Deane C. Davis Republican Thomas P. Salmon Democratic The 1972 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 1972.

Deane C. Davis was not a candidate for re-election to another term as Governor of Vermont.

The Democratic nominee, Thomas P. Salmon, defeated the Republican nominee, Luther F. Hackett, to become his successor.

Future U.S. senator and presidential candidate Bernie Sanders ran as a member of the Liberty Union Party.

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