The 2024 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Vermont. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024. Incumbent independent Senator Bernie Sanders won re-election to a fourth term, defeating the Republican nominee, businessman Gerald Malloy.
Sanders filed paperwork to run for re-election in 2019. On January 8, 2024, he stated he would decide whether or not to seek re-election in the "near future". On May 6, Sanders formally announced that he would run for re-election.
Sanders won by a margin of 31.09 percentage points, making it his closest Senate race to date despite achieving his largest vote total ever in the state. Sanders performed similarly to Kamala Harris in the concurrent 2024 United States presidential election in Vermont, but significantly underperformed governor Phil Scott in the concurrent gubernatorial election. Harris won by a slightly larger margin of 31.51 percentage points but did not carry Orleans County, unlike Sanders, while Scott won his re-election bid by 51.60 percentage points and carried every county. Independent Democrat Steve Berry won 2.19 percent of the vote.
Sanders lost Essex County, marking his first election since 1994 where he lost any Vermont county, and the first in his Senate career.
Independents Candidates Declared Steve Berry, former Democratic state representative (2015–2017) Bernie Sanders, incumbent U.S. senator (2007–present)
Endorsements
Republican primary Candidates Nominee Gerald Malloy, businessman and nominee for U.S. Senate in 2022
Results
Third-party candidates Declared Mark Greenstein (Epic), businessman and perennial candidate Matt Hill (Libertarian), accountant Justin Schoville (Green Mountain Peace and Justice), chair of the Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party
General election Predictions SourceRankingAs of The Cook Political ReportNovember 9, 2023 Inside ElectionsNovember 9, 2023 Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 9, 2023 Decision Desk HQ/The HillJune 14, 2024 Elections DailyMay 4, 2023 CNalysisNovember 21, 2023 RealClearPoliticsAugust 5, 2024 Split Ticket October 23, 2024 538 October 23, 2024
Fundraising Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024CandidateRaisedSpentCash on handBernie Sanders (I)$33,701,563$31,717,985$10,289,572Gerald Malloy (R)$150,048$60,752$90,156Source: Federal Election Commission
Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error BernardSanders (I) GeraldMalloy (R) Other Undecided University of New HampshireOctober 29 – November 2, 20241,167 (LV)± 2.9%64%27%2%6%University of New HampshireAugust 15–19, 2024924 (LV)± 3.2%66%25%5%4%
Results
By county
CountyBernie SandersIndependentGerald MalloyRepublicanVarious candidatesOther parties#%#%#%Addison14,40764.46%7,03831.49%9064.05%Bennington11,83158.46%6,59732.6%1,8098.94%Caledonia8,85354.07%6,55640.04%9645.89%Chittenden70,00673.27%21,96622.99%3,5673.74%Essex1,44243.02%1,67750.03%2336.95%Franklin13,28250.26%12,02145.49%1,1234.25%Grand Isle2,84757.69%1,91038.7%1783.61%Lamoille9,44464.66%4,46530.57%6964.77%Orange10,12657.99%6,48137.11%8554.9%Orleans7,18249.62%6,61945.73%6744.65%Rutland16,83850.07%15,04044.72%1,7535.21%Washington23,97968.81%9,40126.98%1,4704.21%Windham17,58569.43%6,28224.8%1,4615.77%Windsor21,60764.14%10,45931.05%1,6234.81% Totals229,42963.16%116,51232.07%17,3124.77% Counties that flipped from Independent to Republican Essex (largest town: Lunenburg)
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References
External links
Official campaign websites Mark Greenstein (I) Matt Hill (L) Gerald Malloy (R) Bernie Sanders (I)