MONTPELIER, Vt. -- Retiring Sen. James Jeffords will give most of his $2 million in leftover campaign money to causes in Vermont. "The bulk of the money is going back to Jeffords announced more than a year ago that he was retiring. At that time he had more than $2 million in campaign donations. Much of the money came before his decision not to seek re-election. Jeffords, who has held the Senate seat since 1989, gained national recognition in 2001 when he announced that he would abandon the GOP, which placed the Democrats in control of the U.S. Senate. UVM expects to receive more than $800,000, said Karen Meyer, UVM's vice president for state and federal relations.