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1994-11-08 Senatorial Election Results for Vermont (Class 1)

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County Turnout Jim Jeffords*
(R)		 Jan Backus
(D)		 Gavin Mills
(I)		 Matthew Mulligan
(I)		 Other Margin TOTAL
Addison51%6,38149.7%5,38241.9%6865.3%1971.5%2051.6%999 12,851
Bennington48%7,03153.7%4,95937.9%6454.9%1791.4%2812.1%2,072 13,095
Caledonia42%4,47850.4%3,35537.8%6737.6%2112.4%1631.8%1,123 8,880
Chittenden49%25,51249.2%22,23042.9%2,9865.8%3380.7%7591.5%3,282 51,825
Essex42%1,02951.9%73637.1%1387.0%452.3%361.8%293 1,984
Franklin47%6,82448.4%6,15143.6%7285.2%1831.3%2241.6%673 14,110
Grand Isle59%1,28148.9%1,17845.0%1044.0%180.7%361.4%103 2,617
Lamoille47%3,78050.3%3,23543.0%2773.7%851.1%1391.8%545 7,516
Orange52%5,30551.4%4,16540.3%5094.9%1611.6%1831.8%1,140 10,323
Orleans49%4,21547.2%3,80042.5%6767.6%1061.2%1421.6%415 8,939
Rutland47%11,31550.4%7,46333.2%2,53511.3%8833.9%2571.1%3,852 22,453
Washington52%11,51352.1%8,83040.0%1,1055.0%2281.0%4021.8%2,683 22,078
Windham45%7,18349.4%6,17442.5%4793.3%2131.5%4783.3%1,009 14,527
Windsor49%10,65852.1%8,21040.1%9244.5%2941.4%3881.9%2,448 20,474
TOTAL 49% 106,50550.3% 85,86840.6% 12,4655.9% 3,1411.5% 3,6931.7% 20,637 211,672
Total R vote: 106,505 (50.3%)      Total D vote: 85,868 (40.6%)      Total Other vote: 19,299 (9.1%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $1,250,939 $313,184 $9,517 $1,690
Total Receipts: $1,173,101 $316,753 $9,555 $1,900
Cash on Hand: $234,370 $3,567 $279 $209
Contributions by Candidate: $1,750 $13,896 $0 $650
Loans by Candidate: $0 $23,100 $3,829 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $231,201 $159,054 $2,215 $1,250
Party Contributions: $20,100 $22,500 $0 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $586,204 $96,631 $0 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $91,531 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $4,674 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $4,674 $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $1,255,613 $313,184 $9,517 $1,690

**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/1994


Other candidates included: Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots), 1,416 votes ; Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), 1,376 votes ; Joseph Pardo (Natural Law), 709 votes



1994 Senate class 1, Addison County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 6,381 49.7%
Jan Backus (D) 5,382 41.9%
Gavin Mills (I) 686 5.3%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 197 1.5%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 82 0.6%
Jerry Levy (LU) 70 0.5%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 42 0.3%
TOTAL 12,851
Turnout: 51%


1994 Senate class 1, Bennington County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 7,031 53.7%
Jan Backus (D) 4,959 37.9%
Gavin Mills (I) 645 4.9%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 179 1.4%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 115 0.9%
Jerry Levy (LU) 92 0.7%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 62 0.5%
TOTAL 13,095
Turnout: 48%


1994 Senate class 1, Caledonia County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 4,478 50.4%
Jan Backus (D) 3,355 37.8%
Gavin Mills (I) 673 7.6%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 211 2.4%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 72 0.8%
Jerry Levy (LU) 50 0.6%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 30 0.3%
TOTAL 8,880
Turnout: 42%


1994 Senate class 1, Chittenden County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 25,512 49.2%
Jan Backus (D) 22,230 42.9%
Gavin Mills (I) 2,986 5.8%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 338 0.7%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 335 0.6%
Jerry Levy (LU) 196 0.4%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 182 0.4%
TOTAL 51,825
Turnout: 49%


1994 Senate class 1, Essex County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 1,029 51.9%
Jan Backus (D) 736 37.1%
Gavin Mills (I) 138 7.0%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 45 2.3%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 13 0.7%
Jerry Levy (LU) 11 0.6%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 10 0.5%
TOTAL 1,984
Turnout: 42%


