Chea Waters Evans
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DemocratIn office since Nov 2022

Chea Waters Evans

Vermont State Representative, District C-5 since 2022. Ran in 2 elections between 2022 and 2024, winning 2. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Vermont State Representative, District C-5

In office
3 yrs
Since 2022
Bills became law
3
16 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed
1.3%
Chamber median 4.0%
With party
98%
On votes splitting the parties
Last margin
+93.1
Won 2026
Next election
2028
Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

  • Government Operations and Military Affairs · ranking member
  • Canvassing

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 16 sponsored · 3 became law
BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw
H 606 An act relating to firearms relinquishment and storage procedures
Became law May 2026
H 841 An act relating to miscellaneous animal welfare procedures
Became law May 2026
H 154 An act relating to designating November as the Vermont Month of the Veteran
Became law Apr 2025

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Evans sits in the Vermont House of Representatives

Evans is closer to the center than 40% of the chamber's Democrats.

Dem. medianRep. medianEvansMore liberalMore conservative

Closest: John Bartholomew, Jim Masland, Edye Graning

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:08 PM ET

With Evans’s party

  • Votes with the chamber's Democrats98%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Evans’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Evans was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

YearRaceResultMarginSeat+/−
2026Vermont House of Representatives, HD-C-5WonD+93.1D+62.3+30.8
2024Vermont House of Representatives, HD-C-5Won—D+62.3—
2022Vermont House of Representatives, HD-C-5WonD+93.6D+63.1+30.5

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Vermont Secretary of State (unofficial)Updated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Seats Evans has held

Source: 99chambers results archive

Who Evans has run against

Source: 99chambers results archive; 2026: Vermont Secretary of State (unofficial)

How we know Evans

One person, matched across every source we use.

Source: Identity links: Wikidata, congress-legislators, Open States, FECUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:51 PM ET