vermont Republicans Vermont lawyers Vermont socialists