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.
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Welch: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Beaudry: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
- Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. representative
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 65,920 | 98.63 | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 913 | 1.37 | |
Total votes | 66,833 | 100.00 |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Paul D. Beaudry, radio talk show host
- John M. Mitchell, businessman
- Keith Stern, small businessman and 2006 independent Congressional candidate
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Peter Welch (incumbent) | 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 edit
- ^ a b William Senning. "Elections | Home | Vermont Secretary of State" (PDF). Vermont-elections.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2010. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
- ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010" (PDF). Clerk.house.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2016.