1970 United States Senate Election in Vermont

The 1970 United States Senate Election in Vermont was held on November 3, 1970. The total votes casted was 154,899. Winston L. Prouty (Republican) was elected, receiving 58.88% of the votes, which equals 91,198 votes.

Election Result

The final election result is as follows. Winston L. Prouty of Republican (58.88%) won with a majority of the votes, defeated Philip H. Hoff of Democratic (40.20%) by a comfortable margin of 18.68%.

1970 United States Senate 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: 91198, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 62271, name: 'Philip H. Hoff'},{value: 1416, name: 'William H. Meyer'},{value: 14, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	91,198	58.88%
Philip H. Hoff	Democratic	62,271	40.20%
William H. Meyer	Liberty Union	1,416	0.91%
Write-In		14	0.01%
Date: 1970-11-03, Valid Votes: 154,899, Margin: 18.7%
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: 39007, name: 'Winston L. Prouty'},{value: 314, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Winston L. Prouty	Republican	39,007	99.20%
Write-In		314	0.80%
Date: 1970-09-08, Valid Votes: 39,321, Margin: 98.4%
Democratic Primary
Candidate	Party	Votes	%	option = {color: ['blue','#F9FE8B','#04C835','#808080'], tooltip: {trigger: 'item', formatter: '{b}: {c} ({d}%)'}, series: [{type: 'pie', radius: '90%', label: {show: false}, data: [{value: 23082, name: 'Philip H. Hoff'},{value: 7941, name: 'Fiore L. Bove'},{value: 2024, name: 'William H. Meyer'},{value: 87, name: 'Write-In'}] }]}
Philip H. Hoff	Democratic	23,082	69.66%
Fiore L. Bove	Democratic	7,941	23.97%
William H. Meyer	Democratic	2,024	6.11%
Write-In		87	0.26%
Date: 1970-09-08, Valid Votes: 33,134, Margin: 45.7%

See Also

• 1970 United States House Election in Vermont
• 1970 Vermont Attorney General Election
• 1970 Vermont Governor Election
• 1970 Vermont Lieutenant Governor Election
• 1970 Vermont Secretary of State Election
• 1970 Vermont State Auditor Election
• 1970 Vermont State Treasurer Election
• 2022 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 2018 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 2016 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 2012 United States Senate Election in Vermont
• 2010 United States Senate Election in Vermont

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1970 United States Senate Election in Vermont (General) - Results by County
County	Winston L. Prouty Republican		Philip H. Hoff Democratic		William H. Meyer Liberty Union		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	-	%	154,899	0.00%

1970 United States Senate Election in Vermont (Democratic Primary) - Results by County
County	Fiore L. Bove		William H. Meyer		Philip H. Hoff		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%	Votes	%	Votes	%
Total	-	%	-	%	-	%	33,134	0.00%

1970 United States Senate Election in Vermont (Republican Primary) - Results by County
County	Winston L. Prouty		Valid Votes	Margin
	Votes	%
Total	-	%	39,321	0.00%