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The 2006 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 7 2006. Incumbent Republican turned independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him.Sanders represented Vermont’s at-large House district as an independent (one of very few in Congress) won the Democratic primary and then dropped out to run as an independent. Many Democratic politicians across the country endorsed Sanders as no Democrat was on the ballot.
