1988 United States Senate election in Vermont

none March 2026 September 2023 1988 United States Senate election in Vermont Vermont presidential 1988 11 8 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont 1982 1994 United States Senate election in Vermont 1994 File:Jim Jeffords (cropped).jpg 150x150px Jim Jeffords Republican Party (United States) 163,203 67.97% File:BillGray.png Democratic Party (United States) Bill Gray 71,469 29.76% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Jeffords: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Gray: #A5B0FF 40–50% U.S. Senator Robert Stafford Republican Party (United States) Jim Jeffords Republican Party (United States) The 1988 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 8, 1988. Incumbent Republican Robert Stafford did not run for re-election to another term in the United States Senate. Republican candidate Jim Jeffords defeated Democratic candidate Bill Gray to succeed him. With the results in the concurrent presidential and House elections, it is the last time that Vermont voted Republican in all three federal statewide offices simultaneously. Republican primary Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Jim Jeffords 30,555 60.8 Republican Party (United States) Mike Griffes 19,593 38.9 Republican Party (United States) Other 128 0.3 50,276 100.0 Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62920/p1988.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State June 15, 2015 Democratic Party (United States) Bill Gray 23,138 91.5 Democratic Party (United States) Other 2,149 8.5 25,287 100.0 General election Candidates William B. Gray, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont (Democratic) Jim Jeffords, U.S. Representative for Vermont at-large (Republican) Jerry Levy (Liberty Union) King Milne (Independent) Polling Poll sourceDate(s)Sample sizeMargin of Error Jeffords Gray Levy Milne UndecidedRutland Herald Barre Montpelier Times Argus University of VermontOctober 17, 1988 Poll: Smith, Kunin, Jeffords lead 1 Bennington Banner https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79543987/bennington-banner/ live https://archive.today/20210612021225/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/79406056/the-burlington-free-press/ June 12, 2021 Newspapers.com March 5, 2022 October 6–9, 1988502 registered voters± 4.5%63%' 19% 2% 0% 16% Results United States Senate election in Vermont, 1988General 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 June 15, 2015 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053355/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/682280/generalelection_USSenator.pdf dead Republican Party (United States) Jim Jeffords 163,203 67.97% Democratic Party (United States) Bill Gray 71,469 29.76% Liberty Union Party Jerry Levy 2,506 1.04% Independent (United States) King Milne 2,424 1.01% N/A Other 509 0.21% 240,111 100.00% Republican Party (United States) See also 1988 United States Senate elections 1988 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont 1988 United States presidential election in Vermont 1988 Vermont gubernatorial election References Vermont 1988 United States Senate