2006 West Virginia Senate election

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2006 West Virginia Senate elections
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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority party
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Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Vic Sprouse
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since19951998
Leader's seat SD 7 SD 8
Seats before2113
Seats after2311
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 2
Popular vote301,122172,007
Percentage63.6%36.4%
Seats up116
Seats won134
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WV Senate Election by partisan lean, 2006.svg
Holds and gains
     Democratic gain     Democratic hold
     Republican hold
Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

The 2006 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, to elect members to the 78th and 79th Legislature. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms. [1] The election took place concurrently with the U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections. The Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates and picked up 2 seats held by Republicans, retaining their supermajority. [2] While President George W. Bush won the state in the previous presidential election, Democrats did well across the country and the state in a year described as a blue wave. [3]

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Summary

Summary of the 2006 West Virginia Senate election results [4]
PartyCandidatesVotes %Seats
Before [2] UpWonAfter+/–
Democratic 16301,12263.6%21111323Increase2.svg 2
Republican 13172,00736.4%136411Decrease2.svg 2
Write-in 102nil0000Steady2.svg
Total473,231100%341734Steady2.svg
Popular vote
Democratic
 
63.6%
Republican
 
36.4%
Write-in
 
nil%
Seats won
Democratic
 
76.5%
Republican
 
23.5%
Total senate seats
Democratic
 
67.7%
Republican
 
32.3%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Rothenberg [5] Safe DNovember 4, 2006

SD 1

2006 West Virginia SD 1 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Edwin Bowman (incumbent) 17,889 69.9
Republican George Village7,69030.1
Total votes25,579 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 2

2006 West Virginia SD 2 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Larry Edgell (incumbent) 17,009 64.9
Republican Wayne Weber9,18435.1
Total votes26,193 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 3

2006 West Virginia SD 3 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican J. Frank Deem (incumbent) 19,930 99.5
Write-in 920.5
Total votes20,022 100.0
Republican hold

SD 4

2006 West Virginia SD 4 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Hall 17,438 51.9
Democratic Jim Lees16,13548.1
Total votes33,573 100.0
Republican hold

SD 5

2006 West Virginia SD 5 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Evan Jenkins (incumbent) 16,502 64.1
Republican Thomas Scott9,25735.9
Total votes25,759 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 6

2006 West Virginia SD 6 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic H. Truman Chafin (incumbent) 14,621 100.0
Total votes14,621 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 7

2006 West Virginia SD 7 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Ron Stollings 16,437 77.2
Republican Larry Lyons4,86522.8
Total votes21,302 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

2006 West Virginia SD 8 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Erik Wells 31,073 58.1
Republican Mark Plants22,40841.9
Total votes53,481 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 9

2006 West Virginia SD 9 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Green 12,109 55.7
Republican Russ Weeks (incumbent)9,62844.3
Total votes21,737 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 10

2006 West Virginia SD 10 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jesse Guills (incumbent) 12,590 51.5
Democratic Frederick Parker11,84948.5
Total votes24,439 100.0
Republican hold

SD 11

2006 West Virginia SD 11 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Randy White (incumbent) 12,991 52.7
Republican Pete Sigler11,67947.3
Total votes24,670 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 12

2006 West Virginia SD 12 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Joe Minard (incumbent) 22,218 100.0
Total votes22,218 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 13

2006 West Virginia SD 13 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mike Oliverio (incumbent) 25,060 100.0
Total votes25,060 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

2006 West Virginia SD 14 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dave Sypolt 16,057 52.8
Democratic Craig Rotruck14,33447.2
Write-in 10nil
Total votes30,401 100.0
Republican hold

SD 15

2006 West Virginia SD 15 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Walt Helmick (Incumbent) 21,509 99.6
Write-in 920.4
Total votes21,601 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 16

2006 West Virginia SD 16 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Unger (Incumbent) 19,640 64.7
Republican Jerry Mays10,72935.3
Total votes30,369 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 17

2006 West Virginia SD 17 general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brooks McCabe (Incumbent) 31,746 60.7
Republican Ann Calvert20,55239.3
Total votes52,298 100.0
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ Holmes, Darrell (2003). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 84 ed.). p. 776. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Holmes, Darrell (2007). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 89 ed.). p. 484. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ↑ Langer, Gary; Sussman, Dalia; Craighill, Peyton; Morin, Rich; Hartman, Brian; Shapiro, Bob (November 8, 2006). "Much-Diminished GOP Absorbs the Voters' Ire". ABC News . Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  4. ↑ Holmes, Darrell (2007). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 89 ed.). p. 797. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  5. ↑ Jacobson, Louis (November 4, 2006). "State Legislature Ratings". www.insideelections.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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