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The U.S. State of Vermont is represented in the ''' U.S. House Of Representatives ''' by a single at-large Congressional District since the 1930 Census , when Vermont lost its second seat in the House of Representatives. There were once six districts in Vermont. Bernard Sanders ( Independent ) held the seat from 1991 until 2007 . Peter Welch is the current congressman following the 2006 elections. 2006 CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION Sanders ran for and won the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Senator Jim Jeffords . 2006 Election Vermont Senate President ''Pro Tempore'' Peter Welch (D- Windsor County ) was the Democratic Nominee and the eventual winner. Three candidates competed for the Republican nomination:
Rainville won the Republican primary on September 12, beating Shepard by a wide margin. There were also numerous third party and independent candidates: Chris Karr (WTP), Bruce Marshall ( Green Party ), Dennis Morrisseau (Ind), Jane Newton ( Liberty Union Party ), Keith Stern (Ind), and Jerry Trudell (Ind). Morrisseau gathered the most votes, with 1% or 1,383 votes. As of September 14, 2006, the race between Rainville and Welch was close; an American Research Group poll showed Welch with a 48-45% lead. {Link without Title} However, Welch eventually beat Rainville 53% to 45%, or 139,585 votes to 117,211. On October 4, 2006, '' The Burlington Free Press '' reported that one of Rainville's staffers, Christopher Stewart, resigned from her campaign after committing plagiarism—copying policy statements from other politicians, including Senator Hillary Clinton , and using them on Rainville's website. Rainville's website was off-line for some time while her staff removed the plagiarized passages. {Link without Title} ELECTION RESULTS
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