2006 Texas elections

Last updated

2006 Texas Election
Flag of Texas.svg
 2005November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)2007 

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

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.

United States Senator

2006 United States Senate election, Texas
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison (inc.)2,661,78961.7−3.3
Democratic Barbara Ann Radnofsky 1,555,20236.0+3.6
Libertarian Scott Jameson 97,6722.3+1.1
Majority1,106,58725.7
Turnout 4,314,663
Republican hold Swing

Governor

Texas general election, 2006: Governor [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Rick Perry (incumbent)1,716,80339.03−18.78
Democratic Chris Bell 1,310,35329.79−10.17
Independent Carole Keeton Strayhorn 797,57718.13
Independent Richard "Kinky" Friedman 546,86912.43
Libertarian James Werner26,7480.61−0.86
Write-inJames "Patriot" Dillon7180.02
Majority406,4509.24
Turnout 4,399,068−3.40
Republican hold

Lieutenant governor

2006 election for Lieutenant Governor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican David Dewhurst (inc.)2,513,53058.19
Democratic Maria Luisa Alvarado 1,617,49037.44
Libertarian Judy Baker188,2064.35
Majority896,04020.75
Turnout 4,319,226
Republican hold Swing

Attorney general

Incumbent Attorney general Greg Abbott ran for re-election, winning by a 22% margin.

2006 Texas Attorney General election
Flag of Texas.svg
 2002
2010  
  Greg Abbott crop.jpg
Audacitytexan.jpg
Nominee Greg Abbott David Van Os
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,556,0631,599,069
Percentage59.51%37.23%

2006 TX attorney general election.svg
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%

Attorney General before election

Greg Abbott
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Greg Abbott
Republican

2006 election for Attorney General
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Greg Abbott (inc.)2,556,06359.51
Democratic David Van Os 1,599,06937.23
Libertarian Jon Roland 139,6683.25
Majority956,99422.28
Turnout 4,294,800
Republican hold Swing

Comptroller of Public Accounts

2006 election for Comptroller of Public Accounts
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Susan Combs 2,547,32359.47
Democratic Fred Head 1,585,36237.01
Libertarian Mike Burris 150,5653.51
Majority961,96122.46
Turnout 4,283,250
Republican hold Swing

Commissioner of the General Land Office

2006 election for Commissioner of the General Land Office
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Jerry E. Patterson (inc.)2,317,55455.13
Democratic VaLinda Hathcox 1,721,96440.96
Libertarian Michael A. French 164,0983.90
Majority595,59014.17
Turnout 4,203,616
Republican hold Swing

Commissioner of Agriculture

2006 Texas Agriculture Commissioner election
Flag of Texas.svg
 2002
2010  
 
Nominee Todd Staples Hank Gilbert
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote2,307,4061,760,402
Percentage54.8%41.8%

2006 TX ag comissioner election.svg
County results
Staples:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Gilbert:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Agriculture Commissioner before election

Todd Staples
Republican

Elected Agriculture Commissioner

Todd Staples
Republican

Texas general election, 2006: Texas Commissioner of Agriculture [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Todd Staples 2,307,40654.77−4.77
Democratic Hank Gilbert 1,760,40241.79+3.97
Libertarian Clay Woolam 144,9893.44+2.26
Majority547,00412.98−8.74
Turnout 4,212,797−4.85
Republican hold

Railroad Commissioner

2006 election for Railroad Commissioner
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Elizabeth Ames Jones (inc.)2,269,74354.03
Democratic Dale Henry1,752,94741.73
Libertarian Tabitha Serrano 177,6484.22
Majority516,79612.3
Turnout 4,200,338
Republican hold Swing

Texas Supreme Court

Chief Justice, Unexpired term

Republican
Wallace Jefferson, Incumbent
Libertarian
Tom Oxford
Green (Write-in)
Charles E. Waterbury

Justice, Place 2

Republican
Don Willett, Incumbent
Democrat
William E. Moody
Libertarian
Wade Wilson

Justice, Place 4

Republican
David M. Medina, Incumbent
Libertarian
Jerry Adkins

Justice, Place 6

Republican
Nathan Hecht, Incumbent
Libertarian
Todd Phillipp
Independent (declared)
Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidate
William W. McNeal

Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term

Republican
Phil Johnson, Incumbent
Libertarian
Jay H. Cookingham

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Presiding Judge

Republican
Sharon Keller, Incumbent
Democrat
J.R. Molina

Judge, Place 7

Republican
Barbara Parker Hervey, Incumbent
Libertarian
Quanah Parker

Judge, Place 8

Republican
Charles Holcomb, Incumbent
Libertarian
Dave Howard

Legislative elections

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.

Texas Senate

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.

Texas House of Representatives

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.

State Board of Education

Only contested elections are listed.

Member, State Board of Education, District 3

Republican
Tony Cunningham
Democrat
Rick Agosto

Member, State Board of Education, District 5

Republican
Ken Mercer
Libertarian
Bill Oliver

Member, State Board of Education, District 9

Republican
Don McLeroy, Incumbent
Democrat
Maggie Charleton

Member, State Board of Education, District 10

Republican
Cynthia Dunbar
Libertarian
Martin Thomen

Member, State Board of Education, District 12

Republican
Geraldine "Tincy" Miller, Incumbent
Libertarian
Matthew Havener

Member, State Board of Education, District 15

Republican
Bob Craig, Incumbent
Libertarian
Brandon Stacker

Courts of Appeal District elections

Only contested elections are listed.

1st Court of Appeals District

Place 9

Republican
Elsa Alcala, Incumbent
Democrat
Jim Sharp

3rd Court of Appeals District

Place 2

Republican
Alan Waldrop, Incumbent
Democrat
Jim Sybert Coronado

Place 5

Republican
David Puryear, Incumbent
Democrat
Mina A. Brees

Place 6

Republican
Bob Pemberton, Incumbent
Democrat
Bree Buchanan

4th Court of Appeals District

Place 3

Republican
Rebecca Simmons, Incumbent
Democrat
Richard Garcia, Jr.

Place 4

Republican
Steve Hilbig
Democrat
Dan Pozza

Place 5

Republican
Karen Angelini, Incumbent
Democrat
Lauro A. Bustamante

Place 7

Republican
Phylis Speedlin, Incumbent
Democrat
Eddie DeLaGarza

6th Court of Appeals District

Place 2

Republican
Bailey C. Moseley
Democrat
Ben Franks
PartyCandidateVotes %
RepublicanBailey C. Moseley92,33458.18
DemocratBen Franks66,35141.81

13th Court of Appeals District

Place 2

Democrat
Federico "Fred" Hinojosa, Incumbent
Republican
Rose Vela

14th Court of Appeals District

Place 6

Republican
Richard Edelman, Incumbent
Democrat
Leora T. Kahn

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2004 North Carolina Council of State election</span>

Elections to choose members of the North Carolina Council of State were held on Tuesday, November 2, 2004. The U.S. Presidential election, U.S. House election, U.S. Senate election, the North Carolina General Assembly election, and North Carolina judicial elections were all held on the same day.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Texas gubernatorial election</span>

The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race, with incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman, as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Elections in California</span>

Elections in California are held to fill various local, state and federal seats. In California, regular elections are held every even year ; however, some seats have terms of office that are longer than two years, so not every seat is on the ballot in every election. Special elections may be held to fill vacancies at other points in time. Recall elections can also be held. Additionally, statewide initiatives, legislative referrals and referendums may be on the ballot.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 Georgia state elections</span>

In the 2006 Georgia elections, Incumbent Governor Sonny Perdue, the first Republican Governor of Georgia since reconstruction, was re-elected over then-Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor (D).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware</span>

The 2008 United States House election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Delaware in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress, coinciding with the presidential election. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2008 Pennsylvania elections</span>

Pennsylvania's state elections were held on November 4, 2008. Necessary primary elections were held on April 22.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election</span>

The 2009 Northern Mariana Islands general election were held on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Voters in the Northern Mariana Islands voted for the Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands, 6 seats in the Northern Mariana Islands Senate, all twenty seats in the Northern Mariana Islands House of Representatives, 4 mayors, seats for the municipal council, and seats for the board of education. Additionally, a referendum was held.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Ohio elections</span>

The Ohio general elections, 2010 were held on November 2, 2010, throughout Ohio. Primary elections took place on May 4, 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Texas elections</span>

Elections were held in Texas on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on March 2, 2010.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2011 Louisiana elections</span>

Louisiana's 2011 state elections were held on October 22, 2011, with runoff elections held on November 19. All statewide elected offices were up, as well as all seats in the Louisiana State Legislature.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 United States Senate elections</span>

The 2018 United States Senate elections were held on November 6, 2018. Among the 100 seats, the 33 of Class 1 were contested in regular elections while 2 others were contested in special elections due to Senate vacancies in Minnesota and Mississippi. The regular election winners were elected to 6-year terms running from January 3, 2019, to January 3, 2025. Senate Democrats had 26 seats up for election, while Senate Republicans had 9 seats up for election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 Texas elections</span>

The 2014 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 4, 2014. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on March 4, 2014. Primary runoffs, required if no candidate wins a majority of the vote, were held on May 27, 2014. Elections were also held for the Texas legislature and proposition 1, seeking funds for Texas highways.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 California elections</span>

In California state elections, 2014 was the first year in which the top statewide offices were elected under the nonpartisan blanket primary, pursuant to Proposition 14, which passed with 53% voter approval in June 2010. Under this system, which first went into effect during the 2012 election year, all candidates appear on the same ballot, regardless of party. In the primary, voters may vote for any candidate, regardless of their party affiliation. The top two finishers, regardless of party, then advance to face each other in the general election in November.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Georgia state elections</span>

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Georgia on November 6, 2018. All of Georgia's executive officers were up for election as well as all of Georgia's fourteen seats in the United States House of Representatives. Neither U.S. Senate seat was up for election in 2018. The Republican Party won every statewide office in 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Texas elections</span>

The 2018 general election was held in the U.S. state of Texas on November 6, 2018. All of Texas's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Texas's thirty-six seats in the United States House of Representatives. The Republican and Democratic Parties nominated their candidates by primaries held March 6, 2018. Convention Parties nominated their candidates at a series of conventions. County Conventions held March 17, 2018, District Conventions held March 24, 2018, and a State Convention held April 14, 2018. At the present time there is only one Convention Party in Texas, that is the Libertarian Party. Other parties may seek to achieve ballot access.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 United States gubernatorial elections</span>

United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2022, in 36 states and three territories. As most governors serve four-year terms, the last regular gubernatorial elections for all but two of the seats took place in the 2018 U.S. gubernatorial elections. The gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, as part of the 2022 midterm elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2018 Georgia House of Representatives election</span>

The 2018 Georgia House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Georgia voters elected state representatives in all 180 of the state house's districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Georgia House of Representatives.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Cook County, Illinois, elections</span>

The Cook County, Illinois, general elections were held on November 8, 2022. Primaries were held on June 28, 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Oregon elections</span>

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 8, 2022. Primary elections were held on May 17, 2022.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Oklahoma elections</span>

A general election was held in the state of Oklahoma on Tuesday, November 8, 2022. The primary election was held on Tuesday, June 28, 2022. Runoff primary elections, where necessary, were held on Tuesday, August 23. The candidate filing period was April 13, 2022 to April 15, 2022.

References

  1. 1 2 "2006 General Election". Office of the Secretary of State (Texas). Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2007.

See also