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Vermont Lieutenant Governor
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Election details
Filing deadline:May 31, 2018
Primary: August 14, 2018 General: November 6, 2018 Pre-election incumbent(s): David Zuckerman (Democrat)
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Poll times: Open between 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.; close at 7 p.m. Voting in Vermont
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Vermont held an election forlieutenant governor onNovember 6, 2018. The candidate filing deadline was May 31, 2018.

For more information about the Democratic primary,click here.
For more information about the Republican primary,click here.
For more information about lieutenant gubernatorial elections in 2018,click here.

Candidates and election results

General election

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Zuckerman (Vermont Progressive Party / D)	58.4	158,530
		Donald Turner Jr. (R)	40.0	108,417
		Murray Ngoima (Liberty Union Party)	1.5	4,108
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	240

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 271,295
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Political party key:
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Green Party
Libertarian Party
Working Families Party
Independent Party
Vermont Progressive Party

Fusion voting candidates

• David Zuckerman

Republican primary election

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Donald Turner Jr.	100.0	28,282

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,282
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State overview

Partisan control

This section details the partisan control of federal and state positions in Vermont heading into the 2018 elections.

Congressional delegation

• Following the2016 elections, one Democrat and one Independent held the two U.S. Senate seats in Vermont.
• A Democrat held the onlyU.S. House seat in Vermont.

State executives

• As of September 2018, Democrats held four of 10state executive positions, Republicans held one, and the remaining five positions were officially nonpartisan.
• The governor of Vermont was RepublicanPhil Scott. The state heldelections forgovernor onNovember 6, 2018.

State legislature

• Democrats controlled both chambers of theVermont General Assembly. They had a 80-53 majority in the state House and a 21-7 majority in the state Senate.

Trifecta status

• Vermont was underdivided government, meaning that the two parties shared control of the state government.Phil Scott (R) served as governor, while Democrats controlled the state legislature.

2018 elections

See also:Vermont elections, 2018

Vermont held elections for the following positions in 2018:

• 1 U.S. Senate seat
• 1 U.S. House seat
• Governor
• 5 lower state executive positions
• All 30 state Senate seats
• All 150 state House seats
• Local judges

Demographics

As of July 2016, Vermont's largest cities by population were Burlington (pop. est. 42,239), Essex (pop. est. 21,519), and South Burlington (pop. est. 19,141).^[3]

State election history

This section provides an overview of federal and state elections in Vermont from 2000 to 2016. All data comes from the Vermont Secretary of State.^[4]

Historical elections

Presidential elections

This chart shows the results of the presidential election in Vermont every year from 2000 to 2016.

Election results (President of the United States), Vermont 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Hillary Clinton	56.7%	Donald Trump	30.3%	26.4%
2012	Barack Obama	66.8%	Mitt Romney	31.1%	35.7%
2008	Barack Obama	67.5%	John McCain	30.4%	37.1%
2004	John Kerry	58.9%	George W. Bush	38.8%	20.1%
2000	Al Gore	50.6%	George W. Bush	40.7%	9.9%

U.S. Senate elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results ofU.S. Senate races in Vermont from 2000 to 2016. Every state has two Senate seats, and each seat goes up for election every six years. The terms of the seats are staggered so that roughly one-third of the seats are up every two years.

Election results (U.S. Senator), Vermont 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Patrick Leahy	61.3%	Scott Milne	33.0%	28.3%
2012	Bernie Sanders	71.0%	John Macgovern	24.9%	46.1%
2010	Patrick Leahy	64.3%	Len Britton	30.9%	33.4%
2006	Bernie Sanders	65.4%	Rich Tarrant	32.4%	33.0%
2004	Patrick Leahy	70.6%	Jack McMullen	24.5%	46.1%
2000	James M. Jeffords	65.6%	Ed Flanagan	25.4%	40.2%

Gubernatorial elections, 2000-2016

This chart shows the results of the four gubernatorial elections held between 2000 and 2016. Gubernatorial elections are held every two years in Vermont.

Election results (Governor), Vermont 2000-2016
Year	First-place candidate	First-place candidate votes (%)	Second-place candidate	Second-place candidate votes (%)	Margin of victory (%)
2016	Phil Scott	52.9%	Sue Minter	44.2%	8.7%
2014	Peter Shumlin	46.5%	Scott Milne	45.2%	1.3%
2012	Peter Shumlin	58.0%	Randy Brock	37.7%	20.3%
2010	Peter Shumlin	49.5%	Brian Dubie	47.7%	1.8%
2008	Jim Douglas	53.4%	Anthony Pollina	21.9%	31.5%
2006	Jim Douglas	56.4%	Scudder Parker	41.2%	15.2%
2004	Jim Douglas	58.7%	Peter Clavelle	37.9%	20.8%
2002	Jim Douglas	44.9%	Doug Racine	42.4%	2.5%
2000	Howard Dean	50.5%	Ruth Dwyer	37.9%	12.6%

Congressional delegation, 2000-2016

See the list below for the members elected to represent Vermont in theU.S. House from 2000 to 2016. Vermont has one at-large representative in the House. Elections for U.S. House seats are held every two years.

• Peter Welch (2007-Present)
• Bernie Sanders (1991-2007)

Trifectas, 1992-2017

“Astate government trifecta occurs when one party controls both chambers of the state legislature and the governor's office.”

Pivot Counties

See also:Pivot Counties by state

One of 14 Vermont counties—7.14 percent—is aPivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted forBarack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and forDonald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

In the 2016 presidential election,Hillary Clinton (D) won Vermont with 56.7 percent of the vote.Donald Trump (R) received 30.3 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Vermont cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 60.0 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Vermont supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 70.0 to 26.7 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every election between between 2000 and 2016.

Presidential results by legislative district

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Vermont. Click[show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled byDaily Kos.^[5][6]

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See also

External links

Suggest a link

• Lieutenant Governor of Vermont official website

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