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PRIMARY and GENERAL ELECTIONS PRIMARY and GENERAL ELECTIONS VERMONT 350 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Wshngtn-Chttndn-1 State Representative Wshngtn-Lam-1-1 State Representative Duxbury Elmore ROGER A. FRASER 159 THOMAS M. SARGENT 137 RALPH O’MARA-GARCIA 122 STANLEY R. SCRIBNER JR. 177 KAREN K. STEELE 273 VAL VINCENT 335 Poll Total: 314 Poll Total: 889 Middlesex THOMAS M. SARGENT 251 Huntington STANLEY R. SCRIBNER JR. 559 ROGER A. FRASER 157 RALPH O’MARA-GARCIA 436 Poll Total: 810 KAREN K. STEELE 459 VAL VINCENT 321 Montpelier THOMAS M. SARGENT 99 Poll Total: 1373 STANLEY R. SCRIBNER JR. 106 Waterbury Poll Total: 205 ROGER A. FRASER 885 RALPH O’MARA-GARCIA 438 Worcester KAREN K. STEELE 1323 THOMAS M. SARGENT 263 VAL VINCENT 1478 STANLEY R. SCRIBNER JR. 254 Poll Total: 4124 Poll Total: 517 Race Totals Race Totals ROGER A. FRASER 1201 THOMAS M. SARGENT 750 RALPH O’MARA-GARCIA 996 STANLEY R. SCRIBNER JR. 1096 KAREN K. STEELE 2055 VAL VINCENT 2134 seats: 1 Race Total: 1846 seats:2 Race Total: 6386 351 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windham-1 State Representative Windham-2-1 State Representative ii ii ii ii ii Athens Brattleboro STEPHEN J. ANGERS 60 VIRGINIA A. "GINI" MILKEY 1759 STEVE DARROW 49 DAVID L. DEEN 52 Poll Total: 1759 FRANCIS M. SPAULDING 50 Race Totals Poll Total: 211 VIRGINIA A. "GINI" MILKEY 1759 Dummerston seats: 1 Race Total: 1759 STEPHEN J. ANGERS 196 STEVE DARROW 800 DAVID L. DEEN 611 FRANCIS M. SPAULDING 170 Poll Total: 1777 Windham-2-2 State Representative Putney STEPHEN J. ANGERS 188 Brattleboro STEVE DARROW 1006 ROBERT R. J. EMOND 602 DAVID L. DEEN 770 DARYL L. PILLSBURY 139 FRANCIS M. SPAULDING 144 FRANZ P. REICHSMAN 467 SHOSHANA RIHN 558 Poll Total: 2108 Poll Total: 1766 Westminster STEPHEN J. ANGERS 431 Race Totals STEVE DARROW 808 ROBERT R. J. EMOND 602 DAVID L. DEEN 931 DARYL L. PILLSBURY 139 FRANCIS M. SPAULDING 301 FRANZ P. REICHSMAN 467 SHOSHANA RIHN 558 Poll Total: 2471 seats: 1 Race Total: 1766 Race Totals STEPHEN J. ANGERS 875 STEVE DARROW 2663 DAVID L. DEEN 2364 FRANCIS M. SPAULDING 665 seats:2 Race Total: 6567 352 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windham-2-3 State Representative Windham-3 State Representative ii ii ii ii ii Brattleboro Race Totals NANCY I. CHARD 1585 DAVID M. CLARKSON 1854 Poll Total: 1585 seats: 1 Race Total: 1854 Race Totals NANCY I. CHARD 1585 seats: 1 Race Total: 1585 Windham-4 State Representative Dover WENDELL COLEMAN 515 Poll Total: 515 Windham-3 State Representative Jamaica Brookline WENDELL COLEMAN 342 DAVID M. CLARKSON 175 Poll Total: 342 Poll Total: 175 Londonderry Marlboro WENDELL COLEMAN 719 DAVID M. CLARKSON 444 Poll Total: 719 Poll Total: 444 Stratton Newfane WENDELL COLEMAN 77 DAVID M. CLARKSON 765 Poll Total: 77 Poll Total: 765 Wardsboro Townshend WENDELL COLEMAN 313 DAVID M. CLARKSON 470 Poll Total: 313 Poll Total: 470 Race Totals WENDELL COLEMAN 1966 seats: 1 Race Total: 1966 353 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windham-5 State Representative Wndhm-Bnngtn-1 State Representative Guilford Wilmington ALFRED W. FRANKLIN, SR. 284 DAVID C. LARSEN 986 