Electoral history of Peter Welch

Welch during the 113th Congress

Peter Welch is an attorney and politician currently serving as a United States Senator from Vermont.[1] Welch started his term in the Senate in 2023, and he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 until his promotion in 2023.[1] Welch also served 2 stints in the Vermont Senate from 1981 to 1989, and from 2001 to 2007.[1] Welch had unsuccessfully run for the U.S. House in 1988 and for the Governor of Vermont in 1990.

Vermont Governor

1990 Vermont gubernatorial election[2][3]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch 14,661 86.60%
Democratic William Gwin 1,719 10.15%
Write-in 550 3.25%
Total votes 16,930 100.00%
General election
Republican Richard A. Snelling 109,540 51.81%
Democratic Peter Welch 97,321 46.03%
Libertarian David Atkinson 2,777 1.31%
Liberty Union Richard F. Gottlieb 1,389 0.66%
Write-in 395 0.19%
Total votes 211,422 100.00%

Vermont Senate

1986 Vermont Senate Windsor district election[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 13,685 31.00%
Democratic Edgar May (incumbent) 13,113 29.71%
Democratic William A. Hunter (incumbent) 9,747 22.08%
Republican John H. Lancaster 7,558 17.12%
Write-in 41 0.09%
Total votes 44,144 100.00%
2002 Vermont Senate Windsor district election[6][7]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 3,413 35.03%
Democratic John Campbell (incumbent) 3,177 32.60%
Democratic Matt Dunne 3,095 31.76%
Write-in 59 0.61%
Total votes 9,744 100.00%
Blanks 4,580
General election
Democratic John Campbell (incumbent)[a] 12,446 25.71%
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 11,692 24.15%
Democratic Matt Dunne 11,543 23.84%
Republican Henry L. Holmes 7,269 15.01%
Republican G. Lester Corwin, III 5,375 11.10%
Write-in 94 0.19%
Total votes 48,419 100.00%
2004 Vermont Senate Windsor district election[8][9]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 2,741 34.74%
Democratic Matt Dunne (incumbent) 2,637 33.43%
Democratic John Campbell (incumbent) 2,450 31.06%
Write-in 61 0.77%
Total votes 7,889 100.00%
General election
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 17,339 23.66%
Democratic Matt Dunne (incumbent) 16,384 22.36%
Democratic John Campbell (incumbent) 15,154 20.68%
Republican John MacGovern 8,317 11.35%
Republican Charles Kimbell 8,144 11.11%
Republican Fred Baldwin 7,868 10.74%
Write-in 77 0.11%
Total votes 73,283 100.00%

