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Vermont Senate Bennington Senatorial District
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Seth Bongartz Democratic, Rob Plunkett Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
4 candidates on the printed ballot. Sorted by last name.
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- Rob PlunkettIncumbentDemocratic
- Seth BongartzIncumbentDemocratic
- Josh R. WilliamsRepublican
- Lawrence "Spike" WhitmireRepublican
- Rachel ShawOther(Progressive)
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- Last election
- Seth Bongartz (Democratic) won by 2.4 points, 2024
- Seats
- 2 seats in this district
- On the 2026 ballot
- 5 candidates
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Candidates on the ballot
- Rob PlunkettIncumbentDemocratic
- Seth BongartzIncumbentDemocratic
- Josh R. WilliamsRepublican
- Lawrence "Spike" WhitmireRepublican
- Rachel ShawOther(Progressive)
Source: sos.vermont.gov, dated Sep 23
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History (20 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 36,785
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSeth BongartzWon Democratic 10,05327.3% DemocraticRob PlunkettWon Democratic 9,16024.9% RepublicanJoseph "Joe" Gervais Republican 8,64723.5% IndependentLawrence "Spike" Whitmire Independent 3,5399.6% IndependentCynthia Browning Independent 2,8677.8% IndependentSteve Berry Independent 2,4596.7% Scattered write-ins Write-in 600.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,951
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,20251.0% DemocraticBrian CampionWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,34547.4% Scattered write-ins Write-in 3791.6% Kevin Hoyt Write-in 250.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 35,421
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,06331.2% DemocraticBrian CampionWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,48329.6% RepublicanMeg Hansen Republican 6,27517.7% RepublicanMichael Hall Republican 5,65716.0% OtherKevin Hoyt Other 1,9435.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 31,547
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 14,37445.6% DemocraticBrian CampionWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,47142.7% LibertarianJeff Kaufer Libertarian 3,70211.7% - Votes for listed candidates
- 25,078
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,33353.2% DemocraticBrian CampionWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,50745.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 2380.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,426
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,90542.9% DemocraticBrian CampionWon Democratic 6,27334.0% RepublicanWarren H. Roaf Republican 4,21722.9% Scattered write-ins Write-in 310.2% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,766
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 13,71855.4% DemocraticBob HartwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 11,04844.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,820
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,61534.7% DemocraticBob HartwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 6,65526.8% RepublicanGerald Woodard Republican 4,68318.9% RepublicanPatricia M. Blair Republican 4,00116.1% IndependentCraig Hill Independent 8663.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,923
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDick SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 12,09639.1% DemocraticBob HartwellWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,67428.1% RepublicanGerald W. Woodard Republican 5,16616.7% RepublicanRuth Harvie Republican 4,98716.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,956
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,05540.3% DemocraticRobert M. HartwellWon Democratic 6,97928.0% RepublicanAlan Miles Macdougall Republican 3,96515.9% RepublicanWinfield P. Gates Republican 3,95715.9% - Votes for listed candidates
- 33,906
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 10,96632.3% RepublicanMark ShepardWon(incumbent) Republican 8,85626.1% RepublicanSally Treat Republican 7,04920.8% DemocraticCynthia Browning Democratic 7,03520.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,912
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,22930.2% RepublicanMark ShepardWon Republican 6,35126.6% DemocraticJudy Murphy Democratic 5,77624.2% RepublicanEzekiel S. Cross Republican 4,55619.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,061
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanGerald P. MorriseyWon(incumbent) Republican 9,75436.0% DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,37734.6% RepublicanMark Shephard Republican 7,93029.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 24,290
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,20229.6% RepublicanGerald P. MorriseyWon Republican 6,53426.9% DemocraticJohn F. Murphy Democratic 5,07720.9% RepublicanKelton B. Miller Republican 4,99220.6% LibertarianMichael J. Honan Libertarian 4852.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 28,759
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 9,38232.6% RepublicanFred EhrichWon(incumbent) Republican 7,47226.0% DemocraticSeth Bongartz Democratic 7,17024.9% RepublicanJon D. Peaslee Republican 3,28311.4% IndependentWinfield P. Gates Independent 8803.1% IndependentSteven L. Mann Independent 5722.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 23,239
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanFred EhrichWon Republican 7,34131.6% DemocraticRichard SearsWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,07230.4% DemocraticMary Ann Carlson(incumbent) Democratic 5,34823.0% RepublicanRobert Russell Republican 2,77811.9% OtherMichael A. Sugarman Other 3911.7% OtherG. Lawrence Mills Other 3091.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 30,777
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMary Ann CarlsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 8,70628.3% DemocraticRichard SearsWon Democratic 8,30827.0% RepublicanWilliam E. Burfeind Republican 5,90219.2% RepublicanTed Friedman Republican 4,17913.6% IndependentEzekiel S. Cross Independent 3,68212.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 18,838
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PageWon(incumbent) Republican 7,31838.9% DemocraticMary Ann CarlsonWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,22538.4% RepublicanJohn Davis Republican 4,29522.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 27,127
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn PageWon Republican 7,73328.5% DemocraticMary Ann CarlsonWon Democratic 7,26126.8% DemocraticRichard Sears Democratic 6,56024.2% RepublicanWalter Freed Republican 5,57220.5% Scattered write-ins Write-in 10.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 20,609
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- Seats
- 2
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Vermont Senate, Bennington Senatorial District, 1986 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticHarvey D. Carter Jr.Won(incumbent) Democratic 7,29535.4% DemocraticSeth B. BongartzWon Democratic 5,54826.9% RepublicanGedeon A. Lacroix Republican 4,75023.1% RepublicanTheodor H. Friedman Republican 3,01314.6% Scattered write-ins Write-in 30.0%
- 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
- 1986 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.
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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.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:vt/sldu:bennington
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse)Data as of Oct 28, 2026