(CNN)Becca Balint won Vermont's only House seat, the CNN Project Democratic primary, Let be voter turnout. She's on her way to becoming the first woman to represent a state in Congress.
However, Balint's success in claiming a progressive mantle in the contest, in which there were few noticeable policy differences between the leading candidates, contributed to his success. likely did. Among major voters who tend to lean further left than the average Vermont Democrat.
"Our high voter turnout was about 25%. So we're not talking about real representatives of the Democratic Party in Vermont," said Castleton University and Vermont. of Rich Her Clark said. Polls, the eve of the primary election. "Most interested (voters decide who wins) and they tend to be on the progressive side."
In the November general election, he ran to fill Leahy's seat in the Senate. Balint will be joining as the overwhelming front-runner, as Rep. Peter Welch, who is currently in office, vacates the seat. It was the first Democratic House primary without an incumbent since 2006, when Sanders gave up his seat to run for Senate in Vermont.