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2024 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont

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2024 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont's at-large district

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Candidate Becca Balint Mark Coester Adam Ortiz
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Alliance Libertarian
Popular vote 218,398 104,451 19,286
Percentage 62.3% 29.8% 5.5%

Balint:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Coester:      40–50%      50–60%
No Data/Vote:      

U.S. Representative before election

Becca Balint
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Becca Balint
Democratic

The 2024 United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont were held on November 5, 2024, to elect the U.S. representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the United States presidential election, other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the U.S. Senate, as well as various other state and local elections. The primary elections took place on August 13, 2024.

Incumbent Democrat Becca Balint was elected with 60.54% of the vote in 2022.

Democratic primary

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Becca Balint (incumbent) 47,638 100.0
Total votes 47,638 100.0

Republican primary

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Nominee

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  • Mark Coester, truck driver and independent candidate for U.S. Senate in 2022[14]

Results

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Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mark Coester 19,459 100.0
Total votes 19,459 100.0

Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party

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Declared

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  • Jill "Jessy" Diamondstone, massage therapist and nominee for state treasurer in 2012[14]

Independents

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Declared

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  • Adam Ortiz, window installation contractor and candidate for U.S. House in 2022[14]

General election

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[15] Solid D July 28, 2023
Inside Elections[16] Solid D July 28, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] Safe D June 8, 2023
Elections Daily[18] Safe D June 8, 2023
CNalysis[19] Solid D November 16, 2023

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Becca
Balint (D)
Mark
Coester (R)
Other Undecided
University of New Hampshire October 29 – November 2, 2024 1,167 (LV) ± 2.9% 62% 22% 1%[b] 14%
University of New Hampshire August 15–19, 2024 924 (LV) ± 3.2% 61% 24% 2%[c] 13%

Results

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2024 Vermont's at-large congressional district election[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Becca Balint (incumbent) 218,398 62.29% +1.84
Republican Mark Coester 104,451 29.79% –2.94
Independent Adam Ortiz 19,286 5.50% +4.34
Green Mountain Peace and Justice Jessy Diamondstone 7,552 2.15% N/A
Write-in 929 0.25% –0.09
Total votes 350,616 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ Diamondstone (GMPJP) with 1%
  3. ^ "Other (Another Third Party/Write-In)" and Diamondstone (GMPJP) with 1%; Ortiz (I) with 0%

References

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  1. ^ Mearhoff, Sarah (2024-03-13). "Becca Balint to seek reelection to the US House". VTDigger. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
  2. ^ "Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC". Bend the Arc: Jewish Action. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  3. ^ a b "Human Rights Campaign Endorses Pro-Equality Openly LGBTQ+ U.S. House Incumbents for Re-Election". Human Rights Campaign. 2023-06-22. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  4. ^ "2024 Endorsements". 2024 Endorsements. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  5. ^ "Jewish Dems Unveil 30 House and Senate Endorsements Across Country". Jewish Democratic Council of America. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
  6. ^ "Meet JAC's 2024 Candidates | Joint Action Committee for Political Affairs".
  7. ^ "Becca Balint". JStreetPAC. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  8. ^ "LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  9. ^ Keith, Jarod. "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund Endorses 26 More Candidates in 2024 Cycle". LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Retrieved 2024-02-22.
  10. ^ "LPAC Announces April 2023 Endorsement Slate". LPAC. 2023-04-18. Retrieved 2023-09-03.
  11. ^ "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Archived from the original on 2023-08-25. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  12. ^ "Vote Mama PAC | Candidates". Vote Mama PAC. Retrieved 2024-03-12.
  13. ^ "Our Recommended Candidates". Education Votes. Retrieved 2023-11-20.
  14. ^ a b c "General Election Candidates". Vermont Secretary of State. May 13, 2024.
  15. ^ "2024 House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  16. ^ "First 2024 House Ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  17. ^ "Initial House Ratings: Battle for Majority Starts as a Toss-up". Sabato's Crystal Ball. February 23, 2023.
  18. ^ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved 2023-05-05.
  19. ^ "2024 House Forecast". November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  20. ^ "Vermont Election Night Results | Representative to Congress". Secretary of State of Vermont. November 5, 2024. Retrieved November 28, 2024.