1968 Vermont Secretary of State Election

The 1968 Vermont Secretary of State Election was held on November 5, 1968. The total votes casted was 155,120. Richard C. Thomas (Republican) was elected, receiving 56.94% of the votes, which equals 88,319 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Richard C. Thomas of Republican (56.94%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Harry H. Cooley of Democratic (43.06%) by a comfortable margin of 13.88%.

1968 Vermont Secretary of State 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: 88319, name: 'Richard C. Thomas'},{value: 66799, name: 'Harry H. Cooley'},{value: 2, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Richard C. Thomas	Republican	88,319	56.94%
Harry H. Cooley	Democratic	66,799	43.06%
Write-In		2	0.00%
Date: 1968-11-05, Valid Votes: 155,120, Margin: 13.9%
Republican Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['red','#88576B','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 29015, name: 'Richard C. Thomas'},{value: 25068, name: 'Ted Riehle'},{value: 25, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Richard C. Thomas	Republican	29,015	53.62%
Ted Riehle	Republican	25,068	46.33%
Write-In		25	0.05%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 54,108, Margin: 7.3%
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: 9781, name: 'Harry H. Cooley'},{value: 37, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Harry H. Cooley	Democratic	9,781	99.62%
Write-In		37	0.38%
Date: 1968-09-10, Valid Votes: 9,818, Margin: 99.2%

Election Result

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