| County | Peter Welch* (D) |
Mike Bethel (I) |
Jerry Trudell (Energy Independence) |
Thomas Hermann (Progressive) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addison County | 15,249 | 85.4% | 637 | 3.6% | 583 | 3.3% | 448 | 2.5% | 940 | 5.3% | 14,612 | 17,857 | |||||||
| Bennington County | 11,933 | 68.8% | 3,669 | 21.1% | 681 | 3.9% | 289 | 1.7% | 784 | 4.5% | 8,264 | 17,356 | |||||||
| Caledonia County | 11,259 | 82.0% | 566 | 4.1% | 584 | 4.3% | 420 | 3.1% | 903 | 6.6% | 10,675 | 13,732 | |||||||
| Chittenden County | 64,252 | 85.2% | 2,712 | 3.6% | 2,584 | 3.4% | 2,527 | 3.4% | 3,307 | 4.4% | 61,540 | 75,382 | |||||||
| Essex County | 2,262 | 80.4% | 155 | 5.5% | 192 | 6.8% | 66 | 2.3% | 137 | 4.9% | 2,070 | 2,812 | |||||||
| Franklin County | 17,239 | 86.2% | 698 | 3.5% | 684 | 3.4% | 414 | 2.1% | 956 | 4.8% | 16,541 | 19,991 | |||||||
| Grand Isle County | 3,418 | 85.7% | 140 | 3.5% | 139 | 3.5% | 78 | 2.0% | 214 | 5.4% | 3,278 | 3,989 | |||||||
| Lamoille County | 9,948 | 85.5% | 381 | 3.3% | 493 | 4.2% | 309 | 2.7% | 500 | 4.3% | 9,455 | 11,631 | |||||||
| Orange County | 11,836 | 84.2% | 516 | 3.7% | 467 | 3.3% | 569 | 4.0% | 662 | 4.7% | 11,267 | 14,050 | |||||||
| Orleans County | 9,957 | 84.1% | 344 | 2.9% | 743 | 6.3% | 281 | 2.4% | 514 | 4.3% | 9,214 | 11,839 | |||||||
| Rutland County | 24,418 | 83.6% | 1,551 | 5.3% | 1,006 | 3.4% | 546 | 1.9% | 1,693 | 5.8% | 22,867 | 29,214 | |||||||
| Washington County | 25,297 | 84.8% | 848 | 2.8% | 977 | 3.3% | 1,601 | 5.4% | 1,124 | 3.8% | 23,696 | 29,847 | |||||||
| Windham County | 16,615 | 77.2% | 1,179 | 5.5% | 810 | 3.8% | 954 | 4.4% | 1,967 | 9.1% | 15,436 | 21,525 | |||||||
| Windsor County | 24,520 | 84.8% | 953 | 3.3% | 875 | 3.0% | 579 | 2.0% | 1,999 | 6.9% | 23,143 | 28,926 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 248,203 | 83.2% | 14,349 | 4.8% | 10,818 | 3.6% | 9,081 | 3.0% | 15,700 | 5.3% | 233,854 | 298,151 | |||||||
| Total R vote: 0 (0.0%) Total D vote: 248,203 (83.2%) Total Other vote: 49,948 (16.8%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Campaign finance data for this election**: | |||||||||||||||||||
| Total Disbursements: | $654,443 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Receipts: | $956,127 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Cash on Hand: | $630,035 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Contributions by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Loans by Candidate: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Total Individual Contributions: | $634,376 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Party Contributions: | $25 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Other Committee Contributions: | $282,470 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Transfers from Other Committees: | $1,614 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Supporting: | $2,277 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent Expenditures Opposing: | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,277 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
| Net Spending: | $656,720 | $0 | $0 | $0 | |||||||||||||||
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**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
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Other candidates included: Cris Ericson (I), 7,841 votes ; Jane Newton (Liberty Union), 5,307 votes |
Campaign finance data for this election**:
| Peter Welch* | |
| Total Disbursements: | $654,443 |
| Total Receipts: | $956,127 |
| Cash on Hand: | $630,035 |
| Candidate Contributions: | $0 |
| Candidate Loans: | $0 |
| Individual Contributions: | $634,376 |
| Party Contributions: | $25 |
| Other Committee Contributions: | $282,470 |
| Other Committee Transfers: | $1,614 |
| Indep. Expenditures Supporting: | $2,277 |
| Indep. Expenditures Opposing: | $0 |
| Net Independent Expenditures: | $2,277 |
| Net Spending: | $656,720 |
**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/VT/00/2008
| Republican Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
No Republican primary | ||||
| Democrat Primary | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % | $** |
| 1 | Peter Welch* | 19,566 | 88.1% | $654,443 |
| 2 | Craig Hill | 2,635 | 11.9% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 22,201 | |||