2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

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Nominee Peter Welch Miriam Berry Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 238,827 95,830 Percentage 67.3% 27.0%

County results Welch:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Representative At-large before election Peter Welch Democratic Elected Representative At-large Peter Welch Democratic

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The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. Representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.

Democratic primary[]

Candidates[]

Declared[]

• Ralph Corbo, activist^[1]
• Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. Representative

Debates & forums[]

• CCTV Channel 17 Town Meeting TV – Democratic Primary Forum – Representative to Congress 7/31/2020

Results[]

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Welch (incumbent)	101,566	95.45%
	Democratic	Ralph Corbo	4,599	4.32%
	Democratic	Write-ins	237	0.22%
Total votes			106,402	100.0%

Republican primary[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

• Miriam Berry, nurse and screenplay writer^[3]

Eliminated in primary[]

• Jimmy Rodriguez, activist^[3]
• Justin Tuthill, consultant^[3]
• Anya Tynio, sales representative for Newport Daily Express and nominee for Vermont's at-large congressional district in 2018^[3]

Debates & forums[]

• CCTV Channel 17 Town Meeting TV – Republican Primary Forum – Representative to Congress 7/30/2020

Results[]

Republican primary results^[2]

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	Write-ins	1,789	4.05%
Total votes			44,192	100.0%

Progressive primary[]

Declared[]

• John Christopher Brimmer, secretary of the Progressive State Committee, chair of Caledonia County Progressive Committee, Zoning & Planning Administrator of Fairlee (ran to secure Progressive nomination, dropped out before general election)^[4]
• Cris Ericson, perennial candidate^[4]

Results[]

Progressive primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Chris Brimmer	469	58.04%
	Progressive	Cris Ericson	236	29.21%
	Progressive	Write-ins	103	12.75%
Total votes			808	100.0%

Other candidates[]

[]

Nominee[]

• Christopher Helali, former Army officer, veteran, chair of the Orange County Progressive Committee, organic farmer^[5]

Debates & forums[]

• The Vanguard – Communist US House Candidate Interview 9/23/2020
• Brattleboro Community TV – Communist US House Candidate Forum 9/9/2020

Independents[]

• Peter R. Becker
• Marcia Horne, Republican nominee for state senator from Essex-Orleans in 2014 and 2016^[6]
• Shawn Orr
• Jerry Trudell, renewable energy activist, pilot, independent candidate for U.S. House in 2006, 2008, and 2014, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016^[7]

General election[]

Candidates[]

• Peter R. Becker (I)
• (R)
• Christopher Helali (C)
• Marcia Horne (I)
• Shawn Orr (I)
• (I)
• Peter Welch (D) (incumbent)

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[8]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Inside Elections[9]	Safe D	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[10]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Politico[11]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[12]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
RCP[13]	Safe D	November 2, 2020

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	Margin of error	Peter Welch (D)	Miriam Berry (R)	Other
Braun Research	September 3–15, 2020	582 (LV)	± 4%	57%	18%	16%[b]

Debates & forums[]

• CCTV Channel 17 Town Meeting TV Forum – Vermont Representative to Congress 9/17/2020

Results[]

Vermont's at-large congressional district, 2020^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Peter Welch (incumbent)	238,827	67.31%	-1.89%
	Republican	Miriam Berry	95,830	27.01%	+1.06%
	Independent	Peter R. Becker	8,065	2.27%	N/A
	Independent	Marcia Horne	4,334	1.22%	N/A
		Christopher Helali	3,432	0.97%	N/A
	Independent	Shawn Orr	1,926	0.54%	N/A
	Independent	Jerry Trudell	1,881	0.53%	N/A
	Write-in		542	0.15%	+0.08%
Total votes			345,837	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic hold

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Vermont", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Vermont: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Vermont". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Vermont at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Miriam Berry (R) for Congress Archived June 5, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• Christopher Helali (Com) for Congress
• Jerry Trudell (I) for Congress Archived November 25, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
• Peter Welch (D) for Congress