VERMONT
      Nov. 8, 2016 U.S. Senate

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+Patrick Leahy (D) i
192,243
61.26%
Scott Milne (R)
103,637
33.03%
Cris Ericson (USM)
 9,156
 2.92%
Jerry Trudell (I) 5,223
 1.66%
Pete Diamondstone (LU)
 3,241
 1.03%
write-ins
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313,809
Registration: 471,619.  Total votes cast: 320,467.
 Plurality: 88,606 votes (28.23 percentage points).
 VT Secretary of State


Notes:  Sen. Patrick Leahy, first elected in 1974 and currently the longest-serving U.S. Senator, easily won an eight term, defeating Scott Milne (R)  and three other candidates.  Milne was the Republican nominee for governor in 2014 and came close to upsetting Gov. Peter Shumlin (D); he is president of Milne Travel and a Pomfret resident.  For his Senate campaign he ran an all volunteer effort. 

The five candidates met for two debates, the first in the studios of Channel 17 in Burlington on Oct. 18 (>) and the second in the studios of Vermont PBS in Colchester on Oct. 28 (>); additionally Leahy and Milne squared off on Vermont Public Radio on Nov. 2 (>).  

According to the FEC, for 2015-16 the Leahy campaign reported disbursements of $3.2 million compared to $106,458 for the Milne campaign (>).   



Campaign Managers:
Patrick Leahy:  Carolyn Dwyer
Management consultant, has worked on previous Leahy campaigns.  Campaign manager on Rep. Peter Welch's 2008 and 2006 campaigns.  Directed Vermont fundraising on Howard Dean's 2003-04 presidential campaign.  M.P.A. from The George Washington University, 1995; B.A. from Alverno College, 1990.  Resident of Essex, VT.


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See also:
Mark Davis.  "Scott Milne's Senate Campaign Is as Unorthodox as It Is Low-Key."  Seven Days, Nov. 2, 2016.



 
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