The 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 7, 2006 for representation of Vermont's at-large congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 2007 to January 3, 2009.
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Welch: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Rainville: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Trudell: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Congressman Bernie Sanders, an independent member of Congress who caucused with the Democrats, did not seek a ninth term in the House, instead running successfully for the United States Senate.
To replace Congressman Sanders, Democrat Peter Welch defeated Republican Martha Rainville by a surprisingly somewhat narrow margin (just under 10%) in staunchly-liberal Vermont. As of 2022, this is the last federal election in which a Republican received more than 33% of the vote.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch | 34,706 | 97.11 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 1,033 | 2.89 | |
Total votes | 35,739 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Martha Rainville | 26,199 | 71.31 | |
Republican | Mark Shepard | 10,285 | 27.99 | |
Republican | Write-ins | 258 | 0.70 | |
Total votes | 36,742 | 100.00 |
Source | Date | Peter Welch (D) |
Martha Rainville (R) |
Jane Newton (LU) |
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Research 2000 | October 23–24, 2006 | 51% | 41% | |
Greenburg Quinlan | October 8–9, 2006 | 52% | 41% | |
Research 2000 | September 18–19, 2006 | 45% | 39% | |
American Research Group | September 14, 2006 | 48% | 45% | 2% |
American Research Group | July 27, 2006 | 41% | 42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
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Democratic | Peter Welch | 139,815 | 53.22 | |||
Republican | Martha Rainville | 117,023 | 44.54 | |||
Independent | Dennis Morrisseau | 1,390 | 0.53 | |||
Independent | Jerry Trudell | 1,013 | 0.39 | |||
Green | Bruce R. Marshall | 994 | 0.38 | |||
Independent | Keith Stern | 963 | 0.37 | |||
Liberty Union | Jane Newton | 721 | 0.27 | |||
Independent | Chris Karr | 599 | 0.23 | |||
Write-ins | 208 | 0.08 | ||||
Total votes | 262,726 | 100.00 | ||||
Democratic gain from Independent |
Preceded by 2004 |
U.S. House of Representatives elections (Vermont's at-large congressional district) 2006 |
Succeeded by 2008 |