United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2010

United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, At-large district, 2010
Vermont
November 2, 2010

 
Nominee Peter Welch Paul D. Beaudry
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 154,006 76,403
Percentage 64.57% 32.03%

Representative
At-large before election

Peter Welch
Democratic

Elected Representative
At-large

Peter Welch
Democratic

Results

The 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 2, 2010 and determined who would represent the state of Vermont in the United States House of Representatives. Democratic Congressman Peter Welch decided to run for a third term in Congress, facing Republican Paul D. Beaudry and two independent candidates. Welch won over his three opponents by a healthy margin, which allowed him to represent Vermont in the 112th Congress.

Democratic Primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (inc.) 65,920 98.63
Democratic Write-ins 913 1.37
Total votes 66,833 100.00

Republican Primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Paul D. Beaudry 10,797 43.83
Republican John M. Mitchell 9,631 39.10
Republican Keith Stern 3,545 14.39
Republican Write-ins 659 2.68
Total votes 24,632 100.00

General election

Results

Vermont's At-large congressional district election, 2010[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (inc.) 154,006 64.57
Republican Paul D. Beaudry 76,403 32.03
Independent Gus Jaccaci 4,704 1.97
Socialist Jane Newton 3,222 1.35
Write-ins 186 0.08
Total votes 238,521 100.00
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 William Senning. "Elections | Home | Vermont Secretary of State" (PDF). Vermont-elections.org. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
  2. "=Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
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