United States Senate election in Vermont, 1994



Nominee	Jim Jeffords	Jan Backus	Gavin T. Mills
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	106,505	85,868	12,465
Percentage	50.3%	40.6%	5.9%

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Jim Jeffords
Republican

Elected Senator

Jim Jeffords
Independent

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The 1994 U.S. Senate election in Vermont took place, where incumbent centrist Republican senator Jim Jeffords easily won re-election to a second term against state senator Jan Backus and independent Gavin Mills. He won every county in the state.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Jan Backus, Vermont State Senator
Douglas M. Costle, former Administrator of the EPA

Results

Democratic Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jan Backus	16,217	53.65
	Democratic	Doug Costle	13,139	43.46
	Democratic	Write-ins	873	2.89
Total votes			30,229	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Jim Jeffords, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (inc.)	24,795	91.56
	Republican	Write-ins	2,285	8.44
Total votes			27,080	100.00

Liberty Union primary

Candidates

Jerry Levy, sociologist and perennial candidate

Results

Liberty Union primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	289	90.03
	Liberty Union	Write-ins	32	9.97
Total votes			321	100.00

General election

Candidates

Jan Backus (Democratic), State Senator
Jim Jeffords (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
Jerry Levy (Liberty Union), sociologist and perennial candidate
Bob Melamede (Grassroots)
Gavin Mills (I), State Chairman of United We Stand America^[4]
Matthew Mulligan (I)
Joseph Victor Pardo (Natural Law)

Results

General election results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jim Jeffords (inc.)	106,505	50.32%	-17.65%
	Democratic	Jan Backus	85,868	40.57%	+10.80%
	Independent	Gavin T. Mills	12,465	5.89%
	Independent	Matthew S. Mulligan	3,141	1.48%
	Grassroots	Bob Melamede	1,416	0.67%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	1,376	0.65%	-0.40%
	Natural Law	Joseph Victor Pardo	709	0.33%
	Write-ins		192	0.09%
Majority			20,637	9.75%	-28.45%
Turnout			211,672
	Republican hold		Swing

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