1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1998 election for Vermont House District W-5
Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont
Pat Odonnell (R) won with 55.6% of the vote, defeating John G. Kristensen (D) by 20.5 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Pat OdonnellRepublican · winner
55.6%848
John G. KristensenDemocrat · incumbent
35.1%536
John R. WellmanIndependent
9.2%141
1,525 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