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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

EvenD+9.52004D+15.82010D+15.82020D+23.42022D+12.42024D+27.62026

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET