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A brief history of electoral competition for Governor in Vermont

Between 1789 and 2018, the Republican Party vied for power with the Democratic/Republican Party in securing the Governor's seat in Vermont. The Republican Party won 67 out of 150 general elections -- a 45% rate of victory.

In general, elections for this office during these 229 years turned out an average of 3.1 contenders for the seat.

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Year Office District Stage Candidates
2018 Governor Statewide General Election
Phil Scott won (55%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
2016 Governor Statewide General Election
Phil Scott won (53%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
2014 Governor Statewide General Election
Peter Shumlin won (46%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
2012 Governor Statewide General Election
Peter Shumlin won (58%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
2010 Governor Statewide General Election
Peter Shumlin won (50%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
2008 Governor Statewide General Election
Jim Douglas won (53%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
2006 Governor Statewide General Election
Jim Douglas won (56%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2004 Governor Statewide General Election
Jim Douglas won (59%) against 5 opponents. Candidates »
2002 Governor Statewide General Election
Jim Douglas won (45%) against 9 opponents. Candidates »
2000 Governor Statewide General Election
Howard Dean won (50%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
1998 Governor Statewide General Election
Howard Dean won (56%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1996 Governor Statewide General Election
Howard Dean won (71%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
1994 Governor Statewide General Election
Howard Dean won (69%) against 7 opponents. Candidates »
1992 Governor Statewide General Election
Howard Dean won (75%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1990 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard A. Snelling won (52%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1988 Governor Statewide General Election
Madeleine M. Kunin won (55%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1986 Governor Statewide General Election
Madeleine M. Kunin won (47%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1984 Governor Statewide General Election
Madeleine M. Kunin won (50%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1982 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard A. Snelling won (55%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1980 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard A. Snelling won (59%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1978 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard A. Snelling won (63%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1976 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard A. Snelling won (53%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1974 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas P. Salmon won (57%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1972 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas P. Salmon won (55%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1970 Governor Statewide General Election
Deane C. Davis won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1968 Governor Statewide General Election
Deane C. Davis won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1966 Governor Statewide General Election
Philip H. Hoff won (58%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1964 Governor Statewide General Election
Philip H. Hoff won (65%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1962 Governor Statewide General Election
Philip H. Hoff won (51%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1960 Governor Statewide General Election
F. Ray Keyser, Jr won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1958 Governor Statewide General Election
Robert T. Stafford won (50%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1956 Governor Statewide General Election
Joseph B. Johnson won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1954 Governor Statewide General Election
Joseph B. Johnson won (52%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1952 Governor Statewide General Election
Lee E. Emerson won (52%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1950 Governor Statewide General Election
Lee E. Emerson won (74%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1948 Governor Statewide General Election
Ernest W. Gibson won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1946 Governor Statewide General Election
Ernest W. Gibson won (80%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1944 Governor Statewide General Election
Mortimer R. Proctor won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1942 Governor Statewide General Election
William H. Wills won (78%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1940 Governor Statewide General Election
William H. Wills won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1938 Governor Statewide General Election
George D. Aiken won (67%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1936 Governor Statewide General Election
George D. Aiken won (61%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1934 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles M. Smith won (57%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1932 Governor Statewide General Election
Stanley C. Wilson won (62%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1930 Governor Statewide General Election
Stanley C. Wilson won (71%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1928 Governor Statewide General Election
John E. Weeks won (74%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1926 Governor Statewide General Election
John E. Weeks won (61%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1924 Governor Statewide General Election
Franklin S. Billings won (79%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1922 Governor Statewide General Election
Redfield Proctor won (75%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1920 Governor Statewide General Election
James Hartness won (78%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1918 Governor Statewide General Election
Percival W. Clement won (67%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1916 Governor Statewide General Election
Horace F. Graham won (71%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1914 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles W. Gates won (60%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1912 Governor Statewide General Election
Allen M. Fletcher won (40%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1910 Governor Statewide General Election
John A. Mead won (64%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1908 Governor Statewide General Election
George H. Prouty won (71%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1906 Governor Statewide General Election
Fletcher D. Proctor won (60%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1904 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles J. Bell won (72%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1902 Governor Statewide General Election
John G. McCullough won (46%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1900 Governor Statewide General Election
William W. Stickney won (72%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1898 Governor Statewide General Election
Edward C. Smith won (71%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1896 Governor Statewide General Election
Josiah Grout won (77%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1894 Governor Statewide General Election
Urban A. Woodbury won (74%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1892 Governor Statewide General Election
Levi K. Fuller won (65%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1890 Governor Statewide General Election
Carroll S. Page won (62%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1888 Governor Statewide General Election
William P. Dillingham won (70%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1886 Governor Statewide General Election
Ebenezer J. Ormsbee won (66%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1884 Governor Statewide General Election
Samuel E. Pingree won (67%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1882 Governor Statewide General Election
John L. Barstow won (69%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1880 Governor Statewide General Election
Roswell Farnham won (68%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1878 Governor Statewide General Election
Redfield Proctor won (64%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1876 Governor Statewide General Election
