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[[Bernie Sanders]] ([[Independent (politics)|Independent]]) held the seat from [[1990 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|1991]] until 2007, when he [[2006 United States Senate election in Vermont|became]] a [[U.S. senator]]. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Peter Welch]], who succeeded Sanders in [[2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|2007]], represented the state until 2023, when he was [[2022 United States Senate election in Vermont|elected]] to succeed [[Patrick Leahy]] in the Senate. [[Congressional Progressive Caucus|Progressive]] Democrat [[Becca Balint]] was [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|elected]] to succeed Welch in the House for the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]. Balint is the first woman and LGBT person to represent Vermont, making Vermont the last state to be represented in Congress by a woman. |
[[Bernie Sanders]] ([[Independent (politics)|Independent]]) held the seat from [[1990 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|1991]] until 2007, when he [[2006 United States Senate election in Vermont|became]] a [[U.S. senator]]. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Peter Welch]], who succeeded Sanders in [[2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|2007]], represented the state until 2023, when he was [[2022 United States Senate election in Vermont|elected]] to succeed [[Patrick Leahy]] in the Senate. [[Congressional Progressive Caucus|Progressive]] Democrat [[Becca Balint]] was [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|elected]] to succeed Welch in the House for the [[118th United States Congress|118th Congress]]. Balint is the first woman and LGBT person to represent Vermont, making Vermont the last state to be represented in Congress by a woman. |
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== List of representatives == |
== List of representatives == |
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Vermont has elected its representatives at-large from 1813 to 1821, beginning with the 13th Congress; 1823 to 1825, with the 18th Congress; and from 1933 to the present, beginning with the 73rd Congress, after being reduced to one representative as a result of the 1930 |
Vermont has elected its representatives at-large from 1813 to 1821, beginning with the 13th Congress; 1823 to 1825, with the 18th Congress; and from 1933 to the present, beginning with the 73rd Congress, after being reduced to one representative as a result of the 1930 census. In all other years, Vermont elected its representatives from [[Vermont's congressional districts|separate districts]]. |
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All members were elected statewide at-large on a [[general ticket]]. |
All members were elected statewide at-large on a [[general ticket]]. |
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=== 1933–present: one seat === |
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After the [[1930 United States |
After the [[1930 United States census]], Vermont was reduced to one seat, which it has used ever since. |
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| [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|Elected in 2022]]. |
| [[2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont|Elected in 2022]]. |
Revision as of 15:41, 24 August 2023
Vermont's at-large congressional district | |
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Representative | |
Area | 9,620 sq mi (24,900 km2) |
Distribution |
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Population (2021) | 645,570 |
Median household income | $72,431[1] |
Ethnicity |
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Occupation |
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Cook PVI | D+16[2] |
Vermont has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when the state lost its second seat, obsoleting its 1st and 2nd congressional districts. There were once six districts in Vermont, all of which were eliminated after various censuses.
Bernie Sanders (Independent) held the seat from 1991 until 2007, when he became a U.S. senator. Democrat Peter Welch, who succeeded Sanders in 2007, represented the state until 2023, when he was elected to succeed Patrick Leahy in the Senate. Progressive Democrat Becca Balint was elected to succeed Welch in the House for the 118th Congress. Balint is the first woman and LGBT person to represent Vermont, making Vermont the last state to be represented in Congress by a woman.
List of representatives
Vermont has elected its representatives at-large from 1813 to 1821, beginning with the 13th Congress; 1823 to 1825, with the 18th Congress; and from 1933 to the present, beginning with the 73rd Congress, after being reduced to one representative as a result of the 1930 census. In all other years, Vermont elected its representatives from separate districts.
All members were elected statewide at-large on a general ticket.
1933–present: one seat
After the 1930 United States census, Vermont was reduced to one seat, which it has used ever since.
