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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 2, 2004. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the U.S. House and Class 3 U.S. Senate seat. The 2004 presidential election was also held at the same time.
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Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Dubie (since 2003) ran again for a second term.
Brian E. Dubie was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Brian E. Dubie (incumbent) | 15,275 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 15,275 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cheryl Pratt Rivers | 14,819 | 52.7 | |
Democratic | Robert Wolcott Backus | 12,931 | 46.0 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 374 | 1.3 | |
Total votes | 28,124 | 100% |
Steve Hingtgen, member of the Vermont House of Representatives from Chittenden 7-2 (1999-2003) and Chittenden 3-3 (2003-2005), ran unopposed in the Progressive primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Steve Hingtgen | 621 | 91.2 | |
Progressive | Write-ins | 60 | 8.8 | |
Total votes | 681 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Brian E. Dubie (incumbent) | 170,270 | 56.0 | +14.8 | |
Democratic | Cheryl Pratt Rivers | 108,600 | 35.7 | +3.5 | |
Progressive | Steve Hingtgen | 21,553 | 7.1 | -17.7 | |
Liberty Union | Peter Stevenson | 3,291 | 1.1 | -0.8 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 210 | 0.01 | n/a | |
Total votes | 303,924 | 100% | |||
Republican hold | Swing | +8.8 | |||
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Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz (since 1999) ran unopposed for a fourth term.
Markowitz ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Deborah Markowitz (incumbent) | 25,723 | 99.8 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 60 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 25,783 | 100% |
Markowitz also ran unopposed in the Republican primary as a write-in candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Deborah Markowitz (incumbent) (write-in) | 1,042 | 74.7 | |
Republican | Write-ins (other) | 352 | 25.3 | |
Total votes | 1,394 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Deborah Markowitz (incumbent) | 270,744 | 99.4 | +40.6 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 1,737 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Total votes | 272,481 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +40.6 | |||
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Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Jeb Spaulding (since 2003) ran unopposed for a second term.
Spaulding ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Jeb Spaulding (incumbent) | 24,730 | 99.8 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 41 | 0.2 | |
Total votes | 24,771 | 100% |
Spaulding also ran unopposed in the Republican primary as a write-in candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jeb Spaulding (incumbent) (write-in) | 1,026 | 73.3 | |
Republican | Write-ins (other) | 373 | 26.7 | |
Total votes | 1,399 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jeb Spaulding (incumbent) | 273,705 | 99.4 | +42.2 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 1,537 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Total votes | 222,798 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +42.2 | |||
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Incumbent Attorney General William H. Sorrell (since 1997) ran again for a fifth term.
Sorrell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William H. Sorrell (incumbent) | 23,942 | 98.8 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 286 | 1.2 | |
Total votes | 24,228 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dennis Carver | 5,973 | 44.7 | |
Republican | Sylvia R. Kennedy | 4,669 | 35.0 | |
Republican | Karen Ann Kerin | 2,161 | 16.2 | |
Republican | Write-ins | 549 | 4.1 | |
Total votes | 13,352 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | Susan A. Davis | 264 | 43.3 | |
Progressive | Boots Wardinski | 224 | 36.8 | |
Progressive | Write-ins | 124 | 20.3 | |
Total votes | 612 | 100% |
After losing the Progressive primary, Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
After losing the Republican primary, Karen Ann Kerin, Republican candidate for U.S. Representative in 2000 and 2002, ran unopposed for the Libertarian State Committee's nomination.
James Mark Leas ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | William H. Sorrell (incumbent) | 169,726 | 59.8 | +3.2 | |
Republican | Dennis Carver | 90,285 | 28.7 | -1.7 | |
Progressive | Susan A. Davis | 14,351 | 5.2 | -2.1 | |
Grassroots | James Mark Leas | 8,769 | 3.1 | +0.3 | |
Libertarian | Karen Ann Kerin | 6,357 | 2.2 | +0.4 | |
Liberty Union | Boots Wardinski | 2,944 | 1.0 | 0.0 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 267 | 0.1 | n/a | |
Total votes | 292,699 | 100% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +3.2 | |||
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Incumbent Democratic Auditor Elizabeth M. Ready (since 2001) ran again for a third term.
Ready ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Elizabeth M. Ready (incumbent) | 23,692 | 100.0 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 273 | 1.1 | |
Total votes | 23,965 | 100% |
Randy Brock ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Randy Brock | 12,069 | 96.9 | |
Republican | Write-ins | 385 | 3.1 | |
Total votes | 12,454 | 100% |
Jerry Levy, Liberty Union nominee for Treasurer in 2002, U.S. Senate in 2000, 1998, 1994, 1992, 1988, 1986, and 1982, Vermont Secretary of State in 1984, and Auditor in 1980, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Randy Brock | 152,848 | 52.1 | +9.8 | |
Democratic | Elizabeth M. Ready (incumbent) | 122,498 | 41.7 | -9.6 | |
Liberty Union | Jerry Levy | 17,685 | 6.0 | +5.0 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 390 | 0.1 | n/a | |
Total votes | 293,421 | 100% | |||
Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | +9.8 | |||
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