Election Name: | 2004 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2002 |
Next Election: | 2006 Vermont gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2006 |
Election Date: | November 2, 2004 |
Image1: | Image:Jim Douglas-2009 (cropped).jpg |
Nominee1: | Jim Douglas |
Party1: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 181,540 |
Percentage1: | 58.7% |
Nominee2: | Peter Clavelle |
Party2: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote2: | 117,327 |
Percentage2: | 37.9% |
Governor | |
Before Election: | Jim Douglas |
Before Party: | Vermont Republican Party |
After Election: | Jim Douglas |
After Party: | Vermont Republican Party |
The 2004 Vermont gubernatorial election took place November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of Vermont. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas was re-elected. Douglas defeated Peter Clavelle, the Progressive Mayor of Burlington who ran as a Democrat.
Clavelle attempted to link Douglas and President George W. Bush with bumper stickers saying "Jim = George".[1] Douglas countered this by a willingness to criticize the national Republican Party, such as over the Bush administration's environmental policies.[2]
The two main candidates faced each other in 18 debates during the campaign.[3]