Electoral history
1990
Independent Bernie Sanders defeated incumbent Republican Peter Plympton Smith.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders | 117,522 | 56.0 | ||
Republican | Peter Plympton Smith (incumbent) | 82,938 | 39.52 | ||
Democratic | Lewis E. Young | 6,315 | 3.01 | ||
Liberty Union | Peter Diamondstone | 1,965 | 0.94 | ||
Write-in | Write-ins | 1,116 | 0.53 | ||
Majority | 34,584 | 16.48 | |||
Turnout | 209,856 | ||||
Independent gain from Republican | Swing |
1992
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 162,724 | 57.78 | +1.78% | |
Republican | Tim Philbin | 86,901 | 30.86 | +2.35% | |
Democratic | Lewis E. Young | 22,279 | 7.91 | +4.9% | |
Natural Law | John Dewey | 3,549 | 1.26 | +1.26% | |
Liberty Union | Peter Diamondstone | 3,660 | 1.30 | +0.36% | |
Freedom for LaRouche | Douglas M. Miller | 2,049 | 0.73 | +0.73% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 464 | 0.16 | −0.37% | |
Majority | 75,823 | 26.92 | |||
Turnout | 281,626 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
1994
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 105,502 | 44.84 | −12.94% | |
Republican | John Carroll | 98,523 | 41.87 | +11.01% | |
Natural Law | Carole Banus | 2,963 | 1.26 | +0.00 | |
Green | Jack Rogers | 2,664 | 1.13 | +1.13% | |
Liberty Union | Annette Larson | 1,493 | 0.63 | −0.67% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 304 | 0.13 | −0.03% | |
Majority | 6,979 | 2.97 | −23.95% | ||
Turnout | 235,279 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
1996
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 140,678 | 55.23 | +10.39% | |
Republican | Susan W. Sweetser | 82,021 | 32.59 | −9.28% | |
Democratic | Jack Long | 23,830 | 9.36 | +9.36% | |
Libertarian | Thomas J. Morse | 2,693 | 1.06 | +1.06% | |
Liberty Union | Peter Diamondstone | 1,965 | 0.77 | +0.14% | |
Green | Robert Melamede | 1,350 | 0.53 | −0.60% | |
Natural Law | Norio Kushi | 812 | 0.32 | −0.94% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 357 | 0.14 | +0.01% | |
Majority | 57,657 | 22.64 | +19.67% | ||
Turnout | 254,706 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
1998
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 136,403 | 63.40 | +8.17% | |
Republican | Mark Candon | 70,740 | 32.88 | +0.29% | |
Green | Matthew Mulligan | 3,464 | 1.61 | +1.08% | |
Liberty Union | Peter Diamondstone | 2,153 | 1.01 | +0.24% | |
Libertarian | Robert Maynard | 2,097 | 0.97 | −0.09% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 276 | 0.13 | −0.01% | |
Majority | 65,663 | 30.52 | +7.88% | ||
Turnout | 215,133 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
2000
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 196,118 | 69.21 | +5.81% | |
Republican | Karen Ann Kerin | 51,977 | 18.34 | −14.54% | |
Liberty Union | Peter Diamondstone | 14,918 | 5.26 | +3.65% | |
Independent | Stewart Skrill | 4,799 | 1.69 | +1.69% | |
Green | Jack Rogers | 2,978 | 1.05 | −0.56% | |
Libertarian | Daniel H. Krymkowski | 2,978 | 1.05 | +0.08% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 760 | 0.27 | +0.14% | |
Majority | 144,141 | 50.87 | +20.35% | ||
Turnout | 283,366 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
2002
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 144,880 | 64.32 | −4.89% | |
Republican | William Meub | 72,813 | 32.32 | +13.98% | |
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 3,185 | 1.41 | −3.85% | |
Grassroots | Fawn Skinner | 2,344 | 1.04 | −0.01% | |
Libertarian | Daniel H. Krymkowski | 2,033 | 0.90 | −0.15% | |
Majority | 72,067 | 32.00 | |||
Turnout | 225,255 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing |
2004
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Bernie Sanders (incumbent) | 205,774 | 67.47 | +2.8% | |
Republican | Greg Parke | 74,271 | 24.35 | −7.7% | |
Democratic | Larry Drown | 21,684 | 7.11 | +7.1% | |
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 3,018 | 0.99 | −0.3% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 261 | 0.09 | New | |
Majority | 131,503 | 43.12 | |||
Turnout | 305,008 | ||||
Independent hold | Swing | +5.3 |
2006
Incumbent Bernie Sanders retired to successfully run for a U.S. Senate seat.
Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Welch (D-Windsor County) was the Democratic nominee and the eventual winner.
Three candidates competed for the Republican nomination:
- Major General Martha Rainville, USANG (ret) (R), former Adjutant General of the Vermont National Guard.
- Vermont State senator Mark Shepard (R-Bennington County).
- Republican businessman Dennis Morrisseau, who promised to bring articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush.[3]
Rainville won the Republican primary on September 12, beating Shepard by a wide margin.
There were also numerous third party and independent candidates: Chris Karr (WTP), Bruce Marshall (Green Party), Dennis Morrisseau (Ind), Jane Newton (Liberty Union Party), Keith Stern (Ind), and Jerry Trudell (Ind). Morrisseau gathered the most votes, with 1% or 1,383 votes.
