Vermont’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy is heading back to Washington for his eighth term.
Leahy, the longest-serving member of the Senate, easily won re-election today over Republican challenger Scott Milne.
Milne, a travel industry executive, had focused his low-budget campaign on saying Leahy had been in Washington too long. He was a political newcomer two years ago when he nearly upset incumbent Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin.
When Leahy was first elected to the Senate in 1974, he was the first Democrat to represent the state in the Senate.
He focused his campaign on his experience and his ability to help Vermont residents.