United States Senate election in Vermont, 1998

November 3, 1998



Nominee	Patrick Leahy	Fred Tuttle
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	154,567	48,051
Percentage	72.2%	22.5%

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Senator before election

Patrick Leahy
Democratic

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Patrick Leahy
Democratic

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The 1998 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy won re-election to a fifth term.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Patrick Leahy, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick Leahy (inc.)	18,643	96.65
	Democratic	Write-ins	647	3.35
Total votes			19,290	100.00

Grassroots primary

Candidates

Bob Melamede

Results

Grassroots Party primary results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Grassroots	Bob Melamede	137	59.57
	Grassroots	Write-ins	93	40.43
Total votes			230	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Fred Tuttle, dairy farmer and actor
Jack McMullen, businessman

Results

Republican primary results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Tuttle	28,355	53.69
	Republican	Jack McMullen	23,321	44.16
	Republican	Write-ins	1,137	2.15
Total votes			52,813	100.00

General election

Candidates

Major

Patrick Leahy (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Fred Tuttle (R), dairy farmer and actor (Dropped out before election despite getting 22%)

Minor

Hugh Douglas (L)
Jerry Levy (LU)
Bob Melamede (GR)
Barry Nelson (I)

Results

General election results^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Patrick Leahy (inc.)	154,567	72.22%	+18.05%
	Republican	Fred Tuttle	48,051	22.45	-20.90%
	Libertarian	Hugh Douglas	4,199	1.96%
	Independent	Barry Nelson	2,893	1.35%
	Grassroots	Robert Melamede	2,459	1.15%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	1,238	0.58%	-1.21%
	Write-ins		629	0.29%
Majority			106,516	49.77%	+38.95%
Turnout			214,036
	Democratic hold		Swing

References

(1996 ←) 1998 United States elections (→ 1999)

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