1972 Vermont gubernatorial election

The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. The incumbent Republican Gov. Deane C. Davis was not a candidate for re-election to another term as Governor of Vermont. The Democratic nominee, Thomas P. Salmon, defeated the Republican nominee, Luther F. Hackett, to become his successor. Future U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran as a member of the Liberty Union Party.[1]

1972 Vermont gubernatorial election
November 7, 1972 (1972-11-07)
 
Nominee Thomas P. Salmon Luther Hackett
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 104,533 82,491
Percentage 55.3% 43.6%
County results
Salmon:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Hackett:      40-50%      50–60%
Governor before election

Deane C. Davis
Republican

 Elected Governor

Thomas P. Salmon
Democratic

Elections in Vermont

Republican primary

Results
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Luther F. Hackett 33,323 54.4
Republican James M. Jeffords 27,902 45.5
Republican Other 46 0.1
Total votes '61,271' '100'

Democratic primary

Results
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Thomas P. Salmon 10,552 99.0
Democratic Other 109 1.0
Total votes '10,661' '100'

General election

Results
Vermont gubernatorial election, 1972[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Thomas P. Salmon 101,751 53.8
Independent Vermonters Thomas P. Salmon 2,782 1.5
Total Thomas P. Salmon 104,533 55.3
Republican Luther F. Hackett 82,491 43.6
Liberty Union Bernie Sanders[1] 2,175 1.1
N/A Other 38 0.0
Total votes '189,237' '100'
gollark: I still feel like you should be able to *say you support* multiple people.
gollark: Approval voting is simple and easily better.
gollark: It's more complex but generally better, at least in some forms.
gollark: It's bad because it discourages third parties from existing.
gollark: i.e. "you can vote for one person, person with most votes wins"

References
  1. Tuesday, October 3, 1972, Bernard Sanders, 31, after losing the Senate race, runs for governor in 1972 under the Liberty Union banner. At a debate with his two major-party rivals at Johnson State College, Sanders wins repeated applause from a crowd of 350 students as he attacks the Republican and the Democratic candidates for governor. He accuses the GOP of a welfare policy that would make poor people "eat dirt" and chides both parties for not advocating stiff taxation of corporations in Vermont.http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/26/sanders-begin-political-revolution/27991467/
  2. "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  3. "General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
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