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.S. representative
Bernie Sanders, an
independent
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and self-described
democratic socialist
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, had been elected with 65% of the vote in the
2006 U.S. senatorial election in Vermont.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
Bernie Sanders, incumbent U.S. Senator
Sanders also received the nomination of the
Vermont Progressive Party
The Vermont Progressive Party, formerly the Progressive Coalition, is a progressive political party in the United States founded in 1999 and active only in the state of Vermont. As of 2019, the party has two members in the Vermont Senate and se ...
, but declined both the Democratic and Progressive nominations after the primary.
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
*
John MacGovern, former
Massachusetts State Representative
* H. Brooke Paige, former CEO of Remmington News Service
Declined
* Kevin Dorn, former Secretary of the
Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
*
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 fo ...
, former Governor
* Thom Lauzon, Mayor of
Barre
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*
Tom Salmon, state auditor
Results
General election
Candidates
* Peter Diamondstone (
Liberty Union), perennial candidate
* Cris Ericson (
U.S. Marijuana), perennial candidate (
also running for Governor)
* Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS)
*
John MacGovern (Republican), former Massachusetts State Representative
* Peter Moss (Peace and Prosperity)
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* Bernie Sanders (I), incumbent U.S. Senator]
Predictions
Debates
Complete video of debate
October 25, 2012 - C-SPAN
Polling
Results
References
External links
Elections and Campaign Finance Division
at the Vermont Secretary of State
Campaign contributions
at OpenSecrets.org
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Outside spending
at Sunlight Foundation
Candidate issue positions
at On the Issues
;Official campaign websites (Archived)
Cris Ericson for U.S. Senate
John MacGovern for U.S. Senate
Brooke Paige for U.S. Senate
Bernie Sanders for U.S. Senate
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United States Senate
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Vermont
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2012
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