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.
1813–1823: Six seats
In 1821, Vermont used districts instead.
1823–1825: Five seats
Vermont returned to at-large districts briefly in 1823 for just one Congress.
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
1994 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
1996 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
1998 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
2000 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
2002 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
2004 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders ran for and won re-election.
2006 election
Incumbent Bernie Sanders retired to successfully run for a U.S. Senate seat. Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore Peter Welch was the Democraticnominee 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, Bruce Marshall, Dennis Morrisseau, Jane Newton, Keith Stern, and Jerry Trudell. 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. 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. Welch beat Rainville 53% to 45%, or 139,585 votes to 117,211.
Senator Barack Obama of Illinois won the March 4, 2008 Vermont Democratic Primary with 59.31% of the statewide/at-large congressional district vote while Senator Hillary Clinton of New York received 38.59%.
Republican primary
of Arizona won the March 4, 2008 Vermont Republican Primary with 71.32% of the statewide/at-large congressional district vote while former GovernorMike Huckabee of Arkansas finished second with 14.30%.