1986Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1986 election for Vermont House District B-3
Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont
Charles B. Palmer (Ind) won with 54.3% of the vote, defeating Carl Tucker (R) by 8.8 points.
Charles B. PalmerIndependent · winner
54.3%528
Carl TuckerRepublican · incumbent
45.5%442
972 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET