The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the

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from

Vermont's at-large congressional district Vermont has been represented in the United States House of Representatives by a single at-large congressional district since the 1930 census, when the state lost its second seat, obsoleting its 1st and 2nd congressional districts. There were on ...

. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,

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to the

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and various

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. The primary elections were held on August 14.

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, a Democrat won reelection to a seventh term, defeating Republican Anya Tynio.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

* Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center *

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrawn

* Ben Mitchell, Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004,

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in 2010 and for

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''(Withdrew 8/9/2018, endorsed Freilich)''

Debates & forums

CCTV Channel 17 Forum - Democratic Primary for Representative to Congress 8/7/2018

Vermont Public Radio - Campaign 2018: A Debate With The Democratic Candidates For U.S. House 8/9/2018

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

* H. Brooke Paige, former CEO of Remmington News Service,

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* Anya Tynio, sales representative for the Newport Daily Express

Debates & forums

CCTV Channel 17 Republican Primary Forum for Representative to Congress 7/23/2018

Results

Post-primary

H. Brooke Paige, who also won the Republican nominations for

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, state Attorney General, state Secretary of State, state

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and state

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, withdrew from all but the Secretary of State race on August 24 in order to allow the Vermont Republican State Committee to name replacement candidates. Anya Tynio, who came in 2nd place in the primary, was nominated to be the Republican nominee.

Progressive primary

Candidates

Write-in

* Daniel Freilich, candidate for U.S. Senate in 2010, Navy medical doctor, physician at the VA Medical Center (also running in Democratic primary)

Debates & forums

BCTV Meet The Candidates forum for Representative to US House 7/10/2018

Results

Liberty Union/Socialist nomination

The

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serves as the Vermont affiliate of the

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for federal-level elections.

Candidates

Declared

* Laura S. Potter

Withdrawn

* Ben Mitchell, Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 2004,

in 2010 and for

(also ran in Democratic primary before dropping out)

United States Marijuana nomination

Candidates

Declared

* Cris Ericson,

America First nomination

Candidates

Declared

* Paul Young (failed to appear on ballot)

General election

Polling

Results

References

External links

Candidates
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;Official campaign websites
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