United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2006

The Vermont United States House of Representatives election, 2006 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.

Independent Representative Bernard "Bernie" Sanders, the only Independent in the U.S. House, left the House after 8 terms to seek one of Vermont's United States Senate seats, vacated by the retirement of Senator James "Jim" Jeffords (also an independent).

Democrat Peter Welch defeated Republican Martha Rainville 53%-44% in the general election.

Candidates

Democratic Party

* State Senator Peter Welch, Windsor.

Republican Party

* Maj. Gen. Martha Rainville, USANG (Retired), former Adjutant General of Vermont.

Defeated in Primary

* Mark Shepard - State Senator

Liberty Union Party

* Jane Newton, a retired nurse.

Green Party

* Bruce Marshall

Independents

* Chris Karr
* Dennis Morrisseau, former United States Army officer, and one of the founders of Vermont's Liberty Union Party.
* Keith Stern, small business owner, member of the Springfield zoning board
* Jerry Trudell

Campaign finance data

As of September 30, 2006, fundraising was as follows:

Source: Opensecrets.org

Election results

Official results from the Vermont Secretary of State [http://vermont-elections.org] :

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Peter Welch
votes = 139,815
percentage = 53.2
change = +46.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Martha Rainville
votes = 117,023
percentage = 44.5
change = +20.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Dennis Morrisseau
votes = 1,390
percentage = 0.5
change = "n/a"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Jerry Trudell
votes = 1,013
percentage = 0.3
change = "n/a"Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = Bruce Marshall
votes = 994
percentage = 0.3
change = "n/a"Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Keith Stern
votes = 963
percentage = 0.3
change = "n/a"Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberty Union Party
candidate = Jane Newton
votes = 721
percentage = 0.2
change = -0.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Chris Karr
votes = 599
percentage = 0.2
change = "n/a"Election box candidate
party = Write-ins
candidate =
votes = 208
percentage = 0.0
change = 0Election box majority
votes = 22,792
percentage = 8.7
change =Election box turnout
votes = 262,726
percentage =
change =Election box gain with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
loser = Independent (politican)
swing = +13%

Polling

ee also

* United States House elections, 2006
* Vermont United States Senate election, 2006
* Vermont gubernatorial election, 2006

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