1968 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election

The 1968 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election was held on November 5, 1968. The total votes casted was 156,734. Thomas L. Hayes (Republican) was elected, receiving 57.66% of the votes, which equals 90,375 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Thomas L. Hayes of Republican (57.66%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated William A. Hunter of Democratic (42.33%) by a comfortable margin of 15.33%.

1968 Vermont Lieutenant Governor 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: 90375, name: 'Thomas L. Hayes'},{value: 66352, name: 'William A. Hunter'},{value: 7, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Thomas L. Hayes	Republican	90,375	57.66%
William A. Hunter	Democratic	66,352	42.33%
Write-In		7	0.00%
Date: 1968-11-05, Valid Votes: 156,734, Margin: 15.3%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#E661A8','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 31650, name: 'Thomas L. Hayes'},{value: 23974, name: 'Daniel B. Ruggles'},{value: 24, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Thomas L. Hayes	Republican	31,650	56.88%
Daniel B. Ruggles	Republican	23,974	43.08%
Write-In		24	0.04%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 55,648, Margin: 13.8%
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: 10077, name: 'William A. Hunter'},{value: 48, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
William A. Hunter	Democratic	10,077	99.53%
Write-In		48	0.47%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 10,125, Margin: 99.1%

Election Result

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