FILE — Republican U.S. Senate candidate Gerald Malloy campaigns, Friday Oct. 28, 2022, in St. Albans, Vt. (AP Photo/Wilson Ring, File)

Campaign signs are displayed along a roadside in Waterbury, Vt., Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

FILE — Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., talks to the media as he walks to the House chamber before President Joe Biden's State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, March 7, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

A sign sits outside the municipal offices in Plainfield, Vt., Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, telling voters where they can cast ballots on Election Day. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Emilie Kornheiser, state rep. for Windham 7 District, takes a photo of Lachlan Francis of Westminster, Vt., outside of the polling station in Brattleboro, Vt., on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Carter Saunders, 3, of Bellows Falls, Vt., puts his grandfather Shawn Jones' ballot into the tabulator at the Rockingham, Vt., polling site on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Clint Gilbert, of Brattleboro, Vt., fills out his ballot at the polling station in Brattleboro on Election Day on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

Voters fill out ballots in the municipal offices in Cabot, Vt., on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)