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United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012

United States Senate election in Vermont, 2012
Vermont
← 2006 November 6, 2012 (2012-11-06) 2018 →
Turnout 63.47% (voting eligible)
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Nominee Bernie Sanders John MacGovern
Party Independent Republican
Popular vote 207,848 72,898
Percentage 71.0% 24.9%

Vermont Senate Election Results by County, 2012.svg
County results. Sanders won every county.

Senator before election

Bernie Sanders
Independent

Elected Senator

Bernie Sanders
Independent


Bernie Sanders
Independent

Bernie Sanders
Independent

The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2012, alongside a presidential election, other elections to the United States Congress, as well as various state and local elections. Incumbent Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders won re-election to a second term in a landslide, capturing nearly three-quarters of the vote.

Then-U.S. representative Bernie Sanders, an independent and self-described democratic socialist was elected with 65% of the vote in the 2006 U.S. senatorial election in Vermont.

Sanders has also received the nomination of the Vermont Progressive Party, but declined both the Democratic and Progressive nominations after the primary.

Note: The ±% column reflects the change in total number of votes won by each party or independent candidate from the previous election.

(a) Sen. Sanders identifies as a democratic socialist and caucuses with Senate Democrats.

(b) Cris Ericson previously ran as an independent before joining the Marijuana Party.

(c) Turnout percentage is the portion of registered voters (461,237 as of 11/6/2012) who cast a vote in this election.


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