1996 general · November 5, 1996
1996 Vermont State Senate election results, district by district
Every Vermont State Senate district in the 1996 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 30 seats
After the electionD 17 · R 13
Races13
Changed party1
Unopposed0%0 races
Incumbents defeated4
Every district
D 17 · R 13
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-ADD | Elizabeth M. Ready · Tom Bahre (DEM) | 0.4 | |
| SD-BEN | Dick Sears · Fred Ehrich (DEM) | 1.1 | |
| SD-CAL | Robert D. Ide · Julius D. Canns (R) | 8.4 | |
| SD-CHITTENDEN | Barbara W. Snelling · Jan Backus · Jack Barry · Peter C. Brownell · Jean B. Ankeney · Helen S. Riehle (REP) | 0.3 | |
| SD-ESSEXORLEANS | Vincent Illuzzi · Jim Greenwood (R) | 14.8 | |
| SD-FRA | Sara Branon Kittell · George T. Costes (DEM) | 1.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-GRI | Richard Mazza (D) | 83.7 | |
| SD-LAM | Susan Bartlett (D) | 21.2 | |
| SD-ORA | Mark A. Macdonald (D) | 1.9 | FlippedIncumbent lost |
| SD-RUT | John H. Bloomer Jr. · Cheryl M. Hooker · Hull Maynard (REP) | 0.0 | Incumbent lost |
| SD-WAS | Jeb Spaulding · William Doyle · Ann Cummings (DEM) | 1.3 | |
| SD-WDH | Nancy I. Chard · Peter Shumlin (D) | 40.8 | |
| SD-WSR | Richard J. McCormack · Cheryl P. Rivers · Ben Ptashnik (D) | 2.2 | Incumbent lost |
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