1994 United States Senate election in Vermont

The 1994 United States Senate election in Vermont was held, where incumbent centrist Republican senator Jim Jeffords won re-election to a second term against state senator Jan Backus and independent Gavin Mills. He won every county in the state.

1994 United States Senate election in Vermont

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Nominee Jim Jeffords Jan Backus Gavin T. Mills Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 106,505 85,868 12,465 Percentage 50.32% 40.57% 5.89%

County results Municipality results Jeffords:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Backus:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Jim Jeffords Republican Elected U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Jan Backus, State Senator from Windham County
• Douglas M. Costle, former Administrator of the EPA

Results

Democratic Primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Backus	16,217	53.65
	Democratic	Doug Costle	13,139	43.46
	Democratic	Write-ins	873	2.89
Total votes			30,229	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

• Jim Jeffords, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (Incumbent)	24,795	91.56
	Republican	Write-ins	2,285	8.44
Total votes			27,080	100.00

Liberty Union primary

Candidates

• Jerry Levy, sociologist and perennial candidate

Results

Liberty Union primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	289	90.03
	Liberty Union	Write-ins	32	9.97
Total votes			321	100.00

General election

Candidates

• Jan Backus (Democratic), State Senator
• Jim Jeffords (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), sociologist and perennial candidate
• Bob Melamede (Grassroots)
• Gavin Mills (I), former State Chairman of United We Stand America^[2]
• Matthew Mulligan (I)
• Joseph Victor Pardo (Natural Law)

Results

General election results^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (Incumbent)	106,505	50.32%	−17.65%
	Democratic	Jan Backus	85,868	40.57%	+10.80%
	Independent	Gavin T. Mills	12,465	5.89%
	Independent	Matthew S. Mulligan	3,141	1.48%
	Grassroots	Bob Melamede	1,416	0.67%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	1,376	0.65%	−0.40%
	Natural Law	Joseph Victor Pardo	709	0.33%
	Write-ins		192	0.09%
Majority			20,637	9.75%	−28.45%
Turnout			211,672
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 1994 United States Senate elections