Peter Welch

How to contact Peter Welch

Official website · Contact form

Washington office: 115 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510 · 202-224-4242

State offices:

• 199 Main St., 4th Floor, Burlington, VT 05401 · 802-863-2525

Official accounts: X · Facebook · Instagram · YouTube

The member's official government offices and accounts, from Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain). Calls and messages from constituents usually go to staff, who log them by issue; say you're a constituent and give your town or ZIP.

Where Peter Welch falls, left to right

Moderately left, from their votes in Congress (DW-NOMINATE, Voteview) · Voteview. 17th from the left of 100

Voting record, 119th Congress

Rankings: 68th of 99 (1st = votes with their party most often) · 9th of 99 (1st = most votes missed)

Legislation, 119th Congress

Sponsored 85 bills and resolutions; 0 became law. Most often about agriculture and food, international affairs and energy. 25th of 100 (1st = most bills sponsored)

Most recent

• A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of October 24, 2026, to October 31, 2026, as "Bat Week". September 30, 2026
• Banning Toxics from Plastic Bottles Act of 2026 September 24, 2026
• Supporting Small Affordable Housing Developers Act September 23, 2026

From Congress.gov. Counts bills where they're the primary sponsor.

Committees

• Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
  Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology · Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety · Rural Development, Energy, and Credit (Ranking Member)
• Senate Committee on Finance
  Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure · Health Care
• Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary
  Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights · Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights · Intellectual Property · the Constitution (Ranking Member)

Service

• In the Senate since 2023
• Served in the House from 2007
• Current term ends January 3, 2029
• Born 1947

From Congress's member data (congress-legislators, public domain).

Who gives money to Peter Welch

The political action committees that gave to Peter Welch's campaign, and the groups that forwarded bundled gifts, January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports.

Largest direct PAC givers

1. National Confectioners Association of the United States, Inc. Political Action Committee (CANDY PAC) (FEC) · $10,000
2. Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) PAC · $10,000
3. D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) (FEC) · $6,500
4. National Association of Enrolled Agents Political Action Committee (FEC) · $5,000
5. Ctia - the Wireless Association Political Action Committee (FEC) · $5,000
6. American Property Casualty Insurance Association Political Action Committee (INSURING AMERICA PAC) (FEC) · $5,000
7. Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. Political Action Committee; Aka Dfa-Pac (FEC) · $5,000
8. National Elevator Constructors PAC/ Intn'l Union of Elevator Constructors (NEC PAC) (FEC) · $5,000
9. American Association of Orthodontists Political Action Committee (FEC) · $5,000
10. International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Political Action Together Political Committee (FEC) · $3,500

Largest bundlers

1. JStreetPAC · $6,600
2. National Association of Broadcasters Political Action Committee (NABPAC) · $1,000

From reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Two kinds of money are counted, separately: direct contributions from a PAC's own account to a member's campaign, and bundled (earmarked) gifts: donations from individuals, each earmarked for a particular candidate, that a group collected and forwarded to the campaign. "Received" means the campaign got the money; it doesn't mean the group controls how the member votes. Super PAC spending isn't counted, since it isn't given to a campaign. What's a PAC? · How we count.

Quick answers

Who gives money to Peter Welch?

Peter Welch's campaign raised $589,145 from January 2023 through the latest 2026 reports. $90,312 (15%) came directly from 30 PACs; the largest were National Confectioners Association of the United States, Inc. Political Action Committee (CANDY PAC) ($10,000), the Laborers' International Union of North America ($10,000) and D.r.i.v.e. - Dem, Rep, Ind Voter Ed (THE PAC OF THE INT'L BRHD OF TEAMSTERS) ($6,500). Groups also forwarded $7,600 in bundled gifts from their donors, most from J Street ($6,600) and the National Association of Broadcasters ($1,000). From FEC filings.

How do I contact Peter Welch?

Call the Washington office at 202-224-4242 or the state office (Burlington 802-863-2525), or write through the official website, https://www.welch.senate.gov.

Is Peter Welch liberal or conservative?

By voting record, Peter Welch is moderately left: a DW-NOMINATE score of -0.40 on a scale from −1 (left) to +1 (right), from every roll-call vote in the 119th Congress (Voteview, UCLA); 17th from the left of 100 senators.

How often does Peter Welch vote with their party, and miss votes?

Peter Welch voted with their party on 96.9% of 799 party-line votes and missed 5.8% of 915 roll-call votes in the 119th Congress (Voteview).

What bills has Peter Welch passed?

Peter Welch sponsored 85 bills and resolutions in the 119th Congress; 0 became law (Congress.gov).

How much PAC money has Peter Welch received?

$90,312 directly from 30 PACs since January 2023, plus $7,600 in bundled gifts that groups forwarded.

What is a PAC?

A political action committee: a group registered with the Federal Election Commission that raises money and spends it on elections, including by giving to candidates. Corporations, labor unions, trade associations and membership groups can sponsor one, which may raise money only from people tied to the sponsor (its employees, members or shareholders, for example). Independent (nonconnected) PACs can raise from the public, and many politicians have a leadership PAC to give to other candidates. In 2025–26 a PAC that gives to several candidates can give each one up to $5,000 per election.

What is a super PAC?

A committee that can raise unlimited sums from individuals, corporations, unions and other PACs, but only to spend independently: ads and other activity not coordinated with a campaign. It doesn't give to campaigns, so super PAC money isn't in the PAC totals here.

What is a bundled (earmarked) donation?

A donation from an individual that a group collects and passes on to the candidate it's earmarked for. Under federal rules it counts as that individual's own contribution (up to $3,500 per election in 2025–26), and the campaign reports it as earmarked through the group. It's separate from the PAC's own direct contributions.