RepublicanNot in office · last served 1984Last on a ballot: Nov 1982
Richard A. Snelling
Last held office: Governor of Vermont (1976–1984). Ran in 4 elections between 1976 and 1982, winning 4.
- Last margin
- +11.2
- Won 1982
- Elections
- 4
- 1976–1982
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Snelling was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Snelling has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Snelling won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Governor of Vermont | General | Won | Madeline Kunin (D) | 55.6% | R+11.2 | R+7.2 | |
| 1980 | Governor of Vermont | General | Won | M. Jerome Diamond (D) | 61.4% | R+22.9 | R+7.2 | |
| 1978 | Governor of Vermont | General | Won | Edwin C. Granai (D) | 64.8% | R+29.6 | R+12.7 | |
| 1976 | Governor of Vermont | General | Won | Stella B. Hackel (D), Bernie Sanders (LU) | 53.4% | R+12.9 | R+12.7 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Snelling has held
- Governor of Vermont · 1976–1984
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Snelling has run against
- Madeline Kunin (D) · 1982 election, won
- M. Jerome Diamond (D) · 1980 election, won
- Edwin C. Granai (D) · 1978 election, won
- Stella B. Hackel (D) · 1976 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive