2006Flipped from RepublicanFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
2006 election for Vermont House District 5D
Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont
Gale Courcelle (D) won with 51.7% of the vote, defeating David Allaire (R) by 3.4 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Gale CourcelleDemocrat · winner
51.7%763
David AllaireRepublican · incumbent
48.3%713
1,476 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 2006
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET