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2016Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated

2016 election for Vermont House District YO1

Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont

David M. Ainsworth (R) won with 49.8% of the vote, defeating Sarah E. Buxton (D) by 0.1 points, a seat Democrats won last time.

David M. AinsworthRepublican · winner
49.8%1,005
Sarah E. BuxtonDemocrat · incumbent
49.7%1,003
2,017 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 2016

Races before and after

EvenD+0.12010D+9.72012D+4.62014R+0.12016D+25.72018D+2.42024

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