1988 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
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The 1988 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 8, 1988. Republican nominee Peter Plympton Smith defeated independent candidate Bernie Sanders and Democratic nominee Paul N. Poirier.
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Incumbent Republican Representative Jim Jeffords chose to run for a seat in the United States Senate instead of seeking reelection to the United States House of Representatives. Former Lieutenant Governor Peter Plympton Smith won the Republican nomination against David Gates. State Representative Paul N. Poirier won the Democratic nomination against Peter Welch, James A. Guest, and Dolores Sandoval. Sanders, the Mayor of Burlington, Vermont ran as an independent candidate.
This is the most recent election in which a Republican was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Vermont's at-large congressional district.