1972 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 1972 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential 1972 11 7 no 1970 Vermont gubernatorial election 1970 1974 Vermont gubernatorial election 1974 File:Thomas P. Salmon (cropped).jpg 150x150px Thomas P. Salmon Democratic Party (United States) 104,533 55.3% File:LutherHackett.png Republican Party (United States) Luther F. Hackett 82,491 43.6% 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 220px County resultsSalmon: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Hackett: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% Governor Deane C. Davis Republican Party (United States) Thomas P. Salmon Democratic Party (United States) The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. The incumbent Republican Governor 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. Republican primary Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Luther F. Hackett 33,323 54.4 Republican Party (United States) James M. Jeffords 27,902 45.5 Republican Party (United States) Other 46 0.1 61,271 100.00 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62944/p1972.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 31 December 2014 December 31, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231184646/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62944/p1972.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) Thomas P. Salmon 10,552 99.0 Democratic Party (United States) Other 109 1.0 10,661 100.00 General election Results 1972 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 30 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) 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 Party (United States) Luther F. Hackett 82,491 43.6 Liberty Union Party Bernie SandersTuesday, 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/ 2,175 1.1 N/A Other 38 0.0 189,237 100.00 References Vermont 1972 Gubernatorial Category:Bernie Sanders