DemocratNot in office · last served 2024Last on a ballot: Nov 2022

Dick Sears

Dick Sears ran in 18 elections between 1988 and 2022, winning 17. Served in the Vermont State Senate (SD-BEN).

Last office: Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN

Elections: 18; 1988–2022
Won: 17; generals, primaries and specials

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Career

Offices held, and every time Sears was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

19881992199620002004200820122016202020242028Vermont State Senate, SD-BENOut of office

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Every race Sears has run

Margin: how far Sears finished ahead of (+) or behind (−) the runner-up.

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
2022	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Brian Campion (D), Kevin Hoyt (I), Stephen Duke (I)	51.3%	D+3.6
2020	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Brian Campion (D), Meg Hansen (R), Michael Hall (R)	31.2%	D+1.6
2018	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Brian Campion (D), Jeff Kauffer (L)	45.4%	D+3.4
2016	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Brian Campion (D)	53.2%	D+7.3
2014	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Brian Campion (D), Warren Roaf (R)	42.9%	D+8.9
2014	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	Primary	Won	Brian Campion (D)	54.5%	+9.0
2012	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Bob Hartwell (D)	55.4%	D+10.8
2010	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Bob Hartwell (D), Gerald W. Woodard (R), Patricia M. Blair (R)	34.7%	D+7.9
2008	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Bob Hartwell (D), Gerald W. Woodard (R), Ruth Harvie (R)	39.1%	D+11.1
2006	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Bob Hartwell (D), Alan Miles Macdougall (R), Winfield P. Gates (R)	40.3%	D+12.3
2004	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Mark Shepard (R), Sally Treat (R), Cynthia Browning (D)	32.3%	D+6.2
2002	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Mark Shepard (R), Judy Murphy (D), Ezekiel S. Cross (R)	30.2%	D+3.7
2000	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Gerald P. Morrisey (R), Mark Shepard (R)	34.7%	R+1.4
1998	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Gerald P. Morrisey (R), John F. Murphy (D), Kelton B. Miller (R)	29.7%	D+2.8
1996	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Fred Ehrich (R), Seth Bongartz (D), Jon D. Peaslee (R)	32.6%	D+6.6
1994	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Fred Ehrich (R), Mary Ann Carlson (D), Robert Russell (R)	30.4%	R+1.2
1992	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Won	Mary Ann Carlson (D), William E. Burfeind (R), Ted Friedman (R)	27%	R+1.3
1988	Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN	General	Lost	John Page (R), Mary Ann Carlson (D), Walter Freed (R)	24.2%	R+4.3

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Seats Sears has held

Vermont State Senate, SD-BEN · 1993–2024

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Who Sears has run against

Brian Campion (D) · 2022 election, won
Bob Hartwell (D) · 2012 election, won
Mark Shepard (R) · 2004 election, won
Gerald P. Morrisey (R) · 2000 election, won
Fred Ehrich (R) · 1996 election, won
Mary Ann Carlson (D) · 1992 election, won
John Page (R) · 1988 election, lost

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)