Vermont's at-large congressional district

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The U.S. state of Vermont is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when Vermont lost its second seat in the House of Representatives. There were once six districts in Vermont. Bernard Sanders (Independent) held the seat from 1991 until 2007. Peter Welch is the current congressman following the 2006 elections.

1 2006 Congressional election
- 1.1 2006 Election
2 Election results
- 2.1 2006
- 2.2 2004
3 Sources

[edit] 2006 Congressional election

Further information: U.S. House election, 2006

Sanders ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Jim Jeffords.

[edit] 2006 Election

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.http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article9546.htm].

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.

As of September 14, 2006, the race between Rainville and Welch was close; an American Research Group poll showed Welch with a 48-45% lead.[1] However, Welch eventually beat Rainville 53% to 45%, or 139,585 votes to 117,211.

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.[2]

[edit] Election results

[edit] 2006

United States House election, 2006: Vermont At Large District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Peter Welch	139,585	53.2	+46.1
	Republican	Martha Rainville	117,221	44.5	+20.1
	Impeach Bush Now	Dennis Morrisseau	1,390	0.5	N/A
	Independent	Jerry Trudell	1,013	0.4	N/A
	Green	Bruce Marshall	994	0.4	N/A
	Independent	Keith Stern	963	0.4	N/A
	Liberty Union	Jane Newton	721	0.3	-0.7
	We the People	Chris Karr	599	0.3	N/A
	Write-ins	N/A	208	0.1	N/A
Majority			22,364	8.7	-34.4
Turnout			262,726
	Democratic gain from Independent		Swing

[edit] 2004

United States House election, 2004: Vermont At Large District
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bernie Sanders	205,774	67.5	+2.8
	Republican	Greg Parke	74,271	24.4	-7.7
	Democratic	Larry Drown	21,684	7.1	+7.1
	Liberty Union	Jane Newton	3,018	1.0	-0.3
Majority			131,503	43.1
Turnout			304,747
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.3

[edit] Sources

2004 election results for Vermont at large district via cnn.com

Vermont's congressional districts
AL 1 2 3 4 5 6 Districts 2 – 6 are obsolete. See also: Vermont's past & present Representatives, Senators, and Delegations All U.S. districts - Apportionment - Redistricting - Gerrymandering - Maps