James M. Jeffords

★ U.S. Senator

Born: May 11, 1934
Died: August 18, 2014
Age at death: 80
Home state: Vermont
Party: Republican
On the ballot: 1974–2000

Career timeline

1974Rep 1976Rep 1978Rep 1980Rep 1982Rep 1984Rep

1986Rep 1988Sen 1994Sen 2000Sen

10-0

RecordWin–Loss

Total Popular Votes

Jeffords1.3M

Opponents625,455

Elections run

Between 1974 and 2000, James M. Jeffords ran in 10 elections across 2 offices (U.S. House and U.S. Senate), winning all 10. Jeffords's biggest single-election total was 189,133 votes, in the 2000 U.S. Senate election in Vermont. Jeffords's closest win came in the 1974 U.S. House election in Vermont's at-large district, decided by 18,219 votes.

Browse every U.S. Senate election in Vermont, every U.S. House race in Vermont's at-large district, or all 2000 U.S. Senate races.

How many votes has James M. Jeffords received?

James M. Jeffords has received 1,333,421 popular votes across 10 U.S. elections, with a career record of 10–0.

Election history

James M. Jeffords’s election history
Year	Office	Result	Votes	Opponent(s)
2000	U.S. SenateVermont	Won	189,13365.56%	Ed Flanagan Charles W. Russell Rick Hubbard Billy Greer Hugh Douglas Jerry Levy (head-to-head)
1994	U.S. SenateVermont	Won	106,50550.32%	Jan Backus Gavin T. Mills Matthew S. Mulligan Bob Melamede Jerry Levy (head-to-head) Joseph Victor Pardo
1988	U.S. SenateVermont	Won	163,18367.96%	Bill Gray Jerry Levy (head-to-head) King Milne
1986	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	168,40389.12%	John T. McNulty Peter Diamondstone (head-to-head) Morris Earle (head-to-head)
1984	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	148,02565.41%	Anthony Pollina Jim Hedbor Peter Diamondstone (head-to-head) Morris Earle (head-to-head)
1982	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	114,19169.23%	Mark A. Kaplan Robin Lloyd (head-to-head) Peter Diamondstone (head-to-head) Morris Earle (head-to-head) George E. Trask
1980	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	154,27479.24%	Robin Lloyd (head-to-head) Peter Diamondstone (head-to-head)
1978	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	90,68875.26%	Sarah Marie Dietz Peter Diamondstone (head-to-head)
1976	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	124,45867.35%	John A. Burgess
1974	U.S. HouseVermont	Won	74,56152.92%	Francis J Cain Michael Parenti

Identity & sources. Identity verified against the Congressional Bioguide (J000072) and Wikidata (Q1386836). Election results come from official certified totals and the MIT Election Data and Science Lab; see methodology.

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Compiled by PolitiFinder. Election results from official certified sources and the MIT Election Lab. See Data & sources and methodology. Data last verified July 28, 2026.