| Turnout | Robert Stafford* (R) |
James Guest (D) |
Michael Hackett (I) |
Ion Laskaris (Citizens) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TOTAL | 44% | 5,136 | 54.4% | 4,113 | 43.6% | 40 | 0.4% | 76 | 0.8% | 78 | 0.8% | 1,023 | 9,443 |
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Other candidates included: Bo Adlerbert (Libertarian), 892 votes ; Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), 774 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Robert Stafford* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $403,869 |
| Total Receipts: | $396,742 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $17,003 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $3,297 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $13,706 |
| Net Spending: | $417,575 |
| James Guest | |
| Total Disbursements: | $221,030 |
| Total Receipts: | $223,041 |
| Cash on Hand: | $0 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $0 |
| Party Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $0 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $0 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $0 |
| Net Spending: | $221,030 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/senate/VT/1982