2006 Oklahoma elections

2006 Oklahoma elections

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The Oklahoma state elections were held on November 7, 2006. The primary election was held on July 25. The runoff primary election was held August 22. ^[1] The 2006 elections marked the first time in 80 years that the Republican Party gained a majority of seats in the Oklahoma House of Representatives.

Overview

Executive Branch Before Election Office Current Officer Party Governor Brad Henry Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mary Fallin Republican State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan Democratic Attorney General Drew Edmondson Democratic State Treasurer Scott Meacham Democratic State School Superintendent Sandy Garrett Democratic Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau Republican Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland Democratic Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony Republican Legislature Before Election House Democrats Republicans Oklahoma Senate 26 [2] 22 Oklahoma House of Representatives 44 57

Executive Branch After Election Office Current Officer Party Governor Brad Henry Democratic Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins Democratic State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan Democratic Attorney General Drew Edmondson Democratic State Treasurer Scott Meacham Democratic State School Superintendent Sandy Garrett Democratic Labor Commissioner Lloyd Fields Democratic Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland Democratic Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony Republican Legislature After Election House Democrats Republicans Oklahoma Senate 24 24 Oklahoma House of Representatives 44 57

Governor

Main article: 2006 Oklahoma gubernatorial election

In the Democratic primary, incumbent Brad Henry defeated challenger Andrew Marr 86% to 14%. In the Republican primary, Ernest Istook defeated Bob Sullivan, Jim Williamson, and Sean Evanoff. Istook took 54.7% of the vote, Sullivan 31%, Williamson 9.8%, and Evanoff 4.6%.

In the general election, Henry defeated challenger Istook with 66% of the vote to remain in office for the next four years.

Lieutenant Governor

Results by county:

  Askins

•   40–50%
•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Hiett

•   40–50%
    50–60%
•   60–70%

With incumbent Mary Fallin not running for reelection as the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma, a new Lieutenant Governor was guaranteed.

Primary election

The candidates for the parties faced on in the primary election on July 25. If no party received more than 50% of the vote, a runoff election was held on August 22 to decide the winner.

Candidates

There were three candidates in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor.

Candidate		Votes	%
Primary
	Todd Hiett	76,634	42.82%
	Scott Pruitt	60,367	33.73%
	Nancy Riley	41,984	23.46%
Runoff
	Todd Hiett	66,220	50.92%
	Scott Pruitt	63,817	49.08%

There were four candidates in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor.

Candidate		Votes	%
Primary
	Jari Askins	103,515	40.22%
	Pete Regan	74,784	29.05%
	Cal Hobson	46,768	18.17%
	Jim Rogers	32,336	12.56%
Runoff
	Jari Askins	95,096	53.81%
	Pete Regan	81,626	46.19%

General election

In the general election, Democratic primary winner Jari Askins faced the Republican primary winner Todd Hiett. Also, E. Z. Million ran as an Independent.

Candidate		Votes	%
	Jari Askins	463,681	50.14%
	Todd Hiett	439,339	47.51%
	E. Z. Million	21,682	2.34%

State Auditor and Inspector

2006 Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010  →

Nominee Jeff McMahan Gary Jones Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 469,311 438,778 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%

County results McMahan:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Jones:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

State Auditor and Inspector before election Jeff McMahan Democratic Elected State Auditor and Inspector Jeff McMahan Democratic

Incumbent State Auditor Jeff McMahan was re-elected to a second term over Gary Jones, who he had defeated in 2002. McMahan resigned in 2008, halfway through his term, due to charges of corruption. Fellow Democrat Steve Burrage was appointed to serve out the rest of McMahan's term.

Candidate		Votes	%
	Jeff McMahan	469,311	51.68%
	Gary Jones	438,778	48.32%

Attorney General

Results by county:

  Edmondson

•   50–60%
•   60–70%
•   70–80%

  Dunn

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

Candidate		Votes	%
	Drew Edmondson	563,364	61.19%
	James Dunn	357,267	38.81%

State Treasurer

2006 Oklahoma state treasurer election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →

Nominee Scott Meacham Howard Barnett Jr. Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 542,347 371,961 Percentage 59.3% 40.7%

County results Meacham:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Barnett:     50–60%     60–70%

State Treasurer before election Scott Meacham Democratic Elected State Treasurer Scott Meacham Democratic

State treasurer Robert Butkin was re-elected to a third term in 2002. However, in 2005 Butkin resigned. Democrat Scott Meacham was appointed by Governor Brad Henry to fill the rest of the term. Meacham sought and was elected to a full term, defeating former Oklahoma Secretary of Commerce Howard Barnett Jr..

Candidate		Votes	%
	Scott Meacham	542,347	59.32%
	Howard Barnett	371,961	40.68%

Superintendent of Public Instruction

2006 Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010  →

Nominee Sandy Garrett Bill Crozier Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 576,304 343,900 Percentage 62.6% 37.4%

County results Garrett:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Crozier:      50–60%

Superintendent of Public Instruction before election Sandy Garrett Democratic Elected Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Sandy Garrett won re-election to her fifth term, taking 62.6% of the vote. Garrett won all but three counties in the state, only losing the heavily conservative panhandle counties.

Main article: Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction

Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Sandy Garrett	576,304	62.63
	Republican	Bill Crozier	343,900	37.37
Turnout			920,204	100.00

Commissioner of Labor

2006 Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →

Nominee Lloyd Fields Brenda Reneau Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 456,446 453,720 Percentage 50.15% 49.85%

County results Fields:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Reneau:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Commissioner of Labor before election Brenda Reneau Republican Elected Commissioner of Labor Lloyd Fields Democratic

Main article: Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor

Incumbent Commissioner of labor Brenda Reneau ran for re-election, but was narrowly defeated by Democrat Lloyd Fields. With a margin of .2%, this was the closest statewide election.

Oklahoma Commissioner of Labor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lloyd Fields	456,446	50.15
	Republican	Brenda Reneau (incumbent)	453,720	49.85
Turnout			910,166	100.00

Insurance Commissioner

2006 Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010  →

Nominee Kim Holland Bill Case Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 474,221 437,081 Percentage 52.04% 47.96%

County results Holland:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Case:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Insurance Commissioner before election Kim Holland Democratic Elected Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland Democratic

Main article: Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner

Incumbent Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland ran for her first full term after being appointed to the position in 2005 by Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry. She defeated Republican candidate Bill Case with 52% of the vote to Case's 48%. As of the 2022 election, this is the last time a Democrat was elected as Oklahoma's Insurance Commissioner.

Candidate		Votes	%
	Kim Holland	474,221	52.04%
	Bill Case	437,081	47.96%

Corporation Commissioner

2006 Oklahoma Corporate Commissioner seat 2 election

← 2000 November 7, 2006 2012 →

Nominee Bob Anthony Cody Graves Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 536,341 378,030 Percentage 58.7% 41.3%

County results Anthony:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Graves:      50–60%     60–70%

Commissioner before election Bob Anthony Republican Elected Commissioner Bob Anthony Republican

Incumbent Republican Bob Anthony was re-elected to a six year term.

Candidate		Votes	%
	Bob Anthony	536,341	58.66%
	Cody Graves	378,030	41.34%

U.S. Representatives

Main article: 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

Candidate		Votes	%
District 1
	John Sullivan	116,914	63.64%
	Alan Gentges	56,721	30.87%
	Bill Wortman	10,083	5.49%
District 2
	Dan Boren	122,320	73.73%
	Patrick K. Miller	45,853	27.27%
District 3
	Frank D. Lucas	128,021	67.46%
	Sue Barton	61,740	32.54%
District 4
	Tom Cole	118,246	64.61%
	Hal Spake	64,766	35.39%
District 5
	Mary Fallin	108,914	60.38%
	David Hunter	67,275	37.30%
	Matthew Woodson	4,195	2.33%

