1996 governor elections · Vermont history
Vermont governor election 1996
Howard Dean DEM +48.1 · held 11/5/96
- Votes counted
- 254,648
- Margin
- 48.1 pts
- Seat held by
- Democraticheld
- President in VT
- D+22.3same year
General election 11/5/96
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Dean Won | DEM | 179,544 | 70.51% | |
| John L. Gropper | REP | 57,161 | 22.45% | |
| Mary Alice Hebert | LBU | 4,156 | 1.63% | |
| Dennis I. Lane | GRT | 3,667 | 1.44% | |
| Bill Brunelle | NLP | 3,342 | 1.31% | |
| August St. John | IND | 3,201 | 1.26% | |
| Neil Randall | LIB | 2,916 | 1.15% | |
| Write-in | — | 661 | 0.26% | |
| Total | 254,648 | |||
Official source: state.php
Other Vermont governor races
| Year | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Phil Scott | 50.2 |
| 2022 | Phil Scott | 45.9 |
| 2020 | Phil Scott | 40.2 |
| 2018 | Phil Scott | 14.7 |
| 2016 | Phil Scott | 8.6 |
| 2014 | Peter Elliott Shumlin | 1.2 |
| 2012 | Peter Elliott Shumlin | 19.7 |
| 2010 | Peter Elliott Shumlin | 1.8 |
| 2008 | Jim Douglas | 31.6 |
| 2006 | Jim Douglas | 15.2 |
| 2004 | Jim Douglas | 20.8 |
| 2002 | Jim Douglas | 2.6 |
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Questions and answers
Who won the 1996 Vermont governor race?
Howard Dean (DEM) won with 70.5% of the vote, ahead of John L. Gropper (22.4%), a margin of 48.1 points.
Did the Vermont governor seat change party in 1996?
No. The Democratic Party held it.
How many votes were cast in the 1996 Vermont governor race?
254,648 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.
Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.