- United States House of Representatives election in Vermont, 2008
The 2008 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont will be held on
November 4 ,2008 to determine who will represent the state ofVermont in theUnited States House of Representatives . Vermont has one seat in the House, their At-Large district, as apportioned according to the2000 United States Census . Representatives are elected for two-year terms; whoever is elected will serve in the 111th Congress fromJanuary 4 ,2009 untilJanuary 3 ,2011 . The election coincides with the 2008 U.S. presidential election.The primary is on
September 9 ,2008 . CQ Politics forecasts the race as 'Safe Democrat'.Candidates
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Peter Welch - Incumbent Representative, 2007-Present; Vermont St. Senator, 1981-1989 & 2001-2007
*Craig Hill - Marketing consultant who ran for the US Senate in the Democratic primaries in 2004 & 2006 as a 9/11 awareness-spreading candidate, and then in the general elections as a Green Party candidate in 2004 & 2006. In the 2008 race his focus is on defense contractor/Pentagon control of the Democratic Congress.*The Republican Party failed to nominate a candidate for the seat. However,
Write-in voters gave Democratic candidatePeter Welch the Republican nomination as well. [http://www.timesargus.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080918/NEWS02/809180364]Progressive
*Thomas Hermann - Iraq war veteran [ http://www.votepeacevt.com/home.shtml ]
*Jane Newton - Retired nurse and Socialist activist who ran for US Representative in 2002, 2004 & 2006, and also ran for Lt. Governor in 1998 & 2000
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*Cris Ericson - Paralegal and marijuana legalization activist who ran for Governor in 2002, 2004 & 2006, and US Senator in 2004 & 2006
External links
* [http://vermont-elections.org/soshome.htm Elections & Campaign Finance Division] from the "Vermont Secretary of State"
* [http://www.votesmart.org/election_congress_state.php?state_id=VT&go33.x=9&go33.y=12 U.S. Congress candidates for Vermont] atProject Vote Smart
* [http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=district-VT-AL Race ranking and details] from CQ Politics
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/races/election.php?state=VT Campaign contributions for Vermont congressional races] from OpenSecrets.org
* [http://www.2008racetracker.com/page/Vermont Vermont U.S. House of Representatives race] from "2008 Race Tracker"
* [http://www.welchforcongress.com/ Peter Welch for Congress] , Democratic
* [http://www.votepeacevt.com/home.shtml Thomas Hermann for Congress] , Progressive
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