Vermont's at-large congressional district

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Vermont's at-large congressional district
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Representative
Area9,620 sq mi (24,900 km2)
Distribution
  • 61.1% rural
  • 38.9% urban
Population (2023)647,464
Median household
income
$81,211 [1]
Ethnicity
Occupation
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.

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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.

13th Congress (1813–1815)

14th Congress (1815–1817)

15th Congress (1817–1819)

16th Congress (1819–1821)

18th Congress (1823–1825)

1933–present: one seat

After the 1930 United States census, Vermont was reduced to one seat, which it has used ever since.

RepresentativePartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral history
District re-established March 4, 1933
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Ernest W. Gibson
(Brattleboro)
Republican March 4, 1933 –
October 19, 1933
73rd Redistricted from the 2nd district and re-elected in 1932.
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
VacantOctober 19, 1933 –
January 16, 1934
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Charles A. Plumley
(Northfield)
Republican January 16, 1934 –
January 3, 1951
73rd
74th
75th
76th
77th
78th
79th
80th
81st
Elected to finish Gibson's term.
Re-elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
Re-elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Retired.
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Winston L. Prouty
(Newport)
Republican January 3, 1951 –
January 3, 1959
82nd
83rd
84th
85th
Elected in 1950.
Re-elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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William H. Meyer
(West Rupert)
Democratic January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1961
86th Elected in 1958.
Lost re-election.
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Robert Stafford
(Rutland)
Republican January 3, 1961 –
September 16, 1971
87th
88th
89th
90th
91st
92nd
Elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Resigned when appointed U.S. senator.
VacantSeptember 16, 1971 –
January 7, 1972
92nd
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Richard W. Mallary
(Bradford)
Republican January 7, 1972 –
January 3, 1975
92nd
93rd
Elected to finish Stafford's term.
Re-elected in 1972.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Jim Jeffords
(Shrewsbury)
Republican January 3, 1975 –
January 3, 1989
94th
95th
96th
97th
98th
99th
100th
Elected in 1974.
Re-elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Peter Plympton Smith
(Middlesex)
Republican January 3, 1989 –
January 3, 1991
101st Elected in 1988.
Lost re-election.
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Bernie Sanders
(Burlington)
Independent January 3, 1991 –
January 3, 2007
102nd
103rd
104th
105th
106th
107th
108th
109th
Elected in 1990.
Re-elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Peter Welch
(Norwich)
Democratic January 3, 2007 –
January 3, 2023
110th
111th
112th
113th
114th
115th
116th
117th
Elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Re-elected in 2010.
Re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Re-elected in 2020.
Retired to run for U.S. senator.
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Becca Balint
(Brattleboro)
Democratic January 3, 2023 –
present
118th Elected in 2022.

Electoral history

1990

Independent Bernie Sanders defeated incumbent Republican Peter Plympton Smith.

1990 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders 117,522 56.0
Republican Peter Plympton Smith (incumbent)82,93839.52
Democratic Lewis E. Young6,3153.01
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 1,9650.94
Write-in Write-ins1,1160.53
Majority34,58416.48
Turnout 209,856
Independent gain from Republican Swing

1992

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

1992 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 162,724 57.78 +1.78%
Republican Tim Philbin86,90130.86+2.35%
Democratic Lewis E. Young22,2797.91+4.9%
Natural Law John Dewey3,5491.26+1.26%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 3,6601.30+0.36%
Freedom for LaRoucheDouglas M. Miller2,0490.73+0.73%
Write-in Write-ins4640.16−0.37%
Majority75,82326.92
Turnout 281,626
Independent hold Swing

1994

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

1994 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 105,502 44.84 −12.94%
Republican John Carroll98,52341.87+11.01%
Natural Law Carole Banus2,9631.26+0.00
Green Jack Rogers2,6641.13+1.13%
Liberty Union Annette Larson1,4930.63−0.67%
Write-in Write-ins3040.13−0.03%
Majority6,9792.97−23.95%
Turnout 235,279
Independent hold Swing

1996

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

1996 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 140,678 55.23 +10.39%
Republican Susan W. Sweetser82,02132.59−9.28%
Democratic Jack Long23,8309.36+9.36%
Libertarian Thomas J. Morse2,6931.06+1.06%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 1,9650.77+0.14%
Green Robert Melamede1,3500.53−0.60%
Natural Law Norio Kushi8120.32−0.94%
Write-in Write-ins3570.14+0.01%
Majority57,65722.64+19.67%
Turnout 254,706
Independent hold Swing

1998

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

1998 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 136,403 63.40 +8.17%
Republican Mark Candon70,74032.88+0.29%
Green Matthew Mulligan3,4641.61+1.08%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 2,1531.01+0.24%
Libertarian Robert Maynard2,0970.97−0.09%
Write-in Write-ins2760.13−0.01%
Majority65,66330.52+7.88%
Turnout 215,133
Independent hold Swing

