1968 United States House Election in Vermont

The 1968 United States House Election in Vermont was held on November 5, 1968, to elect United States Representative to represent the Vermont Congressional District. The total votes casted was 157,133. Robert T. Stafford (Democratic/Republican) was elected, receiving 99.91% of the votes, which equals 156,990 votes. Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1966.Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1970.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Robert T. Stafford of Democratic/Republican swept the election with 99.91% of the votes.

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%

Previous Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the previous election in 1966.

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%

Next Election

Robert T. Stafford also won the following election in 1970.

1970 United States House Election in Vermont
General
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','blue','gold','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 103806, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 44415, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 4315, name: 'Dennis Morrisseau'},{value: 21, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	103,806	68.04%
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	44,415	29.11%
Dennis Morrisseau	Liberty Union	4,315	2.83%
Write-In		21	0.01%
Date: 1970-11-03, Valid Votes: 152,557, Margin: 38.9%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#B775B2','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 33678, name: 'Robert T. Stafford'},{value: 6099, name: 'Adelaide Knowles'},{value: 29, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Robert T. Stafford	Republican	33,678	84.61%
Adelaide Knowles	Republican	6,099	15.32%
Write-In		29	0.07%
Date: 1970-09-08, Valid Votes: 39,806, Margin: 69.3%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#1CC436','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 15795, name: 'Bernard OShea'},{value: 13710, name: 'Dennis Morrisseau'},{value: 201, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Bernard O'Shea	Democratic	15,795	53.17%
Dennis Morrisseau	Democratic	13,710	46.15%
Write-In		201	0.68%
Date: 1970-09-08, Valid Votes: 29,706, Margin: 7.0%

1968 United States House Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford Democratic/Republican		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	157,133	0.00%

1968 United States House Election in Vermont (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford		John G. Kristensen		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	1,410	0.00%

1968 United States House Election in Vermont (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Robert T. Stafford		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	55,579	0.00%

See Also

• 1968 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 1968 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1968 Vermont Governor Election
• 1968 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1968 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 1968 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1968 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• 1968 United States Presidential Election in Vermont
• 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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