1986 general · November 4, 1986
1986 Vermont State Senate election results, district by district
Every Vermont State Senate district in the 1986 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 19 · R 11
Races13
Changed party0
Unopposed8%1 races
Incumbents defeated1
Every district
D 19 · R 11
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ADD | Douglas J. Baker · Chester S. Ketcham (R) | 1.2 | |
| SD-BEN | Harvey D. Carter Jr. · Seth Bongartz (D) | 3.9 | |
| SD-CAL | Scudder H. Parker · Gerald I. Morse (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| SD-CHITTENDEN | J. Dennis Delaney · Douglas A. Racine · Sally Conrad · Philip H. Hoff · Thomas Crowley · George E. Little Jr. (REP) | 2.4 | |
| SD-ESSEXORLEANS | Kermit A. Smith · Vincent Illuzzi (DEM) | 10.8 | |
| SD-FRA | D. Francis Howrigan · John R. Finn (D) | 10.7 | |
| SD-GRI | Richard Mazza (D) | 47.8 | |
| SD-LAM | R. Henry Manchester (R) | 3.5 | |
| SD-ORA | Stephen Webster (R) | 9.4 | |
| SD-RUT | Gilbert G. Godnick · John H. Bloomer · Florence Robillard (DEM) | Unopposed | |
| SD-WAS | William Doyle · Jeb Spaulding · Mary Just Skinner (REP) | 5.8 | |
| SD-WDH | Robert T. Gannett · David L. Deen (REP) | 2.6 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-WSR | Peter Welch · Edgar May · William A. Hunter (D) | 5.0 |
Vermont State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner