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2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

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The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 4, 2008, and determined who represents the state of Vermont in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to run for a second term in Congress. In an aberration for a freshman member of Congress, Welch encountered no major-party opposition and received the Republican nomination based on write-in votes in their primary.[1] Welch defeated a series of independent candidates with ease and represented Vermont in the 111th Congress.

Quick facts Nominee, Party ...
2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont's at-large district
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November 4, 2008
2010 →
 
Nominee Peter Welch Mike Bethel
Party Democratic Independent
Alliance Republican
Popular vote 248,203 14,349
Percentage 83.25% 4.81%
Welch:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
U.S. Representative before election

Peter Welch
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Representative

Peter Welch
Democratic

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 19,566 87.74
Democratic Craig Hill 2,635 11.82
Democratic Write-ins 98 0.44
Total votes 22,299 100.00
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Independent candidates

  • Mike Bethel
  • Cris Ericson, marijuana activist, perennial candidate
  • Jerry Trudell, renewable energy activist, pilot, independent candidate for U.S. House in 2006[3]

General election

Predictions

More information Source, Ranking ...
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[4] Safe D November 6, 2008
Rothenberg[5] Safe D November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6] Safe D November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics[7] Safe D November 7, 2008
CQ Politics[8] Safe D November 6, 2008
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Results

County Flips:
Democratic
  Hold
  Flip
More information Party, Candidate ...
Vermont's at-large congressional district election, 2008[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 248,203 83.25%
Independent Mike Bethel 14,349 4.81%
Independent Jerry Trudell 10,818 3.63%
Progressive Thomas James Hermann 9,081 3.05%
Independent Cris Ericson 7,841 2.63%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 5,307 1.78%
Write-ins 2,552 0.86%
Total votes 298,151 100.00
Democratic hold
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By county

More information County, Peter Welch Democratic/Republican ...
County[10] Peter Welch
Democratic/Republican		 Mike Bethel
Independent		 Jerry Trudell
Independent		 Thomas Hermann
Progressive		 Various candidates
Other parties		 Margin Total votes cast
# % # % # % # % # % # %
Addison 15,249 85.4% 637 3.6% 583 3.3% 448 2.5% 940 5.3% 14,612 81.8% 17,857
Bennington 11,933 68.8% 3,669 21.1% 681 3.9% 289 1.7% 784 4.5% 8,264 47.7% 17,356
Caledonia 11,259 82.0% 566 4.1% 584 4.3% 420 3.1% 903 6.6% 10,675 77.7%[a] 13,732
Chittenden 64,252 85.2% 2,712 3.6% 2,584 3.4% 2,527 3.4% 3,307 4.4% 61,540 81.8% 75,382
Essex 2,262 80.4% 155 5.5% 192 6.8% 66 2.3% 137 4.9% 2,070 73.6%[a] 2,812
Franklin 17,239 86.2% 698 3.5% 684 3.4% 414 2.1% 956 4.8% 16,541 82.7% 19,991
Grand Isle 3,418 85.7% 140 3.5% 139 3.5% 78 2.0% 214 5.4% 3,278 82.2% 3,989
Lamoille 9,948 85.5% 381 3.3% 493 4.2% 309 2.7% 500 4.3% 9,455 81.3%[a] 11,631
Orange 11,836 84.2% 516 3.7% 467 3.3% 569 4.0% 662 4.7% 11,267 80.5% 14,050
Orleans 9,957 84.1% 344 2.9% 743 6.3% 281 2.4% 514 4.3% 9,214 77.8%[a] 11,839
Rutland 24,418 83.6% 1,551 5.3% 1,006 3.4% 546 1.9% 1,693 5.8% 22,867 78.3% 29,214
Washington 25,297 84.8% 848 2.8% 977 3.3% 1,601 5.4% 1,124 3.8% 23,696 81.5%[a] 29,847
Windham 16,615 77.2% 1,179 5.5% 810 3.8% 954 4.4% 1,967 9.1% 15,436 71.7% 21,525
Windsor 24,520 84.8% 953 3.3% 875 3.0% 579 2.0% 1,999 6.9% 23,143 81.5% 28,926
Totals248,20383.2%14,3494.8%10,8183.6%9,0813.0%15,7005.3%233,85478.4%298,151
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

Notes

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