RONALD M. SQUIRES 709 Poll Total: 986 Poll Total: 993 Race Totals Vernon DAVID C. LARSEN 1829 ALFRED W. FRANKLIN, SR. 458 RONALD M. SQUIRES 471 seats: 1 Race Total: 1829 Poll Total: 929 Race Totals ALFRED W. FRANKLIN, SR. 742 RONALD M. SQUIRES 1180 Windsor-1 State Representative seats: 1 Race Total: 1922 Windsor ROBERT J. "BOB" HARRIS 1361 WESLEY J. "WES” HRYDZIUSKO 673 Poll Total: 2034 Wndhm-Bnngtn-1 State Representative Race Totals ROBERT J. "BOB" HARRIS 1361 Halifax WESLEY J. "WES" HRYDZIUSKO 673 DAVID C. LARSEN 295 seats: 1 Race Total: 2034 Poll Total: 295 Searsburg DAVID C. LARSEN 37 Poll Total: 37 Whitingham DAVID C. LARSEN 511 Poll Total: 511 354 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windsor-2-1 State Representative Windsor-2-2 State Representative Barnard Hartford JOHN H. HAZEN, JR. 19 LYNN BOHI 1460 CARL R. JOHNSON 19 LISA M. O’NEIL 1778 CAROLYN KEHLER 216 MARION M. ROGENSKI 1417 JOE TOKARSKI 288 RANDY G. WAGONER 923 Poll Total: 542 Poll Total: 5578 Hartford Race Totals JOHN H. HAZEN, JR. 304 LYNN BOHI 1460 CARL R. JOHNSON 204 LISA M. O’NEIL 1778 CAROLYN KEHLER 289 MARION M. ROGENSKI 1417 JOE TOKARSKI 136 RANDY G. WAGONER 923 Poll Total: 933 seats:2 Race Total: 5578 Pomfret JOHN H. HAZEN, JR. 46 CARL R. JOHNSON 6 CAROLYN KEHLER 322 JOE TOKARSKI 175 Windsor-2-3 State Representative Poll Total: 549 Reading PAT CROCKER 179 Race Totals PATRICK H. "PAT" MANGAN 183 JOHN H. HAZEN, JR. 369 CARL R. JOHNSON 229 Poll Total: 362 CAROLYN KEHLER 827 JOE TOKARSKI 599 Woodstock PAT CROCKER 1005 seats: 1 Race Total: 2024 PATRICK H. "PAT" MANGAN 971 Poll Total: 1976 Race Totals PAT CROCKER 1184 PATRICK H. "PAT" MANGAN 1154 seats: 1 Race Total: 2338 355 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windsor-3 State Representative Windsor-4 State Representative Hartland Race Totals DAVID COURTNEY 94 DON DAVIS 867 MATT DUNNE 824 TOM LAURITSEN 944 CLYDE A. JENNE 658 EARL A. SMALL, JR. 334 Poll Total: 1576 seats: 1 Race Total: 2145 West Windsor DAVID COURTNEY 22 MATT DUNNE 261 CLYDE A. JENNE 260 Poll Total: 543 Windsor-5 State Representative Race Totals Andover DAVID COURTNEY 116 AILI R. FARRAR 140 MATT DUNNE 1085 BILL MAASS 103 CLYDE A. JENNE 918 Poll Total: 243 seats: 1 Race Total: 2119 Baltimore AILI R. FARRAR 75 BILL MAASS 25 Windsor-4 State Representative Poll Total: 100 Cavendish Chester DON DAVIS 422 AILI R. FARRAR 827 TOM LAURITSEN 247 BILL MAASS 707 EARL A. SMALL, JR. 53 Poll Total: 1534 Poll Total: 722 Weston Weathersfield AILI R. FARRAR 157 DON DAVIS 445 BILL MAASS 186 TOM LAURITSEN 697 EARL A. SMALL, JR. 281 Poll Total: 343 Poll Total: 1423 1 356 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windsor-5 State Representative Windsor-Orange-1 State Representative Race Totals Norwich Tracy Hall AILIR. FARRAR 1199 DAVID K. BROWN 529 BILL MAASS 1021 NANCY CRESSMAN 642 BILL MACKINNON 820 seats: 1 Race Total: 2220 DAVID A. MCCULLOUGH 235 ANN SEIBERT 1358 Poll Total: 3584 Royalton School Gym DAVID K. BROWN 600 Windsor-6 State Representative NANCY CRESSMAN 324 BILL MACKINNON 318 Springfield DAVID A. MCCULLOUGH 474 ALICE M. EMMONS 2105 ANN SEIBERT 320 THEODORE F. LINDGREN 27 1 BRIAN J. MURPHY 2028 Poll Total: 2036 Poll Total: 6844 