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Peter Welch

Peter Welch

Democratic · VT U.S. SenatorCandidate 2022

20 years in the U.S. Congress · since 2007

  • role Junior United States senator from Vermont since 2023
  • role U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large district from 2007 to 2023
  • background Lawyer; practiced as public defender and personal injury lawyer
  • role Vermont Senate president 2003-2007; first Democrat to hold president pro tempore position (1985-1989)
  • achievement Succeeded Bernie Sanders in U.S. House (2006) and Patrick Leahy in U.S. Senate (2022)
  • achievement Oldest person to become a freshman U.S. senator at age 75

Track record

Assembled from Congress.gov · FEC · official disclosures — each fact links its own source

These are verifiable facts from the public record, assembled in one place and presented without judgment. They are not a score, a grade, or a ranking. Context matters: a missed vote may be excused, on leadership or committee duty, or paired; a party-unity rate reflects agenda alignment, not virtue or independence; a disclosed trade or a documented relationship is a required public filing, not evidence of wrongdoing. Each fact links to its full source below.

  • 94.2%
    Roll-call participation →

    voted in 906 recorded roll calls

    Missing a vote is not inherently negative — an absence can be excused, reflect leadership or committee duty, or a recorded pairing.

  • 86
    Bills sponsored →

    plus 638 cosponsored

    A count of bills introduced as the primary sponsor; most legislation never advances, regardless of who sponsors it.

  • 0
    Sponsored bills enacted →

    of 86 bills sponsored

    Whether a bill becomes law depends on the whole Congress, not the sponsor alone; substantive provisions often pass folded into other vehicles.

  • 99%
    Party-unity voting

    votes with the party majority · on 750 party-line votes

    Party-unity is how often a member votes with their own party's majority on party-line votes — it reflects agenda alignment, not loyalty, independence, or virtue.

  • 1%
    Cross-party voting

    votes with the other party's majority on those same votes

    The share of the same party-line votes cast with the OTHER party's majority — a descriptive rate, not a measure of principle.

  • 0
    Documented positions →

    no positions documented yet

    Documented, sourced positions we have on record — the absence of a documented position is not the absence of a view.

  • 13
    Committee assignments →

    committees and subcommittees

    Committee seats are assignments made by party leadership — a measure of role and jurisdiction, not an achievement or a conflict in itself.

  • 106
    Disclosed stock trades →

    47 tickers · 11 in a sector a committee they sit on oversees

    Disclosed trades are legally required public filings (STOCK Act), not evidence of wrongdoing; trades may be executed by a manager or held in a blind trust.

  • 6
    Documented relationships →

    neutral overlap signals (e.g., committee oversight of a traded sector)

    A documented relationship is a factual overlap in the public record — NOT evidence of wrongdoing.

Assembled from CivicGate's ingested public records for Peter Welch. A fact shown as “—” means we don't yet hold that data — not that the value is zero.

Voting record

Data from senate.gov roll-call records

94.2%
of Senate roll calls voted

Full voting record (906 roll calls) → · Congress 119 · based on 906 of 915 recorded roll calls

See the participation leaderboard →

Issue positions (10)

Documented + CivicGate vote-derived — stated positions link their source; derived positions come from votes on direction-tagged bills

Campaign finance

2026 cycle

Incumbent for U.S. Senate VT · 2022 General Election

  • $218,690 raised
  • $315,594 spent
  • $1,616,348 cash on hand
$218.69K
$108.24K
$71.74K
Itemized (≥ $200)$67.31K
Unitemized (< $200)$4.43K
Other committees (PACs)$36.50K
Offsets to expenditures$698.57
Other receipts$109.76K
$315.59K
Operating expenditures$250.96K
Contribution refunds$2.00
Transfers to other committees$15.00K
Other disbursements$49.64K
Cash on hand$1.62M
Debts owed by committee$0.00

Through June 30, 2026 · FEC

Data from FEC (through Jun 30, 2026)

Finance updated: not yet pulled

Over time

Data from FEC per-cycle campaign finance

Money raised, spent, and cash on hand across every election cycle on record — toggle a series in the legend.

Peter Welch campaign finance by election cycle
Cycle RaisedSpentCash on hand
2022$5,390,837$3,431,166$1,959,670
2024$330,882$577,300$1,713,252
2026$218,690$315,594$1,616,348

Contributions received

Data from FEC

Recorded individual contributions: $17,377 ·

Industry PAC support

Data from FEC — PAC (political action committee) contributions, 2026/2024/2022 cycles

Total disclosed PAC money: $1,041,253. Industry is approximated from a curated map; individual (non-PAC) donations are listed separately above.

Top PAC contributors (10)
  • ACTBLUE $24,100
  • NATIONAL CONFECTIONERS ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ( $12,500
  • LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA (LIUNA) PAC $12,500
  • UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB $11,000
  • COMMON GROUND PAC $10,000
  • AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION PAC $10,000
  • MACHINISTS NON-PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE $10,000
  • NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION PAC $10,000
  • MOTOR CITY PAC $10,000
  • PERIMETER PAC $10,000

Top contributors (FEC)

Data from FEC, itemized campaign receipts

Top contributors — 2024 cycle

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor's reported employer (FEC Schedule A).

  • Employer not reported $8,600
  • THE OLD MOUNTAIN COMPANY, INC. $3,300
  • WEST FRONT STRATEGIES $2,500
  • UCAR $2,300
  • MINILEC SERVICE $2,000
  • WMC HOLDINGS,INC. $2,000
  • FRENCH & CO $2,000
  • MACHINE INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH INSTITUT $1,000
  • OGILVY GOVERNMENT RELATIONS $900
  • WMG $750

Sponsored / cosponsored bills (200)

Data from Congress.gov

200
Page 1 of 8 · 200 bills
  • S 5652A bill to clarify the evidentiary treatment of documentation generated under a qualifying process standard for purposes of compliance with the Build America, Buy America Act, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 941A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2026, to October 31, 2026, as "Bat Week".sponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5618A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide an Inspector General for the judicial branch, and for other purposes.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 942A resolution recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Forensic Science Week.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • S 5669A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat transfers of appreciated property to certain tax-exempt organizations the same as transfers of appreciated property to political organizations.cosponsoredSep 29, 2026
  • SRES 924A resolution designating October 7, 2026, as "Energy Efficiency Day" in celebration of the economic and environmental benefits that have been driven by private sector innovation and Federal energy efficiency policies.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SJRES 218A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to abolish the electoral college and to provide for the direct election of the President and Vice President of the United States.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • S 5575A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish criminal penalties for gratuities given to State and local public officials.cosponsoredSep 28, 2026
  • SRES 913A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.cosponsoredSep 27, 2026
  • S 5545Police Training and Independent Review Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • SRES 902A resolution supporting the designation of the week of September 20 through September 26, 2026, as "Telehealth Awareness Week".cosponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5525Banning Toxics from Plastic Bottles Act of 2026sponsoredSep 23, 2026
  • S 5476A bill to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons that have facilitated Israeli settlement construction in the E1 area of the West Bank.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5472Supporting Small Affordable Housing Developers ActsponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • SRES 897A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.cosponsoredSep 22, 2026
  • S 5446Cash Refunds for Flight Cancellations ActcosponsoredSep 21, 2026
  • S 5434American Renewable Energy Act of 2026sponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • S 5432Food for Thought Act of 2026cosponsoredSep 16, 2026
  • S 5397BAD DEAL ActcosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • SJRES 214A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the use of slavery and involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime.cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • SRES 854A resolution designating September 2026 as "National Voting Rights Month".cosponsoredSep 14, 2026
  • S 5390End Trump’s Tariff Tax ActcosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • SRES 852A resolution requesting information on Israel's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • SJRES 213A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the Department of Homeland Security relating to "Establishing a Fixed Time Period of Admission and an Extension of Stay Procedure for Nonimmigrant Academic Students, Exchange Visitors, and Representatives of Foreign Information Media".cosponsoredSep 13, 2026
  • SRES 843A resolution expressing support for the designation of the first week of August 2026, as "National Community Health Center Week", encouraging all people of the United States to participate by visiting their local community health center, and celebrating the important partnership between community health centers and the communities they serve.cosponsoredAug 6, 2026
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Documented relationships

Documented facts about Welch, aggregated from public records. A documented relationship is not evidence of wrongdoing — it is context, not a conclusion.

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Stock trades (STOCK Act)

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Data from Congress.gov · FEC

How Welch connects to other members, committees, and PACs — drawn only from ingested records.

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