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1986Final results

1986 election for Vermont House of Representatives: Essex 1

Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont

John W. Irwin (R) won re-election with 56.8% of the vote, defeating Evan Hammond (D) by 13.5 points.

John W. IrwinRepublican · winner · incumbent
56.8%538
Evan HammondDemocrat
43.2%410
948 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1986

Races before and after

EvenR+13.51986R+24.61988

Source: Past results: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)