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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.
Contents
- United States Senator
- Governor
- Lieutenant governor
- Attorney general
- Comptroller of Public Accounts
- Commissioner of the General Land Office
- Commissioner of Agriculture
- Railroad Commissioner
- Texas Supreme Court
- Chief Justice, Unexpired term
- Justice, Place 2
- Justice, Place 4
- Justice, Place 6
- Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term
- Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
- Presiding Judge
- Judge, Place 7
- Judge, Place 8
- Legislative elections
- Texas Senate
- Texas House of Representatives
- State Board of Education
- Member, State Board of Education, District 3
- Member, State Board of Education, District 5
- Member, State Board of Education, District 9
- Member, State Board of Education, District 10
- Member, State Board of Education, District 12
- Member, State Board of Education, District 15
- Courts of Appeal District elections
- 1st Court of Appeals District
- 3rd Court of Appeals District
- 4th Court of Appeals District
- 6th Court of Appeals District
- 13th Court of Appeals District
- 14th Court of Appeals District
- References
- See also
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.
