Peter Welch
DDemocratVT · Senator
69
/ 100
Above Average
Attendance90
Avg: 98
Independence41
Avg: 55
Bipartisan Tone16
Avg: 15
Ethics Record100
Avg: 100
Transparency100
Avg: 47
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Peter Welch
DemocratVT · Senator
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Liberal (-0.400)
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.
19
Years in Office
8
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
29
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-0.7 vs avg
29
Avg: 29.7
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2026-03-31
$1,632,412
Cash on Handⓘ
$153,598
Total Receiptsⓘ
$234,438
Disbursementsⓘ
$34,534
Individual Donors
$23,000
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
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%