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The 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Elections were additionally held for the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Senate, and Texas House.
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held 7 March 2006. In races without a majority, the runoff elections were held on 11 April 2006.
Libertarian candidates were selected at the Texas Libertarian Convention 10 June 2006 in Houston (the Libertarian Party does not use a primary system to select candidates).
Independent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary election, to 11 May 2006) to collect the necessary signatures to secure a place on the ballot. For statewide elections, state law proscribes the collection of one percent of voters casting ballots in the prior gubernatorial election (for 2006, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. If there was a primary runoff for the office an independent candidate is seeking, the petition process shrank to only 30 days, from 12 April (one day after the runoff elections) to 11 May 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Kay Bailey Hutchison (inc.) | 2,661,789 | 61.7 | −3.3 | |
Democratic | Barbara Ann Radnofsky | 1,555,202 | 36.0 | +3.6 | |
Libertarian | Scott Jameson | 97,672 | 2.3 | +1.1 | |
Majority | 1,106,587 | 25.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,314,663 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Rick Perry (incumbent) | 1,716,803 | 39.03 | −18.78 | |
Democratic | Chris Bell | 1,310,353 | 29.79 | −10.17 | |
Independent | Carole Keeton Strayhorn | 797,577 | 18.13 | ||
Independent | Richard "Kinky" Friedman | 546,869 | 12.43 | ||
Libertarian | James Werner | 26,748 | 0.61 | −0.86 | |
Write-in | James "Patriot" Dillon | 718 | 0.02 | ||
Majority | 406,450 | 9.24 | |||
Turnout | 4,399,068 | −3.40 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | David Dewhurst (inc.) | 2,513,530 | 58.19 | ||
Democratic | Maria Luisa Alvarado | 1,617,490 | 37.44 | ||
Libertarian | Judy Baker | 188,206 | 4.35 | ||
Majority | 896,040 | 20.75 | |||
Turnout | 4,319,226 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Incumbent Attorney general Greg Abbott ran for re-election, winning by a 22% margin.
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County results Abbott: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Van Os: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Greg Abbott (inc.) | 2,556,063 | 59.51 | ||
Democratic | David Van Os | 1,599,069 | 37.23 | ||
Libertarian | Jon Roland | 139,668 | 3.25 | ||
Majority | 956,994 | 22.28 | |||
Turnout | 4,294,800 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Susan Combs | 2,547,323 | 59.47 | ||
Democratic | Fred Head | 1,585,362 | 37.01 | ||
Libertarian | Mike Burris | 150,565 | 3.51 | ||
Majority | 961,961 | 22.46 | |||
Turnout | 4,283,250 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Jerry E. Patterson (inc.) | 2,317,554 | 55.13 | ||
Democratic | VaLinda Hathcox | 1,721,964 | 40.96 | ||
Libertarian | Michael A. French | 164,098 | 3.90 | ||
Majority | 595,590 | 14.17 | |||
Turnout | 4,203,616 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
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County results Staples: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Gilbert: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Todd Staples | 2,307,406 | 54.77 | −4.77 | |
Democratic | Hank Gilbert | 1,760,402 | 41.79 | +3.97 | |
Libertarian | Clay Woolam | 144,989 | 3.44 | +2.26 | |
Majority | 547,004 | 12.98 | −8.74 | ||
Turnout | 4,212,797 | −4.85 | |||
Republican hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | Elizabeth Ames Jones (inc.) | 2,269,743 | 54.03 | ||
Democratic | Dale Henry | 1,752,947 | 41.73 | ||
Libertarian | Tabitha Serrano | 177,648 | 4.22 | ||
Majority | 516,796 | 12.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,200,338 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |
Sixteen Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House of Representatives seats are up for election in 2006. The senators and representatives elected in 2006 served in the Eightieth Texas Legislature, while the senators also served in the Eighty-first Texas Legislature.
Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican primary and will be unopposed in the fall election.
In the Texas House of Representatives, 118 of the 150 seats were be contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty races will be uncontested after the primary elections on 7 March 2006; the remaining two will be determined in the primary runoffs on 11 April 2006.
Only contested elections are listed.
Only contested elections are listed.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
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Republican | Bailey C. Moseley | 92,334 | 58.18 |
Democrat | Ben Franks | 66,351 | 41.81 |
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