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.

2010 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont's at-large district

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Nominee Peter Welch Paul Beaudry Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 154,006 76,403 Percentage 64.6% 32.0%

County results Municipality results Welch:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90% Beaudry:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. Representative before election Peter Welch Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Peter Welch Democratic

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Peter Welch, incumbent U.S. representative

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Welch (incumbent)	65,920	98.63
	Democratic	Write-ins	913	1.37
Total votes			66,833	100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

Republican primary results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul D. Beaudry	10,797	43.83
	Republican	John M. Mitchell	9,631	39.10
	Republican	Keith Stern	3,545	14.39
	Republican	Write-ins	659	2.68
Total votes			24,632	100.00

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[2]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
Rothenberg[3]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
RCP[5]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
CQ Politics[6]	Safe D	October 28, 2010
New York Times[7]	Safe D	November 1, 2010
FiveThirtyEight[7]	Safe D	November 1, 2010

Results

Vermont's at-large congressional district election, 2010^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Welch (incumbent)	154,006	64.57
	Republican	Paul D. Beaudry	76,403	32.03
	Independent	Gus Jaccaci	4,704	1.97
	Socialist	Jane Newton	3,222	1.35
	Write-ins		186	0.08
Total votes			238,521	100.00
	Democratic hold