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2008Final results

2008 election for Vermont House District 5D

Vermont House of Representatives · Vermont

Gale Courcelle (D) won with 50.9% of the vote, defeating David Allaire (R) by 1.7 points.

Gale CourcelleDemocrat · winner · incumbent
50.9%944
David AllaireRepublican
49.1%912
1,856 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 2008

Races before and after

EvenR+17.02004D+3.42006D+1.72008D+0.12010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET