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2012Final results

2012 election for Vermont Governor

Governor · Vermont

Peter Shumlin (D) won with 60.6% of the vote, defeating Randy Brock (R) by 21.2 points.

Peter ShumlinDemocrat · winner
60.6%170,598
Randy BrockRepublican
39.4%110,940
281,538 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+15.62006R+31.72008D+1.82010D+21.22012D+1.32014R+8.72016

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET