2012 Vermont gubernatorial election

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2012 Vermont gubernatorial election
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Nominee Peter Shumlin Randy Brock
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote170,749110,940
Percentage57.80%37.55%
2012 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2012 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
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Shumlin:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%
Brock:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%
Tie:     40–50%     No votes
Governor before election

Peter Shumlin
Democratic

Elected Governor

Peter Shumlin
Democratic

The 2012 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 2012, to elect the Governor of Vermont. Incumbent Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin won re-election to a second term, making this the only one of his gubernatorial elections in which he won a majority of the vote. In his 2010 and 2014 races, the Vermont General Assembly was required to choose a winner in accordance with the state constitution, because no candidate won a majority.

Contents

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Republican nomination

Candidates

Declined

Progressive nomination

Candidates

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [10] Solid DNovember 1, 2012
Sabato's Crystal Ball [11] Safe DNovember 5, 2012
Rothenberg Political Report [12] Safe DNovember 2, 2012
Real Clear Politics [13] Safe DNovember 5, 2012

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Randy
Brock (R)		Undecided
Castleton Polling [14] August 11–21, 2012477± 4.5%60%26%13%
Vermont Business Magazine [15] May 7–16, 2012607± 4.0%60%27%11%
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%51%29%20%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Brian
Dubie (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%48%40%12%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Thom
Lauzon (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%52%25%23%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Tom
Salmon (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%50%31%18%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Phil
Scott (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%50%33%17%
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Peter
Shumlin (D)		Mark
Snelling (R)		Undecided
Public Policy Polling [16] July 28–31, 20111,233± 2.8%50%29%21%

Results

2012 Vermont gubernatorial election [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Shumlin (incumbent) 170,749 57.80% +8.36%
Republican Randy Brock 110,94037.55%−10.14%
Independent Emily Peyton5,8681.99%+1.71%
Marijuana Cris Ericson 5,5831.89%+1.14%
Liberty Union Dave Eagle1,3030.44%+0.26%
Write-in 9690.33%+0.06%
Total votes295,412 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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