U.S. House

1988 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Paul N. Poirier 11,024 33.98%
Democratic Peter Welch 10,758 33.16%
Democratic James A. Guest 8,301 25.58%
Democratic Dolores Sandoval 2,131 6.57%
Write-in 231 0.71%
Total votes 32,445 100.00%
2006 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[11][12]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch 34,706 97.11%
Write-in 1,033 2.89%
Total votes 35,739 100.00%
General election
Democratic Peter Welch 139,815 53.22%
Republican Martha Rainville 117,023 44.54%
Impeach Bush Now Dennis Morrisseau 1,390 0.53%
Independent Jerry Trudell 1,023 0.39%
Green Bruce R. Marshall 994 0.38%
Independent Keith Stern 963 0.37%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 721 0.27%
We the People Chris Karr 599 0.23%
Write-in 208 0.08%
Total votes 262,726 100.00%
2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[13][14]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 19,566 87.74%
Democratic Craig Barclay Hill 2,635 11.82%
Write-in 98 0.44%
Total votes 22,299 100.00%
General election
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent)[b] 248,203 83.25%
Independent Mike Bethel 14,349 4.81%
Energy Independence Jerry Trudell 10,818 3.63%
Progressive Thomas James Hermann 9,081 3.05%
Independent Cris Ericson 7,841 2.63%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 5,307 1.78%
Write-in 2,552 0.86%
Total votes 298,151 100.00%
2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[15][16]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 65,920 98.63%
Write-in 913 1.37%
Total votes 66,833 100.00%
Blanks 7,575
General election
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-in 186 0.08%
Total votes 238,521 100.00%
Blanks 5,183
2012 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[17][18]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 36,863 99.04%
Write-in 359 0.96%
Total votes 37,222 100.00%
Blanks 6,235
General election
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 209,312 72.02%
Republican Mark Donka 67,543 23.24%
Independent James Desrochers 8,302 2.86%
Liberty Union Jane Newton 4,065 1.40%
VoteKISS Andre Laframboise 1,153 0.40%
Write-in 268 0.09%
Total votes 290,643 100.00%
Blanks 10,257
2014 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 19,248 98.85%
Write-in 224 1.15%
Total votes 19,472 100.00%
Blanks 2,291
General election
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 123,349 64.41%
Republican Mark Donka 59,432 31.03%
Independent Cris Ericson 2,750 1.44%
Liberty Union Matthew Andrews 2,071 1.08%
Energy Independence Jerry Trudell 2,024 1.06%
Independent Randall Meyer 1,685 0.88%
Write-in 193 0.10%
Total votes 191,504 100.00%
Blanks 4,221
2016 United States House of Representatives Progressive primary[21]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 164 77.73%
Write-in 47 22.27%
Total votes 211 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 365
2016 United States House of Representatives Republican primary[22]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 2,093 61.06%
Write-in 1,335 38.94%
Total votes 3,428 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 32,966
2016 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 67,286 99.49%
Write-in 344 0.51%
Total votes 67,630 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 5,532
2016 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[24]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent)[b] 264,414 89.53%
Liberty Union Erica Clawson 29,410 9.96%
Write-in 1,510 0.51%
Total votes 295,334 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 25,133
2018 United States House of Representatives Progressive primary[25]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 237 62.04%
Write-in 145 37.96%
Total votes 382 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 261
2018 United States House of Representatives Republican primary[26]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican H. Brooke Paige 14,703 59.82%
Republican Anya Tynio 8,481 34.51%
Republican Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 1,058 4.30%
Write-in 337 1.37%
Total votes 24,579 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 12,410
2018 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary[27]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 56,041 83.96%
Democratic Dan Freilich 7,889 11.82%
Democratic Benjamin Mitchell 2,680 4.02%
Write-in 134 0.20%
Total votes 66,744 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 3,263
2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[28]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 188,547 69.20%
Republican Anya Tynio 70,705 25.95%
Independent Cris Ericson 9,110 3.34%
Liberty Union Laura S. Potter 3,924 1.44%
Write-in 165 0.06%
Total votes 272,451 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 5,779
2020 United States House of Representatives Progressive primary[29]
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Chris Brimmer 469 58.04%
Progressive Cris Ericson 236 29.21%
Progressive Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 75 9.28%
Write-in 28 3.47%
Total votes 808 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 133
2020 United States House of Representatives Republican primary[30]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Miriam Berry 14,368 32.51%
Republican Justin Tuthill 10,915 24.70%
Republican Anya Tynio 8,830 19.98%
Republican Jimmy Rodriguez 8,290 18.76%
Republican Peter Welch (incumbent) (write-in) 1,434 3.24%
Write-in 355 0.80%
Total votes 44,192 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 14,434
2020 United States House of Representatives Democratic primary[31]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 101,566 95.45%
Democratic Ralph Corbo 4,599 4.32%
Write-in 237 0.22%
Total votes 106,402 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 2,963
2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[32]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch (incumbent) 238,833 67.31%
Republican Miriam Berry 95,830 27.01%
Independent Peter R. Becker 8,065 2.27%
Independent Marcia Horne 4,334 1.22%
Party of Communists USA Christopher Helali 3,432 0.97%
Independent Shawn Orr 1,926 0.54%
Independent Jerry Trudell 1,881 0.53%
Write-in 539 0.15%
Total votes 354,840 100.00%
Blanks/Spoiled 16,131

U.S. Senate

2022 United States Senate election in Vermont[33][34]
Primary election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Peter Welch 86,605 87.01%
Democratic Isaac Evans-Frantz 7,230 7.26%
Democratic Niki Thran 5,104 5.13%
Write-in 597 0.60%
Total votes 99,536 100.00%
Blank/Spoiled 2,872
General election
Democratic Peter Welch 196,575 68.47%
Republican Gerald Malloy 80,468 28.03%
Independent Dawn Marie Ellis 2,752 0.96%
Green Mountain Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout 1,574 0.55%
Independent Kerry Patrick Raheb 1,532 0.53%
Independent Mark Coester 1,273 0.44%
Independent Stephen Duke 1,209 0.42%
Independent Cris Ericson 1,105 0.38%
Write-in 612 0.21%
Total votes 287,099 100.00%
Blank/Spoiled 4,855

Notes

  1. ^ In this election, Campbell also received the nomination of the Republican Party.
  2. ^ a b In this election, Welch also received the nomination of the Republican Party.

References

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