Editing Roger MacBride (section)

===Vermont politics===
MacBride was elected to the [[Vermont House of Representatives]] in 1962 and served one term.<ref name="graveyard">[http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/VA/lawyer.M.html Lawyer Politicians in Virginia: Roger Lea MacBride (1929–1995)],  [[The Political Graveyard]]. Retrieved July 25, 2012.</ref> While in the state legislature, he proposed the abolition of the state college system.<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 7, 2017|title=Roger Lea MacBride '51|url=https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/roger-lea-macbride-51|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=Princeton Alumni Weekly|language=en}}</ref>

Running as a [[Barry Goldwater|Goldwater]] [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1665&dat=19640901&id=ucodAAAAIBAJ&pg=4888,15382| title=A Goldwater Man in Vermont | work=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|The Times-News]]| date=September 1, 1964| access-date=July 25, 2012|author=Chamberlain, John|author-link=John Chamberlain (journalist)}}</ref> he made an unsuccessful bid for the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] nomination for [[Governor of Vermont]] in 1964.<ref name="Hamowy"/><ref name="graveyard"/><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130518023127/http://vermont-archives.org/govhistory/elect/primary/pdf/p1964.pdf  (1964) Primary Election Results]}}, Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. State Archives. Retrieved July 25, 2012.</ref>