1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Vermont House District 5B
Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont
Michael Quaid (R) won with 35.8% of the vote, defeating Ed Paquin (D) by 1.2 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Michael QuaidRepublican · winner
35.8%1,277
Ed PaquinDemocrat · incumbent
34.6%1,235
Ginny LyonsDemocrat
29.7%1,059
3,571 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 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET