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1988-11-08 U.S. House Election Results for Vermont (At-Large District)

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Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Peter Smith
(R)		 Bernie Sanders
(I)		 Paul Poirier
(D)		 Jim Hedbor
(Libertarian)		 Other Margin TOTAL
TOTAL 98,93741.2% 90,02637.5% 45,53019.0% 3,1091.3% 2,5291.1% 8,911 240,131
Total R vote: 98,937 (41.2%)      Total D vote: 45,530 (19.0%)      Total Other vote: 95,664 (39.8%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $450,162 $331,284 $260,535 $57,901
Total Receipts: $457,737 $332,845 $260,771 $57,976
Cash on Hand: $7,574 $1,465 $219 $78
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $0 $0 $1,300
Loans by Candidate: $0 $11,000 $44,753 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $278,049 $305,508 $81,158 $53,389
Party Contributions: $15,575 $0 $825 $20
Other Committee Contributions: $159,111 $0 $128,588 $100
Transfers from Other Committees: $0 $815 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $0 $0 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0 $0 $0 $0
Net Spending: $450,162 $331,284 $260,535 $57,901

**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/house/VT/00/1988


Other candidates included: Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), 1,455 votes ; Morris Earle (I), 1,070 votes

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Peter Smith
Total Disbursements: $450,162
Total Receipts: $457,737
Cash on Hand: $7,574
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $278,049
Party Contributions: $15,575
Other Committee Contributions: $159,111
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $450,162



Bernie Sanders
Total Disbursements: $331,284
Total Receipts: $332,845
Cash on Hand: $1,465
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $11,000
Individual Contributions: $305,508
Party Contributions: $0
Other Committee Contributions: $0
Other Committee Transfers: $815
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $331,284



Paul Poirier
Total Disbursements: $260,535
Total Receipts: $260,771
Cash on Hand: $219
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $44,753
Individual Contributions: $81,158
Party Contributions: $825
Other Committee Contributions: $128,588
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $260,535



Jim Hedbor
Total Disbursements: $57,901
Total Receipts: $57,976
Cash on Hand: $78
Candidate Contributions: $1,300
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $53,389
Party Contributions: $20
Other Committee Contributions: $100
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $0
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $0
Net Spending: $57,901



**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/house/VT/00/1988


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Peter Smith 37,211 77.5% $450,162
2   David Gates 9,954 20.7% $15,003
    Other 828 1.7%  
TOTAL VOTES 47,993    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Paul Poirier 11,024 33.9% $260,535
2   Peter Welch 10,756 33.1% $243,407
3   James Guest 8,301 25.6% $260,373
4   Dolores Sandoval 2,132 6.6% $19,143
    Other 261 0.8%  
TOTAL VOTES 32,474