By September 14, 2006, the race between Rainville and Welch was close. An American Research Group poll showed Welch with a 48–45% lead.[4]
On October 4, 2006, The Burlington Free Press reported that one of Rainville's staffers, Christopher Stewart, resigned from her campaign after committing plagiarism—copying policy statements from other politicians, including senator Hillary Clinton, and using them on Rainville's website. Rainville's website was off-line for some time while her staff removed the plagiarized passages.[5]
Welch beat Rainville 53% to 45%, or 139,585 votes to 117,211.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 139,815 | 53.22 | +46.1 | |
Republican | Martha Rainville | 117,023 | 44.54 | +20.1 | |
Independent | Dennis Morrisseau | 1,390 | 0.53 | +0.53 | |
Independent | Jerry Trudell | 1,013 | 0.39 | +0.39 | |
Green | Bruce Marshall | 994 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |
Independent | Keith Stern | 963 | 0.37 | +0.37 | |
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 721 | 0.27 | −0.7 | |
We the People | Chris Karr | 599 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 208 | 0.08 | +0.08 | |
Majority | 22,792 | 8.68 | −34.4 | ||
Turnout | 262,726 | ||||
Democratic gain from Independent | Swing |
2008
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 248,203 | 83.25 | +30.03% | |
Independent | Mike Bethel | 14,349 | 4.18 | +4.18 | |
Energy Independence | Jerry Trudell | 10,818 | 3.63 | +3.63% | |
Progressive | Thomas James Hermann | 9,081 | 3.05 | +3.05% | |
Independent | Cris Ericson | 7,841 | 2.63 | +2.63% | |
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 5,307 | 1.78 | +1.51% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 2,552 | 0.86 | +0.78% | |
Majority | 233,854 | 79.07 | |||
Turnout | 298,151 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
2010
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 154,006 | 64.57 | −18.68% | |
Republican | Paul D. Beaudry | 76,403 | 32.03 | +32.03% | |
Independent | Gus Jaccaci | 4,704 | 1.97 | +1.97% | |
Socialist | Jane Newton | 3,222 | 1.35 | −0.43% | |
Write-in | Write-ins | 186 | 0.08 | −0.78% | |
Majority | 77,603 | 32.54 | |||
Turnout | 238,521 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
2012
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 208,600 | 72.01 | +7.44% | |
Republican | Mark Donka | 67,543 | 23.32 | −8.71% | |
Independent | James "Sam" Desrochers | 8,302 | 2.87 | +0.90% | |
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 4,065 | 1.40 | +1.40% | |
VoteKISS[6] | Andre Laframboise | 1,153 | 0.40 | +0.40% | |
Majority | 141,057 | 48.69 | |||
Turnout | 289,663 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 123,349 | 64.41% | −7.60% | |
Republican | Mark Donka | 59,432 | 31.03% | +7.71% | |
Independent | Cris Ericson | 2,750 | 1.44% | N/A | |
Liberty Union | Matthew Andrews | 2,071 | 1.08% | −0.34% | |
Independent | Jerry Trudell | 2,024 | 1.06% | N/A | |
Independent | Randall Meyer | 1,685 | 0.88% | N/A | |
n/a | Write-ins | 193 | 0.10% | N/A | |
Total votes | '191,504' | '100.0%' | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic/Republican | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 264,414 | 89.53 | +25.12 | |
Liberty Union | Erica Clawson | 29,410 | 9.96 | +8.88 | |
Write-in | 1,510 | 0.51 | +0.41 | ||
Total votes | 295,334 | 100.0 | |||
Democratic hold |
2018
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 188,547 | 69.20% | −13.31% | |
Republican | Anya Tynio | 70,705 | 25.95% | N/A | |
Marijuana | Cris Ericson | 9,110 | 3.34% | N/A | |
Liberty Union | Laura Potter | 3,924 | 1.44% | −7.74% | |
Write-in | 165 | 0.07% | -0.39% | ||
Total votes | 272,451 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
2020
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 238,827 | 67.31% | −1.89% | |
Republican | Miriam Berry | 95,830 | 27.01% | +1.06% | |
Independent | Peter R. Becker | 8,065 | 2.27% | N/A | |
Independent | Marcia Horne | 4,334 | 1.22% | N/A | |
Communist | Christopher Helali | 3,432 | 0.97% | N/A | |
Independent | Shawn Orr | 1,926 | 0.54% | N/A | |
Independent | Jerry Trudell | 1,881 | 0.53% | N/A | |
Write-in | 542 | 0.15% | +0.08% | ||
Total votes | 345,837 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
2022
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Becca Balint | 176,494 | 60.45% | –6.86 | |
Republican | Liam Madden | 78,297 | 26.85% | −0.16% | |
Libertarian | Ericka Redic | 12,590 | 4.31% | N/A | |
Independent | Matt Druzba | 5,737 | 1.97% | N/A | |
Independent | Luke Talbot | 4,428 | 1.52% | N/A | |
Independent | Adam Ortiz | 3,376 | 1.16% | N/A | |
Total votes | 291,955 | 100.0% | |||
Democratic hold |
Sources
- Office of the Clerk: Election Statistics since 1920
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
- Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present
Notes
References
- ^ Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
- ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
- ^ Dritschilo, Gordon (July 21, 2005). "GOP candidate calls for impeachment". Rutland Herald. Archived from the original on October 31, 2005. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ "Vermont US Congress". American Research Group, Inc. September 29, 2006. Archived from the original on September 29, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
- ^ Hallenbeck, Terri (October 4, 2006). "Rainville staff rewrites statements. Web site closed over plagiarism". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved April 13, 2017.[dead link] Alt URL
- ^ "VoteKISS Home". VoteKISS party.
- ^ "VT Elections Database: Election Results Archive".
- ^ "Official Results - General Election - November 8, 2016". Vermont Secretary of State. November 8, 2016. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- ^ "2020 General Election Canvass Report" (PDF). Vermont Secretary of State. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
- ^ "Election Results". Vermont Secretary of State.