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 County results Municipality resultsWelch: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Rainville: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Trudell: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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The2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 7, 2006, for representation ofVermont's at-large congressional district in theUnited States House of Representatives from January 3, 2007, to January 3, 2009.
Incumbent CongressmanBernie Sanders, anindependent member of Congress who caucused with theDemocrats, did not seek a ninth term in the House, instead running successfully for theUnited States Senate.
To replace Congressman Sanders,DemocratPeter Welch defeatedRepublicanMartha Rainville by a somewhat narrow margin (just under 10%) in staunchly-liberalVermont. As of 2022, this is the last federal election in which a Republican received more than a third of the vote.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Peter Welch | 34,706 | 97.11 | |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 1,033 | 2.89 | |
| Total votes | 35,739 | 100.00 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research 2000[5] | October 23–24, 2006 | 51% | 41% | |
| Greenburg Quinlan[6] | October 8–9, 2006 | 52% | 41% | |
| Research 2000[7] | September 18–19, 2006 | 45% | 39% | |
| American Research Group[8] | September 14, 2006 | 48% | 45% | 2% |
| American Research Group[8] | July 27, 2006 | 41% | 42% |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report[9] | Lean D(flip) | November 6, 2006 |
| Rothenberg[10] | Likely D(flip) | November 6, 2006 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[11] | Likely D(flip) | November 6, 2006 |
| Real Clear Politics[12] | Lean D(flip) | November 7, 2006 |
| CQ Politics[13] | Lean D(flip) | November 7, 2006 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Democraticgain fromIndependent | ||||||
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{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)| Preceded by 2004 | U.S. House of Representatives elections (Vermont's at-large congressional district) 2006 | Succeeded by 2008 |