1986 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1986 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1986 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential 1986 11 4 no 1984 Vermont gubernatorial election 1984 1988 Vermont gubernatorial election 1988 File:Madeleine Kunin (D-VT).jpg 150x150px Madeleine Kunin Democratic Party (United States) 139 92,485 47.0% File:Peter Plympton Smith.jpg Republican Party (United States) 39 Peter Smith 75,239 38.2% File:Portrait of Bernie Sanders in c. 1986 (1).jpg Independent 2 Bernie Sanders 28,418 14.4% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Kunin: #BDD3FF 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70%Smith: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% Governor Madeleine Kunin Democratic Party (United States) Madeleine Kunin Democratic Party (United States) The 1986 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 1986. Incumbent Democrat Madeleine Kunin ran successfully for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican candidate Peter Plympton Smith, the incumbent Lieutenant Governor, and independent candidate Bernie Sanders, the mayor of Burlington, Vermont's largest city. Since no candidate won a majority of the popular vote, Kunin was elected by the Vermont General Assembly per the state constitution. This was the first time since 1912 that none of the candidates received a majority of the vote.Doyle 1992 222 Along with Democrats' takeover of the state House for the first time in history, Democrats won a trifecta in the state for the first time ever. Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62923/p1986.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 30 December 2014 December 31, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231020736/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62923/p1986.pdf dead Vermont Democratic Party Madeleine M. Kunin (inc.) 19,401 95.1 Vermont Democratic Party Write-ins 993 4.9 20,394 100 Republican primary Results Republican primary results Vermont Republican Party Peter Plympton Smith 24,837 96.8 Vermont Republican Party Write-ins 813 3.2 25,650 100 Liberty Union primary Results Liberty Union primary results Liberty Union Party Richard F. Gottlieb 135 86.0 Liberty Union Party Bernie Sanders (write-in) 16 10.2 Liberty Union Party Write-ins (other) 6 3.8 157 100 General election File:Bernie Sanders 1986 Gubernatorial Campaign Pamphlet (front and back cover).jpg Front and back cover File:Bernie Sanders 1986 Gubernatorial Campaign Pamphlet (inside).jpg Inside Pamphlet for Bernie Sanders' campaign right yes Candidates Madeleine M. Kunin (D), incumbent Governor of Vermont Peter Plympton Smith (R), Lieutenant Governor of Vermont Bernie Sanders (I), Mayor of Burlington, VermontApril 4, 1989 Friends honor Sanders as he says goodbye 1 The Burlington Free Press https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64758086/the-burlington-free-press/ live https://archive.today/20201206221002/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64758086/the-burlington-free-press/ December 6, 2020 Newspapers.com Richard F. Gottlieb (LU) Results 1986 Vermont gubernatorial electionGeneral Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 31 December 2014 Vermont Democratic Party Madeleine M. Kunin (inc.) 92,485 47.0 -3.0 Vermont Republican Party Peter Plympton Smith 75,239 38.2 -10.3 Independent Bernie Sanders 28,418 14.4 +14.4 Liberty Union Party Richard F. Gottlieb 491 0.2 -0.1 Write-in Write-ins 83 0.1 n/a 196,716 100 After no candidate received a majority of the vote, the Vermont Legislature, consisting of 150 representatives and 30 senators, voted to decide the winner, per the state constitution. Vermont legislature vote resultsGeneral Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 31 December 2014 Vermont Democratic Party Madeleine M. Kunin (inc.) 139 77.22 Vermont Republican Party Peter Plympton Smith 39 21.66 Independent Bernie Sanders 2 1.11 180 100 References Works cited Doyle William William T. Doyle The Vermont Political Tradition: And Those Who Helped Make It 1992 W. Doyle https://archive.org/details/vermontpolitical00will 0961548614 Vermont 1986 Gubernatorial Category:Bernie Sanders Category:Contingent elections in Vermont