State representatives

Candidate Votes % District 4   Mike Brown 6,284 82.48%   Matthew R. Jones 1,335 17.52% District 6   Chuck Hoskin 6,333 60.95%   Wayland Smalley 4,057 39.05% District 10   Steve Martin 4,774 53.87%   Kent Jeter 4,077 46.13% District 14   George Faught 4,774 53.77%   Jeff Potts 4,104 46.23% District 15   Ed Cannaday 6,675 77.17%   Ray Bond 1,975 22.83% District 20   Paul D. Roan 5,260 59.65%   Johnny Sandmann 3,588 40.35% District 23   Sue Tibbs 3,912 54.81%   Steve Gallo 3,226 45.19% District 25   Todd Thomsen 4,798 50.01%   Darrell E. Nemecek 4,796 49.99% District 26   Kris Steele 5,315 63.47%   Joe Freeman 3,095 36.53% District 27   Shane Jett 5,347 60.51%   Ken Etchieson 3,490 39.49% District 28   Ryan Dean Kiesel 5,454 63.86%   Billy Choate 3,087 36.14% District 29   Skye McNiel 5,038 51.32%   Kathryn S. Thompson 4,778 48.68% District 30   Mark McCullough 5,151 54.79%   Melinda Johnson Ryan 4,251 45.21% District 31   Jason Murphey 6,544 57.12%   Thomas R. Cook 4,913 42.88% District 32   Danny Morgan 7,705 71.59%   Carl Randall 3,058 28.41% District 33   Lee R. Denney '5,976 70.01%   Chad Swanson 2,560 29.99% District 35   Rex Duncan 6,572 67.14%   Joe Vickers 3,216 32.86% District 36   Scott N. Bighorse 4,828 52.94%   Eddie Fields 4,291 47.06% District 37   Kenn Luttrell 5,184 55.71%   Stan Paynter 4,122 44.29% District 40   Mike Jackson 6,120 73.14%   Pierce Jones 2,247 26.86% District 41   John T. Enns 8,730 71.00%   Carol Ruth 3,566 29.00% District 43   Colby Schwartz 6,902 64.66%   Earline Smaistrla 3,773 35.34% District 44   Bill Nations 6,023 72.37%   Gary D. Caissie 2,299 27.63 District 45   Wallace Collins 5,359 50.42%   Thad Balkman 5,270 49.58% District 46   Scott Martin 7,680 60.50%   Tom Robinson 5,014 39.50%

Candidate Votes % District 49   Terry M. Hyman 5,307 63.28   Bettie D. Johnson 3,079 36.72% District 50   Dennis Johnson 5,623 52.46%   Melvin Jones 5,095 47.54% District 53   Randy Terrill 6,783 64.18%   Troy Green 3,786 35.82% District 55   Ryan McMullen 6,262 67.01%   Charlie Wieland 3,083 32.99% District 59   Rob Johnson 5,842 53.31%   Richie Oakes 4,399 40.14% District 62   T.W. Shannon 3,845 58.32%   Janice Drewry 2,748 41.68% District 64   Ann Coody 3,791 65.96%   Larry Jordan Jefferson 1,956 34.04% District 69   Fred Jordan 8,119 75.48%   Cory N. Spogogee 2,638 24.52% District 70   Ron Peters 8,334 66.31%   Mike Workman 4,234 33.69% District 74   David Derby 6,476 57.45%   Wayne Guevara 4,352 38.61%   Bob Batterbee 445 3.95% District 77   Eric Proctor 3,386 51.66%   Mark Liotta 3,169 51.66% District 78   Jeannie McDaniel 5,378 53.13%   Jesse Guardiola 4,745 46.87% District 80   Ron Peterson 7,287 71.25%   Kimberly Fobbs 2,940 28.75 District 83   Randy McDaniel 7,763 65.93%   Ed Holzberger 3,354 28.48%   George S. Farha 658 5.59% District 85   David Dank 6,410 50.50%   Jennifer Seal 6,282 49.50% District 87   Trebor Worthen 4,752 51.52%   Dana Orwig 4,472 48.48% District 92   Richard D. Morrissette 3,209 62.40%   Michael Starega 1,934 37.60% District 93   Al Lindley 2,823 50.77%   Mike Christian 2,737 49.23% District 94   Scott Inman 4,269 54.20%   Rex Barrett 3,607 45.80% District 95   Charlie Joyner 4,347 56.26%   Lee Roy Tucker 3,380 43.74% District 96   Lance Cargill 8,542 67.84%   Abe Warren 4,050 32.16% District 98   John Trebilcock 6,582 66.86%   Rae Weese 3,262 33.14% District 99   Anastasia Pittman 4,886 76.85%   Willard Linzy 1,166 18.34%   J.M. Branum 306 4.81%

