2024 United States Senate election in Vermont

The 2024 United States Senate election in Vermont will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Vermont. Primary elections will take place on August 13, 2024.[1] Incumbent three-term Senator Bernie Sanders, who is an independent but caucuses with the Democratic Party, was re-elected with 67% of the vote in 2018.

2024 United States Senate election in Vermont

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Party Independent Republican Democratic

Incumbent U.S. senator

Bernie Sanders
Independent



Sanders has not yet announced whether he will seek re-election; in 2019, he filed paperwork to run in 2024,[2] but as of January 8, 2024, he stated he would decide whether or not to seek re-election in the "near future."[3] Sanders did not announce his plans to run for re-election in 2018 until May of that year.[4]

No Democrat has ever won this Class 1 Senate seat.

Independents edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Filed paperwork edit

Endorsements edit

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

  • Jon Svitavsky, social worker and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018[10]

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

  • Gerald Malloy, businessman and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022[11]

Fundraising edit

Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Bernie Sanders (I) $30,983,306 $29,807,491 $9,481,808
Source: Federal Election Commission[12]

General election edit

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[13] Solid I November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[14] Solid I November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[15] Safe I November 9, 2023
Elections Daily[16] Safe I May 4, 2023
CNalysis[17] Solid I November 21, 2023

References edit

  1. ^ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b Seitz-Wald, Alex (March 5, 2019). "Bernie Sanders signs DNC loyalty pledge: 'I am a member of the Democratic Party'". NBC News. Retrieved March 7, 2019. On Monday, Sanders filed paperwork to run for reelection to the Senate in 2024 — but as an independent.
  3. ^ Solender, Andrew. "Bernie Sanders to decide on Senate re-election in "near future"". Axios. Retrieved February 19, 2024.
  4. ^ Mearhoff, Sarah (March 13, 2024). "Becca Balint to seek reelection to the US House". VTDigger. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  5. ^ Frisk, Garrett (April 26, 2023). "First Challenger to Senator Bernie Sanders is a Familiar Face in Vermont Politics". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved April 29, 2023.
  6. ^ "2024 – Feminist Majority PAC". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "Here Come the Progressive Candidates! – Progressive Democrats of America". October 22, 2023. Archived from the original on October 26, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  8. ^ "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Archived from the original on August 25, 2023. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
  9. ^ "Endorsements". UFW. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
  10. ^ Frisk, Garrett (October 6, 2023). "Vermont Social Worker Challenges U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders". Diamond Eye Candidate Report. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  11. ^ Bradley, Pat (December 15, 2023). "2022 Senate candidate announces 2024 Senate bid". WAMC. Retrieved January 9, 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 Election United States Senate - Vermont". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved August 11, 2023.
  13. ^ "2024 Senate Race ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  14. ^ "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  15. ^ "2024 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  16. ^ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  17. ^ "'24 Senate Forecast". CNalysis. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

External links edit

Official campaign websites