Vermont State House Bennington-5 State House District
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Mary Morrissey Republican, Michael Nigro Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
3 candidates on the printed ballot. Sorted by last name.
- Last election
- Mary Morrissey (Republican) won by 3.7 points, 2024
- Seats
- 2 seats in this district
Past results
- Votes for listed candidates
- 5,914
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Same as today
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMary MorrisseyWon Republican 2,15736.5% DemocraticMichael NigroWon Democratic 1,94032.8% DemocraticJim Carroll Democratic 1,76329.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 540.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,635
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Same as today
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMary MorrisseyWon(incumbent) Republican 1,86940.3% DemocraticJim CarrollWon Democratic 1,42730.8% DemocraticMichael Nigro(incumbent) Democratic 1,29027.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 491.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,550
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BrowningWon(incumbent) Democratic 90258.2% RepublicanCarlynann Ackermann Republican 64841.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,165
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BrowningWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,18654.8% RepublicanLinda Day McKeever Republican 97945.2%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 2002 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
2 seats.
All elections (7 for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 5,914
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Same as today
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMary MorrisseyWon Republican 2,15736.5% DemocraticMichael NigroWon Democratic 1,94032.8% DemocraticJim Carroll Democratic 1,76329.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 540.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,635
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Same as today
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanMary MorrisseyWon(incumbent) Republican 1,86940.3% DemocraticJim CarrollWon Democratic 1,42730.8% DemocraticMichael Nigro(incumbent) Democratic 1,29027.8% Scattered write-ins Write-in 491.1% - No results on file 2011 to 2021
- Votes for listed candidates
- 1,550
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BrowningWon(incumbent) Democratic 90258.2% RepublicanCarlynann Ackermann Republican 64841.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,165
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BrowningWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,18654.8% RepublicanLinda Day McKeever Republican 97945.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,691
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticCynthia BrowningWon Democratic 96256.9% RepublicanGerald W. Woodard Republican 72943.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,084
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLawrence E. MolloyWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,09852.7% RepublicanGerald W. Woodard Republican 98647.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,402
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District, 2002 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticLawrence E. MolloyWon(incumbent) Democratic 74353.0% RepublicanJohn Mendenhall Republican 65947.0%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
More about this race
Candidates on the ballot
- Michael NigroIncumbentDemocratic
- Thomas "Tom" BlakelyDemocratic
- Mary MorrisseyIncumbentRepublican
Source: sos.vermont.gov, dated Sep 23
District map
- Democratic
- Republican
- Independent
- Nonpartisan
- More than one party
- No member listed
Map settings
Vote in Vermont
Trouble voting? Election Protection hotline: 866-OUR-VOTE. A nonpartisan coalition of civil-rights and voting-rights groups, not a government service. 866ourvote.org
Download and cite
Cite this page
Election Wrld. (2026). Vermont State House Bennington-5 State House District, election results 2002 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/vt/house/bennington-5. Retrieved October 31, 2026.
Embed this seat
<iframe src="https://www.electionwrld.com/embed/vt/house/bennington-5" title="Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-5 State House District" width="100%" height="400" style="border:0;max-width:640px" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:13px">Data: <a href="https://www.electionwrld.com">Election Wrld</a>, CC BY 4.0</p>Sources
Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026