1968 Vermont Attorney General Election

The 1968 Vermont Attorney General Election was held on November 5, 1968. The total votes casted was 155,222. James M. Jeffords (Republican) was elected, receiving 58.58% of the votes, which equals 90,932 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. James M. Jeffords of Republican (58.58%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Thomas P. Whalen of Democratic (41.41%) by a comfortable margin of 17.17%.

1968 Vermont Attorney General Election
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: 90932, name: 'James M. Jeffords'},{value: 64276, name: 'Thomas P. Whalen'},{value: 14, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
James M. Jeffords	Republican	90,932	58.58%
Thomas P. Whalen	Democratic	64,276	41.41%
Write-In		14	0.01%
Date: 1968-11-05, Valid Votes: 155,222, Margin: 17.2%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#8A9150','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 32356, name: 'James M. Jeffords'},{value: 22691, name: 'Joseph C. Palmisano'},{value: 23, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
James M. Jeffords	Republican	32,356	58.75%
Joseph C. Palmisano	Republican	22,691	41.20%
Write-In		23	0.04%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 55,070, Margin: 17.6%
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: 9658, name: 'Thomas P. Whalen'},{value: 55, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Thomas P. Whalen	Democratic	9,658	99.43%
Write-In		55	0.57%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 9,713, Margin: 98.9%

See Also

• 1968 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 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 House Election in Vermont
• 1968 United States Presidential Election in Vermont
• 2022 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 2020 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 2018 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 2016 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 2014 Vermont Attorney General Election

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1968 Vermont Attorney General Election (General) - Results by County
County	James M. Jeffords Republican		Thomas P. Whalen Democratic		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	155,222	0.00%

1968 Vermont Attorney General Election (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Thomas P. Whalen		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	9,713	0.00%

1968 Vermont Attorney General Election (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	James M. Jeffords		Joseph C. Palmisano		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	55,070	0.00%