United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 1996

United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, At-large district, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Bernie Sanders Susan Sweetser Jack Long Party Independent Republican Democratic Popular vote 140,678 83,021 23,830 Percentage 55.23% 32.59% 9.36%

Representative At-large before election Bernie Sanders Independent Elected Representative At-large Bernie Sanders Independent

The 1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1996 to elect the U.S. Representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices, including a quadrennial presidential election.

Republican primary

Republican primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Susan Sweetser	18,829	95.27
	Republican	Write-ins	935	4.73
Total votes			19,764	100.00

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Long	9,291	67.95
	Democratic	Bernie Sanders (Write-in)	4,037	29.52
	Democratic	Susan Sweetser (Write-in)	203	1.48
	Democratic	Write-ins	143	1.05
Total votes			13,674	100.00

Liberty Union primary

Liberty Union primary results[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberty Union	Peter Diamondstone	237	88.76
	Liberty Union	Write-ins	30	11.24
Total votes			267	100.00

General election

Vermont's At-large congressional district election, 1996[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Bernie Sanders	140,678	55.23
	Republican	Susan Sweetser	83,021	32.59
	Democratic	Jack Long	23,830	9.36
	Libertarian	Thomas J. Morse	2,693	1.06
	Liberty Union	Peter Diamondstone	1,965	0.77
	Grassroots	Robert Melamede	1,350	0.53
	Natural Law	Norio Kushi	812	0.32
	Write-ins	N/A	357	0.14
Total votes			254,706	100.00
	Independent hold

References

1. "1996 Primary Election Results" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved January 9, 2015.
2. "United States Representative (One District): 1932-2014" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved January 8, 2015.