DemocratNot in office · last served 2000Last on a ballot: Nov 1998

Jan Backus

Jan Backus ran in 5 elections between 1988 and 1998, winning 5. Served in the Vermont State Senate (SD-WDH and SD-CHITTENDEN).

Career

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

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

Year	Office	Stage	Result	Opponents	Share	Margin
1998	Vermont State Senate, SD-CHITTENDEN	General	Won	James P. Leddy (D), Helen S. Riehle (R), Peter C. Brownell (R)	10.1%	R+0.4
1996	Vermont State Senate, SD-CHITTENDEN	General	Won	Barbara W. Snelling (R), Jack Barry (D), Peter C. Brownell (R)	10%	R+1.2
1992	Vermont State Senate, SD-WDH	General	Won	Peter Shumlin (D), Nathan Lynch (R), Michael Veitch (I)	26.3%	R+5.1
1990	Vermont State Senate, SD-WDH	General	Won	Robert T. Gannett (R), Beverly B. Major (D), John E. Cook (R)	32.8%	D+7.2
1988	Vermont State Senate, SD-WDH	General	Won	Robert T. Gannett (R), David L. Deen (D), Michael Kimack (R)	26.7%	R+0.2