State senate

Candidate Votes % District 2   Sean Burrage 13,672 57.9%   Ami Shafer 9,924 42.06% District 4   Kenneth Corn 12,588 78.40%   Thomas E. Lannigan 3,469 21.60% District 10   Joe Sweeden 11,770 58.48%   Jamie Marie Sears 8,358 41.52% District 12   Brian Bingman 10,665 52.65%   John Mark Young 9,593 47.35% District 16   John Sparks 10,986 58.28%   Ron Davis 7,871 41.74% District 18   Mary Easley 10,075 53.28%   Mark Wofford 8,835 46.72% District 22   Mike Johnson 16,271 68.76%   Tom Gibson 7,392 31.24%

Candidate Votes % District 24   Anthony Sykes 12,512 51.01%   Daisy Lawler 12,018 48.99% District 26   Tom Ivester 9,383 50.74%   Todd Russ 9,110 49.26% District 32   Randy Bass 7,827 63.34%   Ed Peterson 4,530 36.66% District 34   Randy Brogdon 11,844 60.65%   James S. Ward 7,686 39.35% District 36   Bill Brown 11,770 64.56%   Dennis Weese 6,461 35.44% District 38   Mike Schulz 11,371 63.65%   Josh Woods 6,495 36.35%

Judicial

District Judges

Candidate Votes % District 7, Office 1, Division 1 Kenneth Watson 7,516 57.78% Malcolm Savage 5,492 42.22% District 7, Office 10, Division 2 Bill Graves 24,934 53.42% Susan Caswell 21,742 46.58% District 7, Office 12, Division 4 Carolyn Ricks 35,163 71.1% Kenneth Linn 14,292 28.90% District 14, Office 4, Division 4 Dama Cantrell 14,804 62.22% James Caputo 8,990 3778% District 14, Office 8, Division 5 Gregg Graves 9,738 39.9% P. Thomas Thornbrugh 14,666 60.1%

Candidate Votes % District 4, Office 3 John Camp 13,797 36.59% Dennis Hladik 23,913 63.41% District 7, Office 7 Pat Crawly 69,175 48.82% Vicki Robertson 72,507 51.18% District 12, Office 2 Dale Marlar 17,233 49.76% Dynda Post 17,402 50.24% District 14, Office 1 Cliff Smith 54,113 46.31% William Kellough 62,734 53.69% District 14, Office 10 Mary Fitzgerald 67,438 57.02% Deirdre Dexter 50,825 42.98% District 14, Office 13 Deborah Shallcross 82,760 67.58% Jonathan Sutton 39,702 32.42% District 15, Office 3 John Sawney 20,246 42.27% Jeff Payton 27,647 57.73% District 16, Office 1 Danita Williams 7,743 50.46% Marion Dale Fry 7,601 49.54% District 24, Office 1 Dale Ray Gardner 10,808 41.17% Douglas Golden 15,445 58.83%% District 24, Office 5 Curt Allen 10,754 40.73% Mike Claver 15,648 59.27%

Associate District Judges

Candidate Votes % Alfalfa County Loren Angle 1,505 74.47% David Cullen 516 25.53% Choctaw County James Wolfe 2,047 54.48% Sue Buck 1,710 45.52% Cotton County Michael Flanagan 1,041 52.58% Mark Clark 939 47.42% Delaware County Traci Cain 2,409 27.07% Barry Denney 6,490 72.93% Dewey County Roger Foster 862 48.42% Rick Bozarth 918 51.57% Grady County James Brunson 5,191 43.73% John Herndon 6,680 56.27% Jefferson County Jon Tom Staton 1,198 69.45% William Eakin 527 30.55% Kingfisher County Susie Pritchett 2,711 57.34% E.A. Ard Gates 2,017 42.66% Lincoln County Sheila Kirk 5,826 59.26% Craig Key 4,006 40.74% McClain County Suzanna Woodrow 4,634 49.85% Charles Gray 4,661 50.15%

