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Election 1940 Results

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1940 US Senate election in Vermont

Warren R. Austin (Republican) beat Ona S. Searles (Democrat) in Vermont in 1940, 66.4% to 33.6%, a margin of 32.9 points and 46,182 votes.

George Aiken (Republican) beat Herbert B. Comings (Democrat) in Vermont in 1940, 61.6% to 38.4%, a margin of 23.3 points and 32,887 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1934, when Warren R. Austin also won.

Republicans led in 14 of the 14 counties as they stood then. The largest, Rutland, cast 19,442 votes and went to the Republican by 31.1 points. The closest was Grand Isle, where 371 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.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Warren R. Austin won	Republican	93,283	66.4%
Ona S. Searles	Democratic	47,101	33.6%
All other candidates		4	0.0%
Total		140,388

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
George Aiken won	Republican	87,150	61.6%
Herbert B. Comings	Democratic	54,263	38.4%
Total		141,413

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
Rutland	6,695 34.4%	12,747 65.6%		19,442	R+31.1
Chittenden	8,114 42.9%	10,821 57.1%		18,935	R+14.3
Washington	5,303 33.9%	10,354 66.1%	1	15,658	R+32.3
Windsor	3,775 26.3%	10,594 73.7%	1	14,370	R+47.5
Franklin	5,989 47.1%	6,717 52.9%		12,706	R+5.7
Windham	2,751 25.3%	8,115 74.7%		10,866	R+49.4
Bennington	3,258 32.5%	6,757 67.5%	1	10,016	R+34.9
Caledonia	2,734 30.3%	6,274 69.6%	1	9,009	R+39.3
Orleans	2,988 38.8%	4,711 61.2%		7,699	R+22.4
Addison	1,724 24.7%	5,255 75.3%		6,979	R+50.6
Orange	1,200 19.1%	5,097 80.9%		6,297	R+61.9
Lamoille	832 21.3%	3,077 78.7%		3,909	R+57.4
Essex	1,077 38.3%	1,732 61.7%		2,809	R+23.3
Grand Isle	661 39.0%	1,032 61.0%		1,693	R+21.9

Counties as they stood in 1940; 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 Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Bernie Sanders (other)
2022	Peter Welch (D)	D+40.5
2018	Bernie Sanders (other)
2016	Patrick Leahy (D)	D+28.2
2012	Bernie Sanders (other)
2010	Patrick J. Leahy (D)	D+33.4
2006	Bernie Sanders (other)
2004	Patrick J. Leahy (D)	D+46.1
2000	James M. Jeffords (R)	R+40.1
1998	Patrick J. Leahy (D)	D+49.8
1994	Jim Jeffords (R)	R+9.7
1992	Patrick J. Leahy (D)	D+10.8
1988	James M. Jeffords (R)	R+38.2
1986	Patrick Leahy (D)	D+28.7
1982	Robert T. Stafford (R)	R+3.0
1980	Patrick J. Leahy (D)	D+1.3
1976	Robert T. Stafford (R)	R+4.7
1974	Patrick Leahy (D)	D+3.1
1970	Winston L. Prouty (R)	R+18.7
1968	George D. Aiken (R)	R+99.9
1964	Winston L. Prouty (R)	R+6.9
1962	George D. Aiken (R)	R+33.9
1958	Winston L. Prouty (R)	R+4.3
1956	George D. Aiken (R)	R+32.8
1952	Ralph E. Flanders (R)	R+44.6
1950	George D. Aiken (R)	R+56.0
1946	Ralph E. Flanders (R)	R+49.3
1944	George D. Aiken (R)	R+31.6
1940	Warren R. Austin (R)	R+32.9
1938	Ernest W. Gibson (R)	R+31.3
1934	Warren R. Austin (R)	R+2.7
1932	Porter H. Dale (R)	R+10.3
1928	Frank L. Greene (R)	R+43.1
1926	Porter H. Dale (R)	R+46.9
1922	Frank L. Greene (R)	R+38.1
1920	William Dillingham (R)	R+56.1
1916	Carroll S. Page (R)	R+50.9
1914	William Dillingham (R)	R+13.4