Vermont's at-large congressional district


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.
Bernie Sanders held the seat from 1991 until 2007, when he became a U.S. Senator. Democrat Peter Welch has represented the state since 2007.

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.

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.

1933–Present: 1 seat

After the 1930 United States Census, Vermont was reduced to one seat, which it's used ever since.

Recent elections

1990 election

Independent Bernie Sanders defeated incumbent Republican Peter Plympton Smith.

1992 election

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 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, 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.

2008 election

2010 election

2012 election

2008 Presidential primary results

Democratic primary

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 Governor Mike Huckabee of Arkansas finished second with 14.30%.