Horace Fairbanks won (68%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1874 Governor Statewide General Election
Asahel Peck won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1872 Governor Statewide General Election
Julius Converse won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1870 Governor Statewide General Election
John W. Stewart won (73%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1869 Governor Statewide General Election
Peter J. Washburn won (73%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1868 Governor Statewide General Election
John B. Page won (74%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1867 Governor Statewide General Election
John B. Page won (73%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1866 Governor Statewide General Election
Paul Dillingham, Jr won (75%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1865 Governor Statewide General Election
Paul Dillingham, Jr won (76%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1864 Governor Statewide General Election
John Gregory Smith won (72%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1863 Governor Statewide General Election
John Gregory Smith won (71%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1862 Governor Statewide General Election
Frederick Holbrook won (88%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1861 Governor Statewide General Election
Frederick Holbrook won (77%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1860 Governor Statewide General Election
Erastus Fairbanks won (71%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1859 Governor Statewide General Election
Hiland Hall won (68%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1858 Governor Statewide General Election
Hiland Hall won (68%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1857 Governor Statewide General Election
Ryland Fletcher won (67%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1856 Governor Statewide General Election
Ryland Fletcher won (74%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1855 Governor Statewide General Election
Stephen Royce won (58%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
1854 Governor Statewide General Election
Stephen Royce won (63%) against 6 opponents. Candidates »
1853 Governor Statewide General Election
Erastus Fairbanks won (44%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1852 Governor Statewide General Election
Erastus Fairbanks won (49%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1851 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles K. Williams won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1850 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles K. Williams won (53%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1849 Governor Statewide General Election
Carlos Coolidge won (49%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1848 Governor Statewide General Election
Carlos Coolidge won (44%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1847 Governor Statewide General Election
Horace Eaton won (45%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1846 Governor Statewide General Election
Horace Eaton won (49%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1845 Governor Statewide General Election
William Slade won (47%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1844 Governor Statewide General Election
William Slade won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1843 Governor Statewide General Election
John Mattocks won (49%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1842 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles Paine won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1841 Governor Statewide General Election
Charles Paine won (49%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1840 Governor Statewide General Election
Silas H. Jenison won (60%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1839 Governor Statewide General Election
Silas H. Jenison won (53%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1838 Governor Statewide General Election
Silas H. Jenison won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1837 Governor Statewide General Election
Silas H. Jenison won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1836 Governor Statewide General Election
Silas H. Jenison won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1835 Governor Statewide General Election
William A. Palmer ran against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1834 Governor Statewide General Election
William A. Palmer won (45%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1833 Governor Statewide General Election
William A. Palmer won (53%) against 3 opponents. Candidates »
1832 Governor Statewide General Election
William A. Palmer won (42%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1831 Governor Statewide General Election
William A. Palmer won (44%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1830 Governor Statewide General Election
Samuel C. Crafts won (44%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1829 Governor Statewide General Election
Samuel C. Crafts won (56%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1828 Governor Statewide General Election
Samuel C. Crafts won (92%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1827 Governor Statewide General Election
Ezra Butler won (85%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1826 Governor Statewide General Election
Ezra Butler won (63%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1825 Governor Statewide General Election
Cornelius P. Van Ness won against no opponents. Candidates »
1824 Governor Statewide General Election
Cornelius P. Van Ness won (85%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1823 Governor Statewide General Election
Cornelius P. Van Ness won (86%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1822 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard Skinner won against no opponents. Candidates »
1821 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard Skinner won against no opponents. Candidates »
1820 Governor Statewide General Election
Richard Skinner won against no opponents. Candidates »
1819 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (82%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1818 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won against no opponents. Candidates »
1817 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1816 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1815 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (52%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1814 Governor Statewide General Election
Martin Chittenden won (49%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1813 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (50%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1812 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1811 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (54%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1810 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (57%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1809 Governor Statewide General Election
Jonas Galusha won (51%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1808 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (50%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1807 Governor Statewide General Election
Israel Smith won (53%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1806 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (55%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1805 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (61%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1804 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (56%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1803 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (58%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1802 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (60%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1800 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (63%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1799 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (64%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1798 Governor Statewide General Election
Isaac Tichenor won (66%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1795 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas Chittenden won (61%) against 4 opponents. Candidates »
1794 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas Chittenden won (52%) against 1 opponent. Candidates »
1793 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas Chittenden won (52%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »
1789 Governor Statewide General Election
Thomas Chittenden won (51%) against 2 opponents. Candidates »