1972 Vermont gubernatorial election
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election
| country = Vermont
| type = presidential
| election_date = {{Start date|1972|11|7}}
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1970 Vermont gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 1970
| next_election = 1974 Vermont gubernatorial election
| next_year = 1974
| image1 = File:Thomas P. Salmon (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 150x150px
| nominee1 = Thomas P. Salmon
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 104,533
| percentage1 = 55.3%
| image2 = File:LutherHackett.png
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| nominee2 = Luther F. Hackett
| popular_vote2 = 82,491
| percentage2 = 43.6%
| map_image = 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
| map_size = 220px
| map_caption = County results
Salmon: {{legend0|#a5b0ff|40–50%}} {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}}
Hackett: {{legend0|#ffb2b2|40–50%}} {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = Deane C. Davis
| before_party = Republican Party (United States)
| after_election = Thomas P. Salmon
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
}}
{{ElectionsVT}}
The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972. The incumbent Republican Gov. Deane C. Davis was not a candidate for re-election to another term as Governor of Vermont. The Democratic nominee, Thomas P. Salmon, defeated the Republican nominee, Luther F. Hackett, to become his successor. Future U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran as a member of the Liberty Union Party.
Republican primary
=Results=
{{Election box begin|title = Republican primary results}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Luther F. Hackett
|votes = 33,323
|percentage = 54.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = James M. Jeffords
|votes = 27,902
|percentage = 45.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Other
|votes = 46
|percentage = 0.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 61,271
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
Democratic primary
=Results=
{{Election box begin|title = Democratic primary results{{cite web|title=Primary Election Results|url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62944/p1972.pdf|publisher=Office of the Vermont Secretary of State|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-date=December 31, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231184646/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62944/p1972.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas P. Salmon
|votes = 10,552
|percentage = 99.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Other
|votes = 109
|percentage = 1.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 10,661
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
General election
=Results=
{{Election box begin|title = 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election{{cite web|title=General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012|url=https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf|publisher=Office of the Vermont Secretary of State|access-date=31 December 2014|archive-date=30 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141130162743/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Thomas P. Salmon
|votes = 101,751
|percentage = 53.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent Vermonters
|candidate = Thomas P. Salmon
|votes = 2,782
|percentage = 1.5
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate|
|party = Total
|candidate = Thomas P. Salmon
|votes = 104,533
|percentage = 55.3
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Republican Party (United States)
|candidate = Luther F. Hackett
|votes = 82,491
|percentage = 43.6
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Liberty Union Party
|candidate = Bernie SandersTuesday, October 3, 1972, Bernard Sanders, 31, after losing the Senate race, runs for governor in 1972 under the Liberty Union banner. At a debate with his two major-party rivals at Johnson State College, Sanders wins repeated applause from a crowd of 350 students as he attacks the Republican and the Democratic candidates for governor. He accuses the GOP of a welfare policy that would make poor people "eat dirt" and chides both parties for not advocating stiff taxation of corporations in Vermont.http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2015/05/26/sanders-begin-political-revolution/27991467/
|votes = 2,175
|percentage = 1.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = N/A
|candidate = Other
|votes = 38
|percentage = 0.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box total|
|votes = 189,237
|percentage = 100.00
|change =
}}
{{Election box end}}
References
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