2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont

2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

Add article description

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 ...

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

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

Results

More information Party, Candidate ...

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. [1]
    Caygle, Heather (October 7, 2016). "Sanders-loving Vermont lawmaker snags GOP nomination". POLITICO. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. [2]
    "For representative to Congress - 2008 Democratic Primary" (PDF). vermont-elections.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 27, 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Trudell blows green energy whistle". October 24, 2008.
  4. [4]
    "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2008_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Vermont, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.