1998 United States Senate elections
Vermont

1998 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Vermont
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Democratic	Patrick Leahy (Incumbent)	154,567	72.22%	+18.05%

Republican	Fred Tuttle	48,051	22.45%	20.90%

Libertarian	Hugh Douglas	4,199	1.96%

Independent	Barry Nelson	2,893	1.35%

Grassroots	Robert Melamede	2,459	1.15%

Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	1,238	0.58%	1.21%

Write-ins	629	0.29%

Majority	106,516	49.77%	+38.95%

Turnout	214,036

Democratic hold

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Tuttle received 48,051 votes.

final_sentence: Tuttle received 48,051 votes.