2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

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 Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Republican primary Candidates Paul D. Beaudry, radio talk show host John M. Mitchell, businessman Keith Stern, small businessman and 2006 independent Congressional candidate

Results

General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political Report November 1, 2010 Rothenberg November 1, 2010 Sabato's Crystal BallCrystal Ball, November 1, 2010RCPRealClearPolitics, November 1, 2010CQ PoliticsOctober 28, 2010New York Times November 1, 2010FiveThirtyEight November 1, 2010

Results

By county County Peter WelchDemocratic Paul BeaudryRepublican Various candidatesOther parties Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % Addison 10,170 67.4% 4,535 30.1% 381 2.5% 5,635 37.3% 15,086 Bennington 8,732 64.2% 4,191 30.8% 683 5.0% 4,541 33.4% 13,606 Caledonia 6,149 55.9% 4,462 40.6% 382 3.4% 1,687 15.3% 10,993 Chittenden 41,372 68.3% 17,715 29.2% 1,514 2.5% 23,657 39.1% 60,601 Essex 1,209 53.2% 947 41.7% 116 5.2% 262 11.5% 2,272 Franklin 9,325 57.9% 6,402 39.8% 371 2.3% 2,923 18.1% 16,098 Grand Isle 2,090 60.4% 1,294 37.4% 79 2.2% 796 23.0% 3,463 Lamoille 6,250 66.0% 2,934 31.0% 281 3.0% 3,316 35.0% 9,465 Orange 6,941 61.1% 3,804 33.5% 620 5.4% 3,137 27.6% 11,365 Orleans 5,464 58.7% 3,560 38.2% 291 3.2% 1,904 20.5% 9,315 Rutland 12,867 57.0% 8,887 39.4% 814 3.6% 3,980 17.6% 22,568 Washington 16,888 68.3% 6,962 28.2% 867 3.4% 9,926 40.1% 24,717 Windham 11,699 69.1% 4,361 25.7% 879 5.2% 7,338 43.4% 16,939 Windsor 14,850 67.4% 6,349 28.8% 834 3.7% 8,501 38.6% 22,033Totals154,00664.6%76,40332.0%8,1123.4%77,60332.6%238,521

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