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1974 Vermont governor election

Thomas P. Salmon (Democrat) beat Walter L. Kennedy (Republican) in Vermont in 1974, 56.6% to 38.0%, a margin of 18.5 points and 26,170 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1972, when Thomas P. Salmon also won.

Democrats led in 13 of the 14 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 1. The largest, Chittenden, cast 31,731 votes and went to the Democrat by 24.9 points. The closest was Orange, where 198 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Thomas P. Salmon won Democratic 79,842 56.6%
Walter L. Kennedy Republican 53,672 38.0%
Martha Abbott Liberty Union 7,629 5.4%
All other candidates 13 0.0%
Total141,156

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Chittenden 18,419 58.0% 10,511 33.1% 2,801 31,731 D+24.9
Washington 10,242 61.5% 5,447 32.7% 962 16,651 D+28.8
Rutland 9,022 55.4% 6,463 39.7% 813 16,298 D+15.7
Windsor 8,039 58.7% 5,136 37.5% 522 13,697 D+21.2
Windham 6,356 61.3% 3,598 34.7% 416 10,370 D+26.6
Bennington 5,204 57.8% 3,291 36.5% 516 9,011 D+21.2
Franklin 4,750 53.0% 3,877 43.3% 333 8,960 D+9.7
Addison 3,876 49.9% 3,490 45.0% 398 7,764 D+5.0
Caledonia 3,897 56.7% 2,808 40.9% 163 6,868 D+15.9
Orange 3,086 49.7% 2,888 46.5% 237 6,211 D+3.2
Orleans 3,067 51.8% 2,697 45.5% 157 5,921 D+6.2
Lamoille 2,016 45.2% 2,230 50.0% 218 4,464 R+4.8
Essex 989 58.6% 662 39.2% 36 1,687 D+19.4
Grand Isle 879 57.7% 574 37.7% 70 1,523 D+20.0

Counties as they stood in 1974; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Vermont governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2024 Phil Scott (R) R+51.7
2022 Phil Scott (R) R+47.3
2020 Phil Scott (R) R+41.1
2018 Phil Scott (R) R+14.9
2016 Phil Scott (R) R+8.7
2014 Peter Shumlin (D) D+1.3
2012 Peter Shumlin (D) D+20.2
2010 Peter Shumlin (D) D+1.8
2008 Jim Douglas (R) R+31.6
2006 Jim Douglas (R) R+15.2
2004 Jim Douglas (R) R+20.8
2002 Jim Douglas (R) R+2.6
2000 Howard Dean (D) D+12.5
1998 Howard B. Dean (D) D+14.5
1996 Howard B. Dean (D) D+48.1
1994 Howard Dean (D) D+50.0
1992 Howard B. Dean (D) D+51.7
1990 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+5.8
1988 Madeline Kunin (D) D+12.0
1986 Madeleine M. Kunin (D) D+8.8
1984 Madeline Kunin (D) D+1.6
1982 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+11.1
1980 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+21.8
1978 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+28.7
1976 Richard A. Snelling (R) R+12.9
1974 Thomas P. Salmon (D) D+18.5
1972 Thomas P. Salmon (D) D+11.6
1970 Deane C. Davis (R) R+14.0
1968 Deane C. Davis (R) R+11.0
1966 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+15.5
1964 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+29.9
1962 Philip H. Hoff (D) D+1.1
1960 F. Ray Keyser Jr. (R) R+12.8
1958 Robert T. Stafford (R) R+0.6
1956 Joseph B. Johnson (R) R+14.9
1954 Joseph B. Johnson (R) R+4.6
1952 Lee E. Emerson (R) R+12.1
1950 Lee Earl Emerson (R) R+49.0
1948 Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R) R+43.9
1946 Ernest W. Gibson Jr. (R) R+60.7
1944 Mortimer R. Proctor (R) R+31.8
1942 William H. Wills (R) R+55.8
1940 William H. Wills (R) R+28.1
1938 George David Aiken (R) R+33.5
1936 George David Aiken (R) R+22.1
1934 Charles M. Smith (R) R+15.4
1932 Stanley C. Wilson (R) R+24.8
1930 Stanley C. Wilson (R) R+42.0
1928 John E. Weeks (R) R+47.5
1926 John E. Weeks (R) R+21.7
1924 Franklin S. Billings (R) R+60.5
1922 Redfield Proctor Jr. (R) R+49.8
1920 James Hartness (R) R+56.2
1918 Percival W. Clement (R) R+34.3
1916 Horace F. Graham (R) R+45.2
1914 Charles W. Gates (R) R+33.5
1912 Allen M. Fletcher (R) R+9.6
1910 John A. Mead (R) R+32.5
1908 George H. Prouty (R) R+46.0
1906 Fletcher D. Proctor (R) R+21.9
1904 Charles J. Bell (R) R+47.4
1902 John G. McCullough (R) R+35.0
1900 William W. Stickney (R) R+46.6
1898 Edward C. Smith (R) R+43.9
1896 Josiah Grout (R) R+55.2
1894 Urban A. Woodbury (R) R+49.2
1890 Carroll S. Page (R) R+26.1
1888 William P. Dillingham (R) R+41.8
1886 Ebenezer J. Ormsbee (R) R+36.0
1884 Samuel E. Pingree (R) R+35.9
1882 John L. Barstow (R) R+41.2
1880 Roswell Farnham (R) R+37.6
1878 Redfield Proctor (R) R+34.6
1876 Horace Fairbanks (R) R+36.1
1874 Asahel Peck (R) R+43.4
1872 Julius Converse (R) R+43.3
1870 John W. Stewart (R) R+46.9
1869 Peter T. Washburn (R) R+47.1
1868 John B. Page (R) R+47.2
1867 John B. Page (R) R+46.7
1866 Paul Dillingham Jr. (R) R+50.3
1865 Paul Dillingham Jr. (R) R+51.4