Peter Welch is an attorney and politician currently serving as a United States Senator from Vermont.[1] Welch started his term in the Senate in 2023, and he previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2007 until his promotion in 2023.[1] Welch also served 2 stints in the Vermont Senate from 1981 to 1989, and from 2001 to 2007.[1] Welch had unsuccessfully run for the U.S. House in 1988 and for the Governor of Vermont in 1990.
Vermont Governor
Vermont Senate
2002 Vermont Senate Windsor district election[6][7]
Primary election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
3,413
|
35.03%
|
|
Democratic
|
John Campbell (incumbent)
|
3,177
|
32.60%
|
|
Democratic
|
Matt Dunne
|
3,095
|
31.76%
|
|
Write-in
|
59
|
0.61%
|
Total votes
|
9,744
|
100.00%
|
|
|
Blanks
|
4,580
|
|
General election
|
|
Democratic
|
John Campbell (incumbent)[a]
|
12,446
|
25.71%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
11,692
|
24.15%
|
|
Democratic
|
Matt Dunne
|
11,543
|
23.84%
|
|
Republican
|
Henry L. Holmes
|
7,269
|
15.01%
|
|
Republican
|
G. Lester Corwin, III
|
5,375
|
11.10%
|
|
Write-in
|
94
|
0.19%
|
Total votes
|
48,419
|
100.00%
|
2004 Vermont Senate Windsor district election[8][9]
Primary election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
2,741
|
34.74%
|
|
Democratic
|
Matt Dunne (incumbent)
|
2,637
|
33.43%
|
|
Democratic
|
John Campbell (incumbent)
|
2,450
|
31.06%
|
|
Write-in
|
61
|
0.77%
|
Total votes
|
7,889
|
100.00%
|
General election
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
17,339
|
23.66%
|
|
Democratic
|
Matt Dunne (incumbent)
|
16,384
|
22.36%
|
|
Democratic
|
John Campbell (incumbent)
|
15,154
|
20.68%
|
|
Republican
|
John MacGovern
|
8,317
|
11.35%
|
|
Republican
|
Charles Kimbell
|
8,144
|
11.11%
|
|
Republican
|
Fred Baldwin
|
7,868
|
10.74%
|
|
Write-in
|
77
|
0.11%
|
Total votes
|
73,283
|
100.00%
|
U.S. House
2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[13][14]
Primary election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
19,566
|
87.74%
|
|
Democratic
|
Craig Barclay Hill
|
2,635
|
11.82%
|
|
Write-in
|
98
|
0.44%
|
Total votes
|
22,299
|
100.00%
|
General election
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)[b]
|
248,203
|
83.25%
|
|
Independent
|
Mike Bethel
|
14,349
|
4.81%
|
|
Energy Independence
|
Jerry Trudell
|
10,818
|
3.63%
|
|
Progressive
|
Thomas James Hermann
|
9,081
|
3.05%
|
|
Independent
|
Cris Ericson
|
7,841
|
2.63%
|
|
Liberty Union
|
Jane Newton
|
5,307
|
1.78%
|
|
Write-in
|
2,552
|
0.86%
|
Total votes
|
298,151
|
100.00%
|
2012 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont[17][18]
Primary election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
36,863
|
99.04%
|
|
Write-in
|
359
|
0.96%
|
Total votes
|
37,222
|
100.00%
|
|
|
Blanks
|
6,235
|
|
General election
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch (incumbent)
|
209,312
|
72.02%
|
|
Republican
|
Mark Donka
|
67,543
|
23.24%
|
|
Independent
|
James Desrochers
|
8,302
|
2.86%
|
|
Liberty Union
|
Jane Newton
|
4,065
|
1.40%
|
|
VoteKISS
|
Andre Laframboise
|
1,153
|
0.40%
|
|
Write-in
|
268
|
0.09%
|
Total votes
|
290,643
|
100.00%
|
|
|
Blanks
|
10,257
|
|
U.S. Senate
2022 United States Senate election in Vermont[33][34]
Primary election
|
Party
|
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch
|
86,605
|
87.01%
|
|
Democratic
|
Isaac Evans-Frantz
|
7,230
|
7.26%
|
|
Democratic
|
Niki Thran
|
5,104
|
5.13%
|
|
Write-in
|
597
|
0.60%
|
Total votes
|
99,536
|
100.00%
|
|
|
Blank/Spoiled
|
2,872
|
|
General election
|
|
Democratic
|
Peter Welch
|
196,575
|
68.47%
|
|
Republican
|
Gerald Malloy
|
80,468
|
28.03%
|
|
Independent
|
Dawn Marie Ellis
|
2,752
|
0.96%
|
|
Green Mountain
|
Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout
|
1,574
|
0.55%
|
|
Independent
|
Kerry Patrick Raheb
|
1,532
|
0.53%
|
|
Independent
|
Mark Coester
|
1,273
|
0.44%
|
|
Independent
|
Stephen Duke
|
1,209
|
0.42%
|
|
Independent
|
Cris Ericson
|
1,105
|
0.38%
|
|
Write-in
|
612
|
0.21%
|
Total votes
|
287,099
|
100.00%
|
|
|
Blank/Spoiled
|
4,855
|
|
Notes
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