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2014Final results

2014 election for Vermont House District R53

Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont

Herb Russell (D) won with 54.9% of the vote, defeating John E. Mattison Jr. (R) by 10.7 points.

Herb RussellDemocrat · winner · incumbent
54.9%371
44.2%299
Write-ins and other votesOther party
0.9%6
676 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 2014

Races before and after

EvenD+31.82012D+10.72014D+16.62016D+11.42020

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