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Parents

> United States > Vermont > Governor

Office

Governor

Honorific

Governor - Abbr: Gov.

Type

General Election

Filing Deadline

00, 1986 - 12:00pm Central

Polls Open

November 04, 1986 - 06:00am Central

Polls Close

November 04, 1986 - 08:00pm Central

Term Start

January 03, 1987 - 12:00pm

Term End

January 03, 1989 - 12:00pm

Contributor

Joshua L.

Last Modified

RBH January 29, 2022 09:25pm

Data Sources

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Description

Madeleine Kunin fell 5,874 votes short of a majority in the General Election of 1986. The joint assembly convened on January 8, 1987 to hear the report of the canvassing committee and, in the case of the office of Governor, to Vote by joint ballot for the three candidates who received the greatest number of votes. On the first ballot, when the ballots were taken and counted, the result was as follows:

Total votes cast:
179
Percent: 100

Necessary for election: 90
50 plus 1 vote

Madeleine M. Kunin had: 139
77.7 %

Peter Smith had: 39
21.8%

Bernard Sanders had: 1
.5%

Madeleine Kunin was declared to be the Governor of the State of Vermont for the two years next ensuing.

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