2000

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

2000 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 196,118 69.21 +5.81%
Republican Karen Ann Kerin51,97718.34−14.54%
Liberty Union Peter Diamondstone 14,9185.26+3.65%
Independent Stewart Skrill4,7991.69+1.69%
Green Jack Rogers2,9781.05−0.56%
Libertarian Daniel H. Krymkowski2,9781.05+0.08%
Write-in Write-ins7600.27+0.14%
Majority144,14150.87+20.35%
Turnout 283,366
Independent hold Swing

2002

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

2002 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 144,880 64.32 −4.89%
Republican William Meub72,81332.32+13.98%
Liberty Union Jane Newton3,1851.41−3.85%
Grassroots Fawn Skinner2,3441.04−0.01%
Libertarian Daniel H. Krymkowski2,0330.90−0.15%
Majority72,06732.00
Turnout 225,255
Independent hold Swing

2004

Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.

2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Bernie Sanders (incumbent) 205,774 67.47 +2.8%
Republican Greg Parke 74,27124.35−7.7%
Democratic Larry Drown21,6847.11+7.1%
Liberty Union Jane Newton3,0180.99−0.3%
Write-in Write-ins2610.09New
Majority131,50343.12
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:

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.

2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 139,815 53.22 +46.1
Republican Martha Rainville 117,02344.54+20.1
Independent Dennis Morrisseau1,3900.53+0.53
Independent Jerry Trudell1,0130.39+0.39
Green Bruce Marshall9940.38+0.38
Independent Keith Stern9630.37+0.37
Liberty Union Jane Newton7210.27−0.7
We the PeopleChris Karr5990.23+0.23
Write-in Write-ins2080.08+0.08
Majority22,7928.68−34.4
Turnout 262,726
Democratic gain from Independent Swing

2008

2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 248,203 83.25 +30.03%
Independent Mike Bethel14,3494.18+4.18
Energy IndependenceJerry Trudell10,8183.63+3.63%
Progressive Thomas James Hermann9,0813.05+3.05%
Independent Cris Ericson7,8412.63+2.63%
Liberty Union Jane Newton5,3071.78+1.51%
Write-in Write-ins2,5520.86+0.78%
Majority233,85479.07
Turnout 298,151
Democratic hold Swing

2010

2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 154,006 64.57 −18.68%
Republican Paul D. Beaudry76,40332.03+32.03%
Independent Gus Jaccaci4,7041.97+1.97%
Socialist Jane Newton3,2221.35−0.43%
Write-in Write-ins1860.08−0.78%
Majority77,60332.54
Turnout 238,521
Democratic hold Swing

2012

2012 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 208,600 72.01 +7.44%
Republican Mark Donka67,54323.32−8.71%
Independent James "Sam" Desrochers8,3022.87+0.90%
Liberty Union Jane Newton4,0651.40+1.40%
VoteKISS [6] Andre Laframboise1,1530.40+0.40%
Majority141,05748.69
Turnout 289,663
Democratic hold Swing

2014

2014 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 123,349 64.41% −7.60%
Republican Mark Donka59,43231.03%+7.71%
Independent Cris Ericson2,7501.44%N/A
Liberty Union Matthew Andrews2,0711.08%−0.34%
Independent Jerry Trudell2,0241.06%N/A
Independent Randall Meyer1,6850.88%N/A
n/a Write-ins1930.10%N/A
Total votes'191,504''100.0%'N/A
Democratic hold

2016

2016 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic/Republican Peter Welch (incumbent) 264,414 89.53 +25.12
Liberty Union Erica Clawson29,4109.96+8.88
Write-in 1,5100.51+0.41
Total votes295,334 100.0
Democratic hold

2018

2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district [9]
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

2020

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 238,827 67.31% −1.89%
Republican Miriam Berry95,83027.01%+1.06%
Independent Peter R. Becker8,0652.27%N/A
Independent Marcia Horne4,3341.22%N/A
Communist Christopher Helali3,4320.97%N/A
Independent Shawn Orr1,9260.54%N/A
Independent Jerry Trudell1,8810.53%N/A
Write-in 5420.15%+0.08%
Total votes345,837 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

2022

2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont: Vermont's at-large district [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Becca Balint 176,494 60.45% –6.86
Republican Liam Madden 78,29726.85%−0.16%
Libertarian Ericka Redic12,5904.31%N/A
Independent Matt Druzba5,7371.97%N/A
Independent Luke Talbot4,4281.52%N/A
Independent Adam Ortiz3,3761.16%N/A
Total votes291,955 100.0%
Democratic hold

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