The 1994 U.S. Senate election in Vermont was held, where incumbent centrist Republican senator
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 ...
won re-election to a second term against state senator Jan Backus and independent Gavin Mills. He won every county in the state.
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Jan Backus
Jan Backus (born July 30, 1947) served as a Vermont state senator representing Windham County from 1989 to 1994 and Chittenden County from 1997 to 2000. A community activist, Backus served as a member of the Vermont Southeast Supervisory Un ...
,
State Senator
A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
Description
A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of ...
from
Windham County
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Douglas M. Costle, former
Administrator of the EPA
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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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 ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
Liberty Union primary
Candidates
* Jerry Levy, sociologist and perennial candidate
Results
General election
Candidates
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Jan Backus
Jan Backus (born July 30, 1947) served as a Vermont state senator representing Windham County from 1989 to 1994 and Chittenden County from 1997 to 2000. A community activist, Backus served as a member of the Vermont Southeast Supervisory Un ...
(Democratic),
State Senator
A state senator is a member of a state's senate in the bicameral legislature of 49 U.S. states, or a member of the unicameral Nebraska Legislature.
Description
A state senator is a member of an upper house in the bicameral legislatures of ...
*
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), incumbent U.S. Senator
* Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), sociologist and perennial candidate
* Bob Melamede (Grassroots)
* Gavin Mills (I), former State Chairman of
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* Matthew Mulligan (I)
* Joseph Victor Pardo (Natural Law)
Results
See also
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1994 United States Senate elections
The 1994 United States Senate elections held November 8, 1994 in which the Republican Party took control of the Senate from the Democrats. Like for most other midterm elections, the opposition, this time being the Republicans, held the traditio ...
References
External links
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Vermont
Vermont () is a U.S. state, 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 (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...
1994
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1994 Vermont elections