Candidate Votes % McIntosh County Jim Pratt 3,269 58.3%' Cindy Dawson 2,338 41.7% Marshall County Millicent McClure Watson 1,151 35.27% Richard Miller 2,112 64.73% Oklahoma County Richard Kirby 71,226 51.64% Nan Patton 66,708 48.38% Okmulgee County Cynthia Pickering 3,048 34.44% Duane Woodliff 5,801 65.56% Pontotoc County James R Rob Neal 4,270 46.73% Martha Kilgore 4,868 53.27% Tulsa County Caroline Wall 57,505 49.56% Dana Kuehn 58,529 50.44% Washington County Kevin Buchanan 6,953 49.04% Russell Vaclaw 7,225 50.96%

State Questions

SQ 724

This measure amends Article V, Section 21 of the State Constitution. That Section deals with State pay to legislators. The amendment restricts State pay to some legislators. The pay restriction would apply to some legislators while in jail or prison. The pay restriction would apply to legislators found guilty of a crime. It would also apply to legislators who plead either guilty or no contest. Affected legislators must return any State pay received for time while in jail or prison.

For - 87.78%
Against - 12.22%

SQ 725

This measure amends the State Constitution. It amends Section 23 of Article 10. The measure deals with the Constitutional Reserve Fund also known as the Rainy Day Fund. The measure allows money to be spent from the Rainy Day Fund. The purpose of the authorized spending is to retain employment for state residents by helping at-risk manufacturers. Payments from the Fund would be used to encourage such manufacturers to make investments in Oklahoma. All such payments from the Fund must be unanimously approved by three State officers. Those officers are the Governor and the head of the Senate and House of Representatives. Those officers could only approve payments recommended by an independent committee. Such spending is allowed in years when there is Eighty Million Dollars or more in the Fund and other conditions are met. Such spending is limited to Ten Million Dollars a year. The help given to a manufacturer is limited to ten percent of its in-State capital investments. The Legislature could make laws to carry out the amendment.

For - 53.58%
Against - 46.42%

SQ 733

State Question 733

Oklahoma Repeal of Ban on Sale of Alcoholic Beverages on Election Day
Results
Choice Votes  % Yes 461,615 52.52% No 417,377 47.48% Total votes 878,992 100.00%
Yes   50–60% No   60–70%   50–60%
Source: Oklahoma State Election Board

This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends Article 28. This Article deals with sales of alcoholic beverages. Section 6 of Article 28 bans the sale of alcoholic beverages by package stores on certain days. Package store sales of these beverages are prohibited on election days while the polls are open. This measure would remove the ban on sales on election days. If this measure passes, package stores could sell alcoholic beverages on election days.

For - 52.52%
Against - 47.48%

SQ 734

This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends Section 6A of Article 10. This section provides an exemption from property tax. The exemption applies to goods that are shipped into the state, but which do not remain in the state for more than ninety days. This is sometimes known as the freeport exemption. This measure would allow laws to be enacted. The laws could provide for an application process to claim this exemption. The laws could require the application to be filed by a certain date. The laws could require certain information to be included with the application. The application would be filed with the county assessor.

For - 63.10%
Against - 36.90%

See also

• Government of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma House of Representatives
• Oklahoma Senate
• Politics of Oklahoma
• Oklahoma Congressional Districts
• 2006 Oklahoma Senate election

References

1. 2006 Election Results, Oklahoma State Election Board (accessed May 8, 2013)
2. A special election occurred in May before the election, where Republican [Mike Schulz] won a senate seat from the Democrats, cutting the Democratic margin in the chamber to 2. In August, however, State Senator Nancy Riley switched parties from Republican to Democrat, moving the margin back to 4 in the chamber.

External links

• Oklahoma State Election Board