Peter Welch

DemocratVT · Senator

Peter Welch

DemocratVT · Senator

Voting Ideologyⓘ

Liberal

Conservative

Liberal (-0.401)

Peter Welch is a Democrat Senator from VT. He has served 19 years in Congress across 8 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as liberal, voting with his party 58.7% of the time.

Years in Office

Terms Served

119

Current Congress

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Report Card

Performance metrics for the current Congress

58.7%

Party Loyaltyⓘ

121 votes against party

9.6%

Missed Votesⓘ

324 total votes

Bills Sponsoredⓘ

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How Peter Compares

vs. the average Senator

Party Loyalty+12.6% vs avg

58.7%

Avg: 46.1%

Missed Votes+7.3% vs avg

9.6%

Avg: 2.3%

Bills Sponsored+6.9 vs avg

Avg: 18.1

Committee Assignments

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Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry CommitteeMember Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights SubcommitteeMember Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology SubcommitteeMember Constitution SubcommitteeRanking Member Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure SubcommitteeMember Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights SubcommitteeMember Finance CommitteeMember Health Care SubcommitteeMember Intellectual Property SubcommitteeMember Judiciary CommitteeMember Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety SubcommitteeMember Rules and Administration CommitteeMember Rural Development, Energy, and Credit SubcommitteeRanking Member

Campaign Finance

2026 cycle · through 2025-12-31

$1,644,775

Cash on Handⓘ

$119,686

Total Receiptsⓘ

$188,163

Disbursementsⓘ

$21,261

Individual Donors

$17,000

PAC Contributionsⓘ

Self-Fundingⓘ

Service History

2007–2023House · VT-0 · Democrat

2023–PresentSenate · VT · DemocratCurrent

State Demographics

VT · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.

645,254

Population

$78,024

Median Income

43.0

Median Age

42.6%

College Educated

Racial Composition

White 91.4%Black 1.2%Hispanic 2.5%Asian 1.7%