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2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont's at-large district
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Nominee Becca Balint Liam Madden
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 176,494 78,397
Percentage 60.45% 26.85%
Balint:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Madden:      30–40%      40–50%      50–60%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

Peter Welch
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Becca Balint
Democratic

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The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the U.S. representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the U.S. Senate, as well as various other state and local elections.

Incumbent Democrat Peter Welch was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote in 2020. After eight-term U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy announced he would retire on November 15, some speculated that Welch might decline to seek re-election and instead seek election to the Senate.[1] On November 22, 2021, Welch announced his candidacy for Leahy's seat, creating the first open U.S. House seat in Vermont since Bernie Sanders ran for the U.S. Senate in 2006.[2]

Democratic nominee Becca Balint won the election in a landslide, becoming the first elected female member of the United States Congress in the state's history. Her main opponent in the general election, Liam Madden, won the Republican nomination but identifies as an independent who opposes the two-party system.[3] Madden stated that he would not caucus with House Republicans if elected to Congress; the Vermont Republican Party later disavowed his campaign.[4] Ericka Redic, who lost the Republican primary to Madden, ran in the general election as the nominee of the Libertarian Party.[5]

Vermont was the last remaining state that had never elected a woman to the United States Congress after Mississippi elected its first woman in 2018. With Balint's victory, every U.S. state has now been represented in Congress by a woman at some point.

Democratic primary

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Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray finished second in the primary.

Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Withdrew

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Declined

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Endorsements

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Becca Balint

U.S. Senators

U.S. Representatives

State officials

State legislators

Individuals

Labor unions

Organizations

Sianay Chase Clifford (withdrew)

Organizations

Molly Gray

Executive branch officials

U.S. Senators

State officials

Kesha Ram (withdrew)

U.S. Representatives

State legislators

State legislators

Individuals

  • Bill McKibben, environmental activist and author[29] (switched endorsement to Balint after Ram withdrew)[28]

Labor unions

Organizations

Polling

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Graphical summary

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Becca
Balint 		Sianay Chase
Clifford 		Molly
Gray 		Louis
Meyers 		Kesha
Ram 		Other Undecided
Data for Progress (D)[45] July 27 – August 1, 2022 383 (LV) ± 5.0% 59% 1% 27% 1% – – 12%
University of New Hampshire[46] July 21–25, 2022 352 (LV) ± 5.2% 63% – 21% 2% – 0% 13%
July 19, 2022 Sianay Chase Clifford drops out of the race
May 27, 2022 Kesha Ram drops out of the race
University of New Hampshire[47] April 14–18, 2022 278 (LV) ± 5.9% 28% 0% 21% – 19% 1% 31%
VPR/Vermont PBS[48] January 3–9, 2022 418 (LV) ± 4.8% 11% – 31% – 0% 12% 47%

Debate

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2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont democratic primary debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Democratic Democratic Democratic
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Becca Balint Sianay Chase Clifford Molly Gray Louis Meyers
1 Jul. 6, 2022 WPTZ Brian Colleran
Alice Kang
Stewart Ledbetter 		[49] P P P P

Results

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Democratic primary results by municipality
  Balint
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Gray
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  •   90–100%
  Tie
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Becca Balint 61,025 60.6%
Democratic Molly Gray 37,266 37.0%
Democratic Louis Meyers 1,593 1.6%
Democratic Sianay Chase Clifford (withdrawn) 885 0.9%
Total votes 100,769 100.0%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Declined

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Liam
Madden 		Ericka
Redic 		Anya
Tynio 		Undecided
University of New Hampshire[46] July 21–25, 2022 196 (LV) ± 7.0% 14% 15% 9% 61%

Results

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Liam Madden won the primary in a surprise victory, as Redic was considered the frontrunner.[4] The Vermont Republican Party disavowed Madden's campaign following a meeting with him on August 15, less than a week after his victory in the primary, citing his refusal to commit to caucusing with the Republican Party if he won the election.[4] Redic announced that she would continue her campaign into the general election as the candidate of the Libertarian Party of Vermont.[5]

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Liam Madden 10,701 41.4%
Republican Ericka Bundy Redic 8,255 31.9%
Republican Anya Tynio 6,908 26.7%
Total votes 25,864 100.0%

Progressive primary

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Candidates

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Withdrew after winning primary

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  • Barbara Nolfi, clinic co-founder[56][51]

Declined

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Results

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Progressive primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Barbara Nolfi 439 100.0
Total votes 439 100.0

Independents and other parties

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Businesswoman Ericka Redic, the runner-up in the Republican primary, was the Libertarian nominee.

Candidates

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Declared

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  • Matt Druzba (independent)[51]
  • Adam Ortiz[51]
  • Ericka Redic (Libertarian), businesswoman and community activist[52][5] (previously Republican)
  • Luke Talbot[51]

Withdrawn

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General election

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Debate

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2022 Vermont U.S. House of Representatives debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Becca Balint Liam Madden
1 Oct. 11, 2022 Vermont Public Connor Cyrus [58] P P

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[59] Solid D October 5, 2021
Inside Elections[60] Solid D October 11, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball[61] Safe D October 5, 2021
Politico[62] Solid D April 5, 2022
RCP[63] Safe D June 9, 2022
Fox News[64] Solid D July 11, 2022
DDHQ[65] Solid D July 20, 2022
538[66] Solid D June 30, 2022

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Becca
Balint (D) 		Liam
Madden (R) 		Ericka
Redic (L) 		Other Undecided
Data for Progress (D)[67] October 21–26, 2022 1,039 (LV) ± 3.0% 54% 29% 5% 3%[c] 9%
University of New Hampshire[68] September 29 – October 3, 2022 765 (LV) ± 3.5% 57% 19% 9% 11%[d] 12%
Hypothetical polling

Becca Balint vs. Marcia Horne

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Becca
Balint (D) 		Marcia
Horne (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire[47] April 14–18, 2022 583 (LV) ± 4.1% 48% 25% 0% 26%

Sianay Chase Clifford vs. Marcia Horne

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Sianay Chase
Clifford (D) 		Marcia
Horne (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire[47] April 14–18, 2022 583 (LV) ± 4.1% 42% 25% 0% 33%

Molly Gray vs. Marcia Horne

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Molly
Gray (D) 		Marcia
Horne (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire[47] April 14–18, 2022 583 (LV) ± 4.1% 49% 27% 1% 23%

Kesha Ram vs. Marcia Horne

Poll source Date(s)
administered 		Sample
size[b] 		Margin
of error 		Kesha
Ram (D) 		Marcia
Horne (R) 		Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire[47] April 14–18, 2022 583 (LV) ± 4.1% 47% 26% 0% 27%

Results

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2022 Vermont's at-large congressional district election[69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Becca Balint 176,494 60.45% –6.86%
Republican Liam Madden 78,297 26.85% –0.16%
Libertarian Ericka Redic 12,590 4.31% N/A
Independent Matt Druzba 5,737 1.97% N/A
Independent Luke Talbot 4,428 1.52% N/A
Independent Adam Ortiz 3,376 1.16% N/A
Write-in 1,004 0.34% +0.19%
Total votes 291,955 100.00%
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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Notes

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  1. ^ Candidate is a member of the Progressive Party, but ran with the Democratic Party's endorsement under Vermont's electoral fusion system
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ^ Talbot (I), Oritz (I), and Druzba (I) with 1%
  4. ^ Talbot (I) and "Other" with 1%; Ortiz (I) and Druzba (I) with 0%

References

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Campaign websites

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