2006 United States Senate election in Texas

2006 United States Senate election in Texas

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Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Barbara Ann Radnofsky Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,661,789 1,555,202 Percentage 61.69% 36.04%

County results Hutchison:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Radnofsky:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

U.S. senator before election Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Elected U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican

The 2006 United States Senate election in Texas was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a third full term, defeating Democrat Barbara Ann Radnofsky.

Campaign

Because no candidate received a majority of votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff was held April 11, 2006. Attorney Barbara Ann Radnofsky prevailed over Gene Kelly. Scott Lanier Jameson won the Libertarian Party nomination at the party's state convention on June 10, 2006, defeating Timothy Wade and Ray Salinas. Arthur W. Loux, a Roman Forest City Councilman and a member of the Minutemen, ran as an independent.^{[ citation needed ]}

Incumbent Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison had co-sponsored legislation supporting a constitutional amendment that would contain senatorial term limits, but stated that she would only leave office after two terms if such limits applied to all senators. ^[1] After deciding not to challenge Governor Rick Perry in a Republican gubernatorial primary, Hutchison sought re-election to the Senate for a third full term. ^[2]

Debate

2006 United States Senate election in Texas debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic	Libertarian
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Kay Bailey Hutchison	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	Scott Jameson
1	Oct. 19, 2006	KLRN Texas League of Women Voters	Yolette Garcia	C-SPAN [3]	P	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [4]	Solid R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [6]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [7]	Safe R	November 6, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Hutchison (R)	Radnofsky (D)
Polimetrix [8]	November 5, 2006	65%	29%
Zogby [9]	October 25, 2006	61%	27%
Rasmussen [10]	October 23, 2006	60%	34%
Rasmussen [11]	August 31, 2006	58%	32%
Rasmussen [12]	August 3, 2006	61%	31%
Rasmussen [13]	July 13, 2006	58%	31%
Rasmussen [14]	May 18, 2006	53%	34%
Rasmussen [15]	January 8, 2006	64%	25%

Results

United States Senate election in Texas, 2006 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchison (incumbent)	2,661,789	61.69	−4.65
	Democratic	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	1,555,202	36.04	+3.69
	Libertarian	Scott Jameson	97,672	2.26	+1.10
Majority			1,106,587	25.7
Turnout			4,314,663
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Newton (Largest city: Newton)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Travis (Largest city: Austin)
• Webb (Largest city: Laredo)

See also

• 2006 United States Senate elections

References

1. Hamilton, Reeve (November 17, 2009). "Working Overtime". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
2. Ramsey, Ross (November 22, 2010). "Kay Será, Será". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
3. C-SPAN
4. "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
5. "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2006. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
6. "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
7. "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
8. Polimetrix
9. Zogby
10. Rasmussen
11. Rasmussen
12. Rasmussen
13. Rasmussen
14. Rasmussen
15. Rasmussen
16. "2006 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. November 7, 2006.

External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Kay Bailey Hutchison
• Barbara Radnofsky
• Scott Jameson
• The Green Papers link on the Texas Midterm Election