1982 United States Senate election in Vermont

none March 2026 September 2023 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont Vermont presidential 1982 11 2 150x150px no 1976 United States Senate election in Vermont 1976 1988 United States Senate election in Vermont 1988 Robert Theodore Stafford.jpg Robert Stafford Republican Party (United States) 84,450 50.27% Consumer Reports - Jim Guest (cropped).tif Democratic Party (United States) James A. Guest 79,340 47.23% x220px County results x220px Municipality results 219px Stafford: #FFC8CD 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Guest: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% U.S. Senator Robert Stafford Republican Party (United States) Robert Stafford Republican Party (United States) The 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 2, 1982. Incumbent Republican Senator Robert Stafford successfully ran for re-election to a third term in office, defeating Democratic candidate and former Vermont Secretary of State James A. Guest. This election marks the last time a Democrat won any counties in a race for Vermont's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat, as well as the last time the winner of the seat did not win every county in the state until 2024. Republican primary Candidates Stewart M. Ledbetter, former Vermont Banking and Insurance Commissioner and nominee for Senate in 1980 John McClaughry, staffer in the White House Office of Policy Development and former State Representative from Caledonia County Robert Stafford, incumbent U.S. Senator Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Robert Stafford (Incumbent) 26,323 46.2% Republican Party (United States) Stewart M. Ledbetter 19,743 34.7% Republican Party (United States) John McClaughry 10,692 18.8% 162 0.3% 65,920 100.00 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62929/p1982.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 15 June 2015 31 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231033925/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62929/p1982.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) James A. Guest 11,352 67.1 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas E. McGregor 3,749 22.2 Democratic Party (United States) Earl S. Gardner 1,281 7.6 Democratic Party (United States) Other 536 3.2 16,918 100 General election Results United States Senate election in Vermont, 1982General Election Results - U.S. Senator - 1914-2014 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/682280/generalelection_USSenator.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 15 June 2015 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053355/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/682280/generalelection_USSenator.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Robert Stafford (Incumbent) 84,450 50.27% Democratic Party (United States) James A. Guest 79,340 47.23% Independent (politician) Michael Edward Hackett 1,463 0.87% Independent (politician) Ion Laskaris 897 0.53% Libertarian Party (United States) Bo Adlerbert 892 0.53% N/A Other 961 0.57% 168,003 100.00% See also 1982 United States Senate elections References Vermont 1982 United States Senate