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Dean: {{legend0>#a5b0ff#7996e2#6674de#584cde#3933e5Gropper: {{legend0>#ffb2b2#e27f7f#d75d5d|60-70%}} | title = Governor| before_election = Howard Dean| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)| after_election = Howard Dean| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)x110px)| party2 = Republican Party (United States)| nominee2 = John L. Gropper| popular_vote2 = 57,161| percentage2 = 22.5%}}{{ElectionsVT}}The 1996 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democrat Howard Dean ran successfully for re-election to a third full term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican nominee John L. Gropper.This is the last time that Essex, Orleans, and Caledonia counties voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election.

Democratic primary

Results

{{Election box begin|title = Democratic primary resultsWEB, Primary Election Results,weblink Office of the Vermont Secretary of State, 30 December 2014, 31 December 2014,weblink dead, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Democratic Party (United States)|candidate = Howard Dean (incumbent)|votes = 18,112|percentage = 97.8|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Democratic Party (United States)|candidate = Other|votes = 406|percentage = 2.1|change = }}{{Election box total||votes = 18,518|percentage = 100|change = }}{{Election box end}}

Republican primary

Results

{{Election box begin|title = Republican primary results}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Republican Party (United States)|candidate = John L. Gropper|votes = 12,616|percentage = 62.2|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Republican Party (United States)|candidate = Thomas J. Morse|votes = 6,710|percentage = 33.0|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Republican Party (United States)|candidate = Other|votes = 956|percentage = 4.7|change = }}{{Election box total||votes = 20,282|percentage = 100|change = }}{{Election box end}}

Liberty Union primary

Results

{{Election box begin|title = Liberty Union primary results}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Liberty Union Party|candidate = Mary Alice Herbert|votes = 237|percentage = 92.2|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Liberty Union Party|candidate = Other|votes = 20|percentage = 7.7|change = }}{{Election box total||votes = 257|percentage = 100|change = }}{{Election box end}}

General election

Results

{{Election box begin|title = 1996 Vermont gubernatorial electionWEB, 1996 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Vermont,weblink U.S. Election Atlas, 30 December 2014, }}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Democratic Party (United States)|candidate = Howard Dean (incumbent)|votes = 179,544|percentage = 70.51|change = +1.42}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Republican Party (United States)|candidate = John L. Gropper|votes = 57,161|percentage = 22.45|change = +3.45}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Liberty Union Party|candidate = Mary Alice Herbert|votes = 4,156|percentage = 1.63|change = +0.81}}{{Election box candidate|party = Vermont Grassroots|candidate = Dennis Lane|votes = 3,667|percentage = 1.44|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Natural Law Party|candidate = Bill Brunelle|votes = 3,342|percentage = 1.31|change = +0.52}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Independent politician|candidate = August St. John|votes = 3,201|percentage = 1.26|change = }}{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Libertarian Party (United States)|candidate = Neil Randall|votes = 2,916|percentage = 1.15|change = }}{{Election box write-in with party link|votes = 661|percentage = 0.26|change = -0.43}}{{Election box total||votes = 254,648|percentage = 100|change = }}{{Election box end}}

See also

• 1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
• 1996 United States presidential election in Vermont

References

{{reflist}}{{1996 United States elections}}{{Vermont-election-stub}}