2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont explained

Election Name:	2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
Country:	Vermont
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2016 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
Previous Year:	2016
Next Election:	2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
Next Year:	2020
Election Date:	November 6, 2018
Image1:	File:Peter Welch official photo (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:	Peter Welch
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	188,547
Percentage1:	69.2%
Nominee2:	Anya Tynio
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	70,705
Percentage2:	26.0%
Representative At-large
Before Election:	Peter Welch
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Peter Welch
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from the state of Vermont from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primary elections were held on August 14. Peter Welch, a Democrat won reelection to a seventh term, defeating Republican Anya Tynio.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

• Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center
• Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

• Ben Mitchell, Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004, Governor of Vermont in 2010 and for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2012 (Withdrew 8/9/2018, endorsed Freilich)^[1]

Debates & forums

• CCTV Channel 17 Forum - Democratic Primary for Representative to Congress 8/7/2018
• Vermont Public Radio - Campaign 2018: A Debate With The Democratic Candidates For U.S. House 8/9/2018

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

• H. Brooke Paige, former CEO of Remmington News Service, perennial candidate
• Anya Tynio, sales representative for the Newport Daily Express^[2]

Debates & forums

• CCTV Channel 17 Republican Primary Forum for Representative to Congress 7/23/2018

Post-primary

H. Brooke Paige, who also won the Republican nominations for U.S. Senate, state Attorney General, state Secretary of State, state Treasurer and state Auditor, withdrew from all but the secretary of state race on August 24 in order to allow the Vermont Republican State Committee to name replacement candidates.^[3] Anya Tynio, who came in 2nd place in the primary, was nominated to be the Republican nominee.^[4]

Progressive primary

Candidates

Write-in

• Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center (also running in Democratic primary)

Debates & forums

• BCTV Meet The Candidates forum for Representative to US House 7/10/2018

Results

Liberty Union/Socialist nomination

The Liberty Union Party serves as the Vermont affiliate of the Socialist Party for federal-level elections.

Candidates

Declared

• Laura S. Potter^[5]

Withdrawn

• Ben Mitchell, Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004, Governor of Vermont in 2010 and for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2012 (also ran in Democratic primary before dropping out)^[6]

United States Marijuana nomination

Candidates

Declared

• Cris Ericson, perennial candidate^[7]

America First nomination

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Young^[8] (failed to appear on ballot)

General election

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Peter Welch (D)	Anya Tynio (R)	Other	Undecided
Gravis Marketing^[9]	October 30 – November 1, 2018	885	± 3.3%	align=center	66%	28%	–	6%
Braun Research^[10]	October 5–14, 2018	497	± 4.4%	align=center	55%	18%	7%^[11]	20%

Results

External links

• • • • Candidates at Vote Smart Candidates at Ballotpedia Campaign finance at FEC Campaign finance at OpenSecrets

Official campaign websites

• Cris Ericson (M) for Congress
• Daniel Freilich (P/D) for Congress
• Ben Mitchell (S/D) for Congress
• Anya Tynio (R) for Congress
• Peter Welch (D) for Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: During House debate, Mitchell drops out and backs fellow challenger. 9 August 2018. August 9, 2018. VTDigger.
2. Web site: GOP Candidate Anya Tynio running for U.S. House. 27 July 2018 .
3. Web site: Republicans on the clock after Paige withdraws from five statewide races. Colin. Meyn. VTDigger. August 24, 2018.
4. Web site: Young . Taylor . Vt. GOP picks candidates for 5 open slots . WCAX-TV . 30 August 2018 . Gray Digital Media . 30 August 2018.
5. Web site: Archived copy . 2018-08-14 . 2018-08-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180814001656/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/914034/2018-general-election-candidate-listing.xlsx . dead .
6. Web site: The Voter's Self Defense System.
7. Web site: Cris Ericson U.S. Marijuana Party – Vermont. 2018-01-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20180309083839/https://crisericson.com/. 2018-03-09. dead.
8. Web site: Interview with The America First Party.
9. https://www.realclearpolitics.com/docs/Vermont_November_1_2018.pdf Gravis Marketing
10. http://projects.vpr.net/vpr-vermont-pbs-poll Braun Research
11. Cris Ericson (I) and Laura Potter (LU) with 3%; none/write in/other with 1%