John MacGovern
John MacGovern (independent) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Windsor-1 District. MacGovern lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Elizabeth Burrows defeated Jacob Holmes, Wesley Raney, and John MacGovern in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Bartholomew (D) | 33.2 | 2,735 |
| ✔ |  | Elizabeth Burrows (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 26.1 | 2,148 |
 | Jacob Holmes (R)  | 17.6 | 1,452 | |
| Wesley Raney (R) | 14.3 | 1,176 | ||
 | John MacGovern (Independent) | 8.4 | 691 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 8,232 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Elizabeth Burrows defeated Jennifer Grant and Paul Belaski in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew | 33.7 | 948 |
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Burrows | 23.0 | 647 |
| Jennifer Grant | 22.8 | 641 | ||
 | Paul Belaski | 19.9 | 561 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 2,814 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Wesley Raney advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wesley Raney | 79.5 | 468 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 20.5 | 121 | ||
| Total votes: 589 | |||
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2012
MacGovern ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate, representing Vermont. He defeated Brooke Paige in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. He faced incumbent Bernie Sanders (I), Cris Ericson (United States Marijuana Party), Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS), Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union) and Peter Moss (Peace and Prosperity) in the general election on November 6, 2012.[1][2] Sanders won.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Peter Welch Incumbent |
72% | 208,600 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka | 23.3% | 67,543 | |
| Independent | James Desrochers | 2.9% | 8,302 | |
| Third | Andre LaFramboise | 0.4% | 1,153 | |
| Third | Jane Newton | 1.4% | 4,065 | |
| Total Votes | 289,663 | |||
| Source: Vermont Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election" | ||||
2010
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2010
MacGovern ran for the Windsor District seat in 2010. He ran against Henry Holmes and Francis Renaud in the Republican primary on August 24, 2010. He faced John Campbell (R), Henry Holmes (R), Francis Renaud (R), Richard McCormack (D) and Alice Nitka (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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John MacGovern did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
According to MacGovern's website, his campaign themes included:
- Budget: "...we can't spend our way to prosperity; and we certainly can't do it by making our families shoulder the burden of Washington's reckless spending."
- Social Security: "The solution to this massive and crippling problem will require serious and courageous reforms of Social Security, and other entitlement programs."[4]
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
