Elections
OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE CANVASSING COMMITTEE
UNITED STATES AND STATEWIDE OFFICES
Primary Election, September 12, 2000
In accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. §§ 2368-2371,
we have met and canvassed the returns of votes for the United States Senator, United States Representative to Congress and State
Officers cast at the September 12, 2000 Primary Election as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
VOTING STATISTICS
1. Registered Voters 408,421
2. Votes cast, Republican Party 82,713+ 67.6%
3. Votes cast, Democratic Party 39,538+ 32.3%
4. Absentee votes counted 9,381
7.6%
5. Total votes counted 122,437
30.0%
(+Republican and Democratic votes cast when combined are slightly less than total votes counted because a few towns
did not report these categories.)
I. For U.S. Senator:
Republican Party
Rick Hubbard, Stowe
15,991 20.6%
Jim Jeffords, Shrewsbury* 60,234
77.7%
Write-in votes
1,204 1.5%
Total votes counted
77,429
Democratic Party
Jan Backus, Winooski
16,444 46.4%
Ed Flanagan, Burlington* 17,440
49.2%
Write-in votes
1,533 4.3%
Total votes counted
35,417
TOTAL VOTES CAST
112,846
II. For U.S. Representative:
Republican Party
Karen Ann Kerin, Royalton 47,632
92.4%
Bernie Sanders, Burlington 895
1.7%
(Write-in)
Other Write-in votes
2,981 5.8%
Total votes counted
51,508
Democratic Party
Pete Diamondstone, Brattleboro* 20,539 90.9%
Bernie Sanders, Burlington 1,337
5.9%
(Write-in)
Other Write-in votes
710 3.1%
Total votes counted 22,586
TOTAL VOTES CAST
74,094
III. For Governor
Republican Party
Ruth Dwyer, Thetford* 46,611
57.8%
William Meub, Rutland City 33,105
41.0%
Write-in votes
855 1.0%
Total votes counted 80,571
Democratic Party
Howard Dean, Burlington* 31,366
84.3%
Brian Pearl, Grand Isle 4,357
11.7%
Write-in votes
1,446 3.8%
Total votes counted
37,169
TOTAL VOTES CAST
117,740
IV. For Lieutenant Governor
Republican Party
Brian Dubie, Essex*
60,582 96.6%
Write-in votes
2,132 3.4%
Total votes counted
62,714
Democratic Party
Douglas A. Racine, Richmond* 33,852
98.9%
Write-in votes
359 1.0%
Total votes counted
34,211
TOTAL VOTES CAST
96,925
V. For State Treasurer
Republican Party
James H. Douglas, Middlebury* 66,473
99.7%
Write-in votes
175 .2%
Total votes counted
66,648
Democratic Party
James H. Douglas, Middlebury* 2,454
72.3%
(Write-in)
Other Write-in votes
940 27.7%
Total votes counted
3,394
TOTAL VOTES CAST
70,042
VI. For Secretary of State
Republican Party
Larry Drown, Northfield* 55,795
96.8%
Deborah Markowitz, Montpelier 1,526
2.6%
(Write-In)
Other Write-in votes
319 .6%
Total votes counted
57,640
Democratic Party
Deborah Markowitz, Montpelier* 31,739
99.1%
Write-in votes
282 0.8%
Total votes counted
32,021
TOTAL VOTES CAST
89,661
VII. For Auditor of Accounts
Republican Party
John S. Hall, St. Johnsbury* 57,675
98.2%
Write-in votes
1,016 1.7%
Total votes counted
58,691
Democratic Party
Elizabeth M. Ready, Lincoln* 30,067
98.6%
Write-in votes
405 1.3%
Total votes counted
30,472
TOTAL VOTES CAST
89,163
VIII. For Attorney General
Republican Party
William H. Sorrell, Burlington* 4,283
45.8%
(Write-in)
Ed Stokes, Randolph
2,701 28.9%
(Write-in)
Other Write-in votes
2,371 25.3%
Total votes counted
9,355
Democratic Party
William H. Sorrell, Burlington* 31,205
99.4%
Write-in votes
187 0.6%
Total votes counted
31,392
TOTAL VOTES CAST
40,747
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