1988 general · November 8, 1988
1988 Vermont State Senate election results, district by district
Every Vermont State Senate district in the 1988 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 16 · R 14
Races13
Changed party0
Unopposed8%1 races
Incumbents defeated2
Every district
D 16 · R 14
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ADD | Douglas J. Baker · Elizabeth M. Ready (REP) | 0.7 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-BEN | John Page · Mary Ann Carlson (REP) | 2.6 | |
| SD-CAL | Joseph M. Sherman · John McClaughry (R) | 9.9 | |
| SD-CHITTENDEN | Sally Conrad · Douglas A. Racine · Thomas Crowley · George E. Little Jr. · Hilton Wick · Stephen S. Blodgett (DEM) | 0.1 | |
| SD-ESSEXORLEANS | Vincent Illuzzi · Michael Metcalf (R) | 9.1 | |
| SD-FRA | D. Francis Howrigan · John R. Finn (D) | 6.8 | |
| SD-GRI | Richard Mazza (D) | 31.3 | |
| SD-LAM | John M. Farmer (R) | 16.7 | |
| SD-ORA | Stephen Webster (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-RUT | David S. Wolk · Rita McCaffrey · John H. Bloomer (DEM) | 1.9 | |
| SD-WAS | William Doyle · Jeb Spaulding · Mary Just Skinner (REP) | 4.8 | |
| SD-WDH | Robert T. Gannett · Jan Backus (REP) | 0.5 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-WSR | Edgar May · John Carroll · Stephen Reynes (DEM) | 0.4 |
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