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PRIMARY and GENERAL ELECTIONS VERMONT 2008 Published by Deborah L. Markowitz Secretary of State 38 481 365 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windham-2 Windham-3-2 Halifax-Elementary Sch Race Totals ANN MANWARING 327 MOLLIE S. BURKE 1683 total write in 6 total write in 14 Poll Total: 333 seats: 1 Race Total: 1697 Whitingham-Municipal Ctr ANN MANWARING 559 Windham-3-3 total write in 1 Brattleboro-High School Gym Poll Total: 572 SARAH EDWARDS 1 625 total write in 1 Wilmington-High School Gym ANN MANWARING 992 Poll Total: 1643 total write in 1 Poll Total: 1010 Race Totals SARAH EDWARDS 1 625 total write in 1 Race Totals ANN MANWARING 1 878 seats: 1 Race Total: 1643 total write in 37 seats: 1 Race Total: 1915 Windham-4 Athens-Town Offices Windham-3-1 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 1 1 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 101 Brattleboro-High School Gym total write in 4 VIRGINIA A. “GINI” MILKEY 1 965 total write in 20 Poll Total: 219 Poll Total: 1985 Brookline-Town Office MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 209 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 229 Race Totals total write in 3 VIRGINIA A. “GINI” MILKEY 1 965 total write in 20 Poll Total: 441 seats: 1 Race Total: 1985 Grafton-Town Hall MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 3 1 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 275 Windham-3-2 total write in 6 Brattleboro-High School Gym Poll Total: 592 MOLLIES. BURKE 1683 total write in 14 Rockingham-Masonic Temple MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 2040 Poll Total: 1697 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 1 666 total write in 29 Poll Total: 3735 366 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windham-4 Windham-5 Westminster- Westminster Inst Race Totals MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 87 STEVE DARROW 1430 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 70 DAVID L. DEEN 2729 total write in 2 MIKE MROWICKI 2545 total write in 17 Poll Total: 159 seats: 2 Race Total: 6721 Windham-Town Office MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 1 74 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 200 Windham-6 total write in 3 Marlboro-Town Office Poll Total: 377 RICHARD J. MAREK 493 total write in 6 Race Totals Poll Total: 499 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 2935 CAROLYN PARTRIDGE 2541 Newfane-Newbrook Firehou total write in 47 RICHARD J. MAREK 865 total write in 32 seats: 2 Race Total: 5523 Poll Total: 897 Windham-5 Townshend-Town Hall RICHARD J. MAREK 566 Dummerston-Center Church total write in 8 STEVE DARROW 430 DAVID L.DEEN 751 Poll Total: 574 MIKE MROWICKI 683 total write in 6 Race Totals Poll Total: 1870 RICHARD J. MAREK 1924 total write in 46 Putney-Town Hall STEVE DARROW 454 seats: 1 Race Total: 1970 DAVID L. DEEN 857 MIKE MROWICKI 994 total write in 2 Windham-Bennington-1 Poll Total: 2307 Readsboro-School Gym PHILIP E. BARTLETT 169 Westminster-Westminster Inst JOHN MORAN 237 STEVE DARROW 546 total write in 0 DAVID L.DEEN 1121 MIKE MROWICKI 868 Poll Total: 406 total write in 9 Searsburg-Town Office Poll Total: 2544 PHILIP E. BARTLETT 30 JOHN