1966 United States House Election in Vermont

The 1966 United States House Election in Vermont was held on November 1, 1966, to elect United States Representative to represent the Vermont Congressional District. The total votes casted was 135,748. Robert T. Stafford (Republican) was elected, receiving 65.63% of the votes, which equals 89,097 votes. Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1964.Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1968.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Robert T. Stafford of Republican (65.63%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated William J. Ryan of Democratic (34.36%) by a comfortable margin of 31.27%.

1966 United States House 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: 89097, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 46643, name: 'William J. Ryan'},{value: 8, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	89,097	65.63%
William J. Ryan	Democratic	46,643	34.36%
Write-In		8	0.01%
Date: 1966-11-01, Valid Votes: 135,748, Margin: 31.3%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 37240, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 31, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	37,240	99.92%
Write-In		31	0.08%
Date: 1966-09-13, Valid Votes: 37,271, Margin: 99.8%
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: 10860, name: 'William J. Ryan'},{value: 62, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
William J. Ryan	Democratic	10,860	99.43%
Write-In		62	0.57%
Date: 1966-09-13, Valid Votes: 10,922, Margin: 98.9%

Previous Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1964.

1964 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['#DCDCDC','blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 94458, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 68987, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 7, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican/Independent	94,458	57.79%
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	68,987	42.21%
Write-In		7	0.00%
Date: 1964-11-03, Valid Votes: 163,452, Margin: 15.6%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 43279, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 45, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	43,279	99.90%
Write-In		45	0.10%
Date: 1964-09-08, Valid Votes: 43,324, Margin: 99.8%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#68C363','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 8519, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 8068, name: 'James E. Malloy'},{value: 30, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	8,519	51.27%
James E. Malloy	Democratic	8,068	48.55%
Write-In		30	0.18%
Date: 1964-09-08, Valid Votes: 16,617, Margin: 2.7%

Next Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1968.

1968 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 156990, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 143, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Democratic/Republican	156,990	99.91%
Write-In		143	0.09%
Date: 1968-11-05, Valid Votes: 157,133, Margin: 99.8%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 55336, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 243, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	55,336	99.56%
Write-In		243	0.44%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 55,579, Margin: 99.1%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#D56811','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 569, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 471, name: 'John G. Kristensen'},{value: 370, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Democratic	569	40.35%
John G. Kristensen	Democratic	471	33.40%
Write-In		370	26.24%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 1,410, Margin: 7.0%

1966 United States House Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford Republican		William J. Ryan Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	135,748	0.00%

1966 United States House Election in Vermont (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	William J. Ryan		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	10,922	0.00%

1966 United States House Election in Vermont (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	37,271	0.00%

See Also

• 1966 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1966 Vermont Governor Election
• 1966 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1966 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 1966 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1966 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• Vermont Congressional District
• 2022 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2020 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2018 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2016 United States House Election in Vermont
• 2014 United States House Election in Vermont

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