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Trends in Campaign Finance for Vermont Elections

Governor:

Total Contributions and Expenditures for Gubernatorial Candidates
Year	Candidate	Total Contributions	Total Expenditures
1980	Snelling -R	$149,791.00	$147,382.82
	Diamond -D	$137,630.70	$154,083.39
1982	Snelling -R	$139,612.60	$185,378.62
	Kunin -D	$213,421.00	$185,378.62
1984	Kunin -D	$410,695.00	$380,993.07
	Easton -R	$509,860.00	$513,804.95
1986	Smith -R	$455,075.00	$482,236.19
	Kunin -D	$504,603.00	$478,294.04
	Sanders -P	$58,705.20	$55,157.78
1988	Bernhardt -R	$443,585.00	$441,473.11
	Kunin -D	$628,090.00	$639,862.77
1990	Welch -D	$283,754.00	$281,540.61
	Snelling -R	$510,821.00	$447,478.43
1992	Dean -D	$363,901.70	$253,527.17
	McClaughry -R	$131,562.50	$131,406.33
1994	Dean -D	$368,116.30	$180,144.85
	Kelley -R	$39,061.00	$33,616.04
1996	Dean -D	$331,100.30	$124,975.55
	Gropper -R	$45,913.20	$46,241.41
1998	Dean -D	$342,403.20	$657,065.35
	Dwyer -R	$252,510.90	$249,188.22
2000	Dean -D	$1,008,815.42	$946,443.89
	Dwyer -R	$884,998.28	$899,581.64
	Pollina -P	$299,961.00	$335,412.46
Source: Vermont Secretary of State, http://www.sec.state.vt.us/seek/fin_seek.htm.

Lt. Governor:

		Total Contributions	Campaign Expenditures
1994	Racine -D	$86,830.00	$100,453.03
	Snelling -R	$149,812.90	$100,614.60
1996	Racine -D	$109,374.20	$96,996.88
	Carroll -R	$176,052.00	$171,690.00
1998	Racine -D	$115,838.50	$112,676.16
	Snelling -R	$116,879.00	$101,485.70