1958 United States Senate Election in Vermont

The 1958 United States Senate Election in Vermont was held on November 4, 1958. The total votes casted was 124,442. Winston L. Prouty (Republican) was elected, receiving 52.15% of the votes, which equals 64,900 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Winston L. Prouty of Republican (52.15%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Frederick J. Fayette of Democratic (47.84%) by a narrow margin of 4.31%.

1958 United States Senate Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 64900, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 59536, name: 'Frederick J. Fayette'},{value: 6, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	64,900	52.15%
Frederick J. Fayette	Democratic	59,536	47.84%
Write-In		6	0.00%
Date: 1958-11-04, Valid Votes: 124,442, Margin: 4.3%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#E4B0E9','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 31866, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 17468, name: 'Lee E. Emerson'},{value: 4, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	31,866	64.59%
Lee E. Emerson	Republican	17,468	35.40%
Write-In		4	0.01%
Date: 1958-09-09, Valid Votes: 49,338, Margin: 29.2%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 6546, name: 'Frederick J. Fayette'},{value: 32, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Frederick J. Fayette	Democratic	6,546	99.51%
Write-In		32	0.49%
Date: 1958-09-09, Valid Votes: 6,578, Margin: 99.0%

Election Result

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