Jim Douglas Republican Jim Douglas Republican The 2004 Vermont gubernatorial election took place November 2, 2004 for the post of Governor of Vermont.

Incumbent Republican governor Jim Douglas was re-elected.

Douglas defeated Peter Clavelle, the Progressive Mayor of Burlington who ran as a Democrat.

[2] Douglas countered this by a willingness to criticize the national Republican Party, such as over the Bush administration's environmental policies.

[3] The two main candidates faced each other in 18 debates during the campaign.