1994 Senate class 1, Franklin County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 6,824 48.4%
Jan Backus (D) 6,151 43.6%
Gavin Mills (I) 728 5.2%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 183 1.3%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 79 0.6%
Jerry Levy (LU) 95 0.7%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 39 0.3%
TOTAL 14,110
Turnout: 47%


1994 Senate class 1, Grand Isle County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 1,281 48.9%
Jan Backus (D) 1,178 45.0%
Gavin Mills (I) 104 4.0%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 18 0.7%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 12 0.5%
Jerry Levy (LU) 12 0.5%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 8 0.3%
TOTAL 2,617
Turnout: 59%


1994 Senate class 1, Lamoille County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 3,780 50.3%
Jan Backus (D) 3,235 43.0%
Gavin Mills (I) 277 3.7%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 85 1.1%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 67 0.9%
Jerry Levy (LU) 44 0.6%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 25 0.3%
TOTAL 7,516
Turnout: 47%


1994 Senate class 1, Orange County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 5,305 51.4%
Jan Backus (D) 4,165 40.3%
Gavin Mills (I) 509 4.9%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 161 1.6%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 73 0.7%
Jerry Levy (LU) 70 0.7%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 32 0.3%
TOTAL 10,323
Turnout: 52%


1994 Senate class 1, Orleans County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 4,215 47.2%
Jan Backus (D) 3,800 42.5%
Gavin Mills (I) 676 7.6%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 106 1.2%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 62 0.7%
Jerry Levy (LU) 43 0.5%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 29 0.3%
TOTAL 8,939
Turnout: 49%


1994 Senate class 1, Rutland County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 11,315 50.4%
Jan Backus (D) 7,463 33.2%
Gavin Mills (I) 2,535 11.3%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 883 3.9%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 90 0.4%
Jerry Levy (LU) 101 0.4%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 50 0.2%
TOTAL 22,453
Turnout: 47%


1994 Senate class 1, Washington County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 11,513 52.1%
Jan Backus (D) 8,830 40.0%
Gavin Mills (I) 1,105 5.0%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 228 1.0%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 155 0.7%
Jerry Levy (LU) 162 0.7%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 64 0.3%
TOTAL 22,078
Turnout: 52%


1994 Senate class 1, Windham County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 7,183 49.4%
Jan Backus (D) 6,174 42.5%
Gavin Mills (I) 479 3.3%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 213 1.5%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 109 0.8%
Jerry Levy (LU) 300 2.1%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 47 0.3%
TOTAL 14,527
Turnout: 45%


1994 Senate class 1, Windsor County
CandidateVotesPct
Jim Jeffords* (R) 10,658 52.1%
Jan Backus (D) 8,210 40.1%
Gavin Mills (I) 924 4.5%
Matthew Mulligan (I) 294 1.4%
Bob Melamede (Vermont Grassroots) 152 0.7%
Jerry Levy (LU) 130 0.6%
Joseph Pardo (NtL) 89 0.4%
TOTAL 20,474
Turnout: 49%

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Jim Jeffords*
Total Disbursements: $1,250,939
Total Receipts: $1,173,101
Cash on Hand: $234,370
Candidate Contributions: $1,750
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $231,201
Party Contributions: $20,100
Other Committee Contributions: $586,204
Other Committee Transfers: $91,531
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $4,674
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $4,674
Net Spending: $1,255,613



Jan Backus
Total Disbursements: $313,184
Total Receipts: $316,753
Cash on Hand: $3,567
Candidate Contributions: $13,896
Candidate Loans: $23,100
Individual Contributions: $159,054
Party Contributions: $22,500
Other Committee Contributions: $96,631
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $313,184



Gavin Mills
Total Disbursements: $9,517
Total Receipts: $9,555
Cash on Hand: $279
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $3,829
Individual Contributions: $2,215
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: $9,517



Matthew Mulligan
Total Disbursements: $1,690
Total Receipts: $1,900
Cash on Hand: $209
Candidate Contributions: $650
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $1,250
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: $1,690



**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/1994


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jim Jeffords* 24,766 91.6% $1,250,939
    Other 2,285 8.4%  
TOTAL VOTES 27,051    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Jan Backus 16,217 53.6% $313,184
2   Doug Costle 13,139 43.5% $420,938
    Other 873 2.9%  
TOTAL VOTES 30,229