The 1936 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1936. Incumbent Republican Charles M. Smith did not run for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont. Republican candidate George Aiken defeated Democratic candidate Alfred H. Heininger to succeed him.
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County results Aiken: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Heininger: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Republican primary
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editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | George Aiken | 23,584 | 42.2 | ||
Republican | H. Nelson Jackson | 19,162 | 34.3 | ||
Republican | Ernest E. Moore | 11,917 | 21.3 | ||
Republican | John Reid | 1,228 | 2.2 | ||
Republican | Others | 2 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 55,893 | 100 |
Democratic primary
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editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Alfred H. Heininger | 5,378 | 99.4 | ||
Democratic | Others | 35 | 0.6 | ||
Total votes | 5,413 | 100 |
General election
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editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | George Aiken | 83,602 | 60.9 | ||
Democratic | Alfred H. Heininger | 53,218 | 38.8 | ||
Communist | Fred Gardner | 463 | 0.3 | ||
N/A | Others | 8 | 0.0 | ||
Total votes | 137,291 | 100 |
References
edit- ^ a b "Primary Election Results" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved January 1, 2015.
- ^ "General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012" (PDF). Office of the Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2014. Retrieved January 1, 2015.