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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.
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 |
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Preceded by 2004 |
U.S. House of Representatives elections (
Vermont's at-large congressional district) 2006 |
Succeeded by 2008 |