Sharon Elementary School DAVID K. BROWN 297 Race Totals NANCY CRESSMAN 121 ALICE M. EMMONS 2105 BILL MACKINNON 341 THEODORE F. LINDGREN 27 1 DAVID A. MCCULLOUGH 146 BRIAN J. MURPHY 2028 ANN SEIBERT 195 seats:2 Race Total: 6844 Poll Total: 1100 Strafford DAVID K. BROWN 323 NANCY CRESSMAN 207 BILL MACKINNON 149 DAVID A. MCCULLOUGH 81 ANN SEIBERT 224 Poll Total: 984 357 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Windsor-Orange- 1 State Representative Windsor-RutIand-2 State Representative Race Totals Bethel DAVID K. BROWN 1749 DOUG COLLINS 318 NANCY CRESSMAN 1294 BARBARA C. WOOD 566 BILL MACKINNON 1628 DAVID A. MCCULLOUGH 936 Poll Total: 884 ANN SEIBERT 2097 Pittsfield seats:2 Race Total: 7704 DOUG COLLINS 102 BARBARA C. WOOD 121 Poll Total: 223 Rochester DOUG COLLINS 297 Windsor-Rutland-1 State Representative BARBARA C. WOOD 354 Ludlow Poll Total: 651 ALBERT "MONK" MARTIN 481 JOHN F. MURPHY 708 Stockbridge DOUG COLLINS 146 Poll Total: 1189 BARBARA C. WOOD 173 Plymouth Poll Total: 319 ALBERT "MONK" MARTIN 158 JOHN F. MURPHY 131 Race Totals DOUG COLLINS 863 Poll Total: 289 BARBARA C. WOOD 1214 Shrewsbury seats: 1 Race Total: 2077 ALBERT "MONK" MARTIN 333 JOHN F. MURPHY 264 Poll Total: 597 Race Totals ALBERT "MONK" MARTIN 972 JOHN F. MURPHY 1103 seats: 1 Race Total: 2075 358 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS 1992 GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS Wndsr-Wndhm-1-1 State Representative Wndsr-Wndhm-1-1 State Representative Grafton Race Totals SEAN P. CAMPBELL 138 SEAN P. CAMPBELL 1926 BEATRICE B. FISHER 150 BEATRICE B. FISHER 956 GEORGE M. KUUSELA 133 GEORGE M. KUUSELA 954 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 219 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 2600 Poll Total: 640 seats:2 Race Total: 6436 Rockingham SEAN P. CAMPBELL 1412 BEATRICE B. FISHER 455 GEORGE M. KUUSELA 551 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 1855 Poll Total: 4273 Springfield SEAN P. CAMPBELL 299 BEATRICE B. FISHER 290 GEORGE M. KUUSELA 230 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 440 Poll Total: 1259 Windham SEAN P. CAMPBELL 77 BEATRICE B. FISHER 61 GEORGE M. KUUSELA 40 MICHAEL J. OBUCHOWSKI 86 Poll Total: 264 359 KEY TO CANDIDATES' LIST (P) Individual lost in the primary (W) Winner of the general election + Incumbent PARTY CSP Common Sense Party D Democratic Party D/R Democratic /Republican FL Freedom for LaRouche I Independent L Libertarian Party LU Liberty Union Party NL Natural Law Party NA New Alliance Party P Progressive R Republican Party R/D Republican/Democratic SW Socialist Workers Party VT Vermont Taxpayers Party 360 CANDIDATE LIST OFFICE PARTY SEX PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES George Bush+ R M and Dan Quayle+ R M Bill Clinton (W) D M and Al Gore (W) D M Lenora B. Fulani LU F and Carole Mulholland LU F Lenora B. Fulani NA F and Maria Elizabeth Munoz NA F John Hagelin NL M and Mike Tompkins NL M Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. FL M and James L. Bevel FL M Andre Marrou L M and Nancy Lord L F Ross Perot I M and James Stockdale I M Howard Phillips VT M and Albion W.
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