MORAN 31 total write in 0 Poll Total: 61 1 367 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windham-Bennington-1 WindhamBenningtonWindsor-1 Stamford-Elementary Sch. Stratton-Town Office PHILIP E. BARTLETT 184 TOM BUCHANAN 42 JOHN MORAN 289 RICK HUBE 104 total write in 0 total write in 0 Poll Total: 473 Poll Total: 146 Dover-Town Hall Weston-Town Office PHILIP E. BARTLETT 428 TOM BUCHANAN 192 JOHN MORAN 334 RICK HUBE 221 total write in 2 total write in 0 Poll Total: 764 Poll Total: 413 Wardsboro-Town Office PHILIP E. BARTLETT 166 Race Totals JOHN MORAN 249 TOM BUCHANAN 1068 total write in 0 RICK HUBE 1546 total write in 1 Poll Total: 415 seats: 1 Race Total: 2615 Race Totals PHILIP E. BARTLETT 977 Windsor-1-1 JOHN MORAN 1140 total write in 2 Andover-Town Hall MICHAEL J.LECLAIR 136 seats: 1 Race Total: 2119 KATHY PELLETT 168 total write in 0 WindhamBenningtonWindsor-l Poll Total: 304 Winhall-Town Hall Baltimore-Town Office TOM BUCHANAN 198 MICHAEL J. LECLAIR 48 RICK HUBE 337 KATHY PELLETT 76 total write in 0 total write in 0 Poll Total: 535 Poll Total: 124 Jamaica-Town Office Bldg Chester-Town Hall TOM BUCHANAN 215 MICHAEL J. LECLAIR 69 RICK HUBE 309 KATHY PELLETT 1037 total write in 1 total write in 1 Poll Total: 525 Poll Total: 1729 Londonderry-Town Office Bldg Springfield-Riverside MS Gym TOM BUCHANAN 421 MICHAEL J. LECLAIR 3 RICK HUBE 575 KATHY PELLETT 25 total write in 0 total write in 0 Poll Total: 996 Poll Total: 56 1 5 368 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windsor-1 -1 Windsor-2 Race Totals Race Totals MICHAEL J. LECLAIR 906 ERNEST SHAND 1367 KATHY PELLETT 1306 EDWARD J. WILLIAMS 840 total write in 1 total write in 2 seats: 1 Race Total: 2213 seats: 1 Race Total: 2209 Windsor-1-2 Windsor-3 Springfield-Riverside MS Gym Windsor-Municipal Bldg. ALICE M. EMMONS 263 JOHN MACGOVERN 4 1 PAUL E. GIBBS, JR. 1269 DONNA SWEANEY 1 237 CYNTHIA MARTIN 2583 total write in 1 JOHN M. STETTNER 909 total write in 37 Poll Total: 1653 Poll Total: 7429 Race Totals JOHN MACGOVERN 415 Race Totals DONNA SWEANEY 1 237 ALICE M. EMMONS 2631 total write in 1 PAUL E. GIBBS, JR. 1269 CYNTHIA MARTIN 2583 seats: 1 Race Total: 1653 JOHN M. STETTNER 909 total write in 37 Windsor-4 seats: 2 Race Total: 7429 Hartland-Damon Hall STEVEN C. ADAMS 991 Windsor-2 JOHN L. BARTHOLOMEW 897 total write in 2 Cavendish-Elementary Sch. ERNEST SHAND 428 Poll Total: 1890 EDWARD J. WILLIAMS 258 total write in 1 West Windsor-Story Mem. Hall STEVEN C. ADAMS 330 Poll Total: 687 JOHN L. BARTHOLOMEW 350 total write in 0 Weathersfield-Martin Mem. Hall ERNEST SHAND 939 Poll Total: 680 EDWARD J. WILLIAMS 582 total write in 1 Race Totals Poll Total: 1522 STEVEN C. ADAMS 1321 JOHN L. BARTHOLOMEW 1 247 total write in 2 seats: 1 Race Total: 2570 01 369 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windsor-5 Windsor-6-1 Reading-Robinson Hall Race Totals ALISON CLARKSON 303 MARK B. MITCHELL 1 297 GEOFFREY PETERSON 90 GAYLE C. OTTMANN 953 total write in 4 total write in 6 Poll Total: 397 seats: 1 Race Total: 2256 Woodstock-Town Hall ALISON CLARKSON 1596 Windsor-6-2 GEOFFREY PETERSON 341 total write in 12 Hartford-High School CHARLES W. BOHl 1839 Poll Total: 1949 KEVIN “COACH” CHRISTIE 1 782 JOHN J. CLERKIN 1904 JOETROTTIER 1129 Race Totals total write in 1 ALISON CLARKSON 1899 GEOFFREY PETERSON 431 Poll Total: 6664 total write in 16 seats: 1 Race Total: 2346 Race Totals CHARLES W. BOHI 1839 KEVIN “COACH” CHRISTIE 1 782 Windsor-6-1 JOHN J. CLERKIN 1904 JOETROTTIER 1129 Bamard-Town Hall total write in 1 MARK B. MITCHELL 313 GAYLE C. OTTMANN 211 seats: 2 Race Total: 6664 total write in 1 Poll Total: 525 Windsor-Orange-1 Hartford-High School Tunbridge-Town Hall MARK B. MITCHELL 598 DAVID M. AINSWORTH 349 GAYLE C. OTTMANN 537 LOUISE S. BARREDA 42 total write in 5 total write in 2 Poll Total: 1140 Poll Total: 772 Pomfret-Town Hall Royalton-Joumey 4 Sq Ch MARK B. MITCHELL 386 DAVID M. AINSWORTH 745 GAYLE C. OTTMANN 205 LOUISE S. BARREDA 629 total write in 0 total write in 4 Poll Total: 591 Poll Total: 1378 1 370 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windsor-Orange- Windsor-Rutland-1 Race Totals Mount Holly-Town Office DAVID M. AINSWORTH 1094 DENNIS J. DEVEREUX 484 LOUISE S. BARREDA 1050 JAY A. JURKOIC 242 total write in 6 total write in 1 seats: 1 Race Total: 2150 Poll Total: 727 Ludlow-Town Hall Windsor-Orange-2 DENNIS J. DEVEREUX 655 JAY A. JURKOIC 542 Strafford-Town House total write in 4 MARGARET CHENEY 524 JIM MASLAND 532 Poll Total: 1201 total write in 1 Plymouth-Municipal Bldg Poll Total: 1057 DENNIS J. DEVEREUX 183 JAY A. JURKOIC 164 Thetford-Town Hall total write in 0 MARGARET CHENEY 910 JIM MASLAND 1291 Poll Total: 347 total write in 16 Poll Total: 2217 Race Totals DENNIS J. DEVEREUX 1322 Norwich-Tracy Hall JAY A. JURKOIC 948 MARGARET CHENEY 1890 total write in 5 JIM MASLAND 1635 total write in 19 seats: 1 Race Total: 2275 Poll Total: 3544 Windsor-Rutland-2 Sharon-Elementary Sch. MARGARET CHENEY 508 Pittsfield-Town Hall JIM MASLAND 489 SANDY HAAS 150 total write in 21 HENRY HOLMES 127 total write in 0 Poll Total: 1018 Poll Total: 111 Race Totals Bethel-Elementary Sch. MARGARET CHENEY 3832 SANDY HAAS 443 JIM MASLAND 3947 HENRY HOLMES 560 total write in 57 total write in 1 seats: 2 Race Total: 7836 Poll Total: 1004 Rochester-Town Office Bldg SANDY HAAS 529 HENRY HOLMES 184 total write in 1 Poll Total: 714 371 2008 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Windsor-Rutland-2 Stockbridge-Town Office SANDY HAAS 227 HENRY HOLMES 170 total write in 1 Poll Total: 398 Race Totals SANDY HAAS 1349 HENRY HOLMES 1041 total write in 3 seats: 1 Race Total: 2393 372 LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR 2008 ELECTIONS OFFICE PARTY SEX U.S. PRESIDENT Chuck Baldwin Constitution Bob Barr Libertarian Roger Calero Socialist Workers Gloria Lariva Socialism and Liberation John McCain Republican 2222^222 Brian Moore Liberty Union Ralph Nader Independent Barack Obama (W) Democratic U.S. REPRESENTATIVE Mike Bethel Independent Cris Ericson Independent Thomas James Flermann Progressive Craig Barclay Hill (P) Democratic Jane Newton Liberty Union Jerry Trudell Energy Independence Peter Welch (W)+ Democratic/Republican GOVERNOR Peter Diamondstone Liberty Union Jim Douglas (W)+ Republican Cris Ericson Independent Tony O’Connor Cheap Renewable Energy Anthony Pollina Independent Gaye Symington Democratic Sam Young Independent LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR Thomas W.
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