1996Final resultsIncumbent defeated
1996 election for Vermont House District 5B
Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont
Ed Paquin (D) won with 36.2% of the vote, defeating Ben Rose (D) by 0.3 points.
Ed PaquinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
36.2%1,504
Ben RoseDemocrat · incumbent
35.9%1,492
George GereckeRepublican
28.0%1,163
4,159 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1996
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET