2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
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  2016 November 6, 2018 2020  
  Peter Welch official photo (cropped).jpg Anya Tynio.jpg
Nominee Peter Welch Anya Tynio
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote188,54770,705
Percentage69.2%26.0%

Vermont House Election Results by County, 2018.svg
2018 United States House of Representatives Election in Vermont results map by municipality.svg
Welch:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tynio:     40–50%     50–60%

Representative
At-large before election

Peter Welch
Democratic

Elected Representative
At-large

Peter Welch
Democratic

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from the state of Vermont from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on August 14. Peter Welch, a Democrat won reelection to a seventh term, defeating Republican Anya Tynio.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center
  • Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

Debates & forums

Results

Results by county:
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Welch--80-90%
Welch--70-80% 2018 VT-AL Democratic primary.svg
Results by county:
  Welch—80–90%
  Welch—70–80%
Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 55,939 83.94
Democratic Daniel Freilich7,88111.83
Democratic Benjamin Mitchell (withdrawn)2,6764.02
Democratic Write-ins1420.21
Total votes66,638 100.0
N/A Spoiled votes52
N/A Blank votes2,927

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Debates & forums

Results

Results by county:
Paige--60-70%
Paige--50-60%
Paige--40-50%
Tynio--40-50% 2018 VT-AL GOP primary.svg
Results by county:
  Paige—60–70%
  Paige—50–60%
  Paige—40–50%
  Tynio—40–50%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican H. Brooke Paige 14,721 59.89
Republican Anya Tynio8,48534.52
Republican Peter Welch (write-in)9233.76
Republican Write-ins (other)4501.83
Total votes24,579 100.0
N/A Spoiled votes97
N/A Blank votes11,499

Post-primary

H. Brooke Paige, who also won the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate, state Attorney General, state Secretary of State, state Treasurer and state Auditor, withdrew from all but the secretary of state race on August 24 in order to allow the Vermont Republican State Committee to name replacement candidates. [4] Anya Tynio, who came in 2nd place in the primary, was nominated to be the Republican nominee. [5]

Progressive primary

Candidates

Write-in

  • Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center (also running in Democratic primary)

Debates & forums

Results

Progressive primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Peter Welch (write-in) 237 62.04
Progressive Daniel Freilich (write-in)7319.11
Progressive Write-ins (other)7218.85
Total votes643 100.0
N/A Spoiled votes1
N/A Blank votes260

Liberty Union/Socialist nomination

The Liberty Union Party serves as the Vermont affiliate of the Socialist Party for federal-level elections.

Candidates

Declared

  • Laura S. Potter [7]

Withdrawn

United States Marijuana nomination

Candidates

Declared

America First nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Paul Young [10] (failed to appear on ballot)

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin
of error
Peter
Welch (D)
Anya
Tynio (R)
OtherUndecided
Gravis Marketing October 30 – November 1, 2018885± 3.3%66%28%6%
Braun Research October 5–14, 2018497± 4.4%55%18%7% [11] 20%

Results

2018 Vermont's at-large congressional district election [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 188,547 69.20% -13.31%
Republican Anya Tynio70,70525.95%N/A
Marijuana Cris Ericson9,1103.34%N/A
Liberty Union Laura Potter3,9241.44%-7.74%
Write-in 1650.07%-0.39%
Total votes272,451 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

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  11. Cris Ericson (I) and Laura Potter (LU) with 3%; none/write in/other with 1%
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