United States Senate election in Texas, 2006
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| United States Senate election in Texas, 2006 | ||||
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| November 7, 2006 | ||||
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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 | ||
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The United States Senate election for Texas, 2006 was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican from Dallas, was running for re-election for the seat she had held since a 1993 special election, when she had been elected to complete the term of Democrat Lloyd Bentsen, who was retiring to become President Clinton's Secretary of the Treasury. She had since been elected to two full terms, winning in 1994 by a 3-2 margin and in 2000 by a 2-1 margin. The Democratic nominee was Houston attorney Barbara Ann Radnofsky, who had never run for public office and was expected to face an uphill battle in the general election, especially in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994 and against a historically popular Hutchison. Since neither Radnofsky nor her main opponent, Gene Kelly, had received a majority of votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff was held on April 11, 2006, which Radnofsky won. Radnofsky's campaign platform is available on her website. [1] 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, was running as an independent.
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[edit] Candidates
[edit] Republican Party
- Kay Bailey Hutchison, Incumbent - former anchorwoman, business woman, state representative, and state treasurer
[edit] Democratic Party
- Barbara Ann Radnofsky - attorney, mediator, volunteer, teacher
[edit] Former Candidates
- Darrel Reece Hunter
- Gene Kelly - attorney, perennial candidate, and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2000
[edit] Libertarian Party
[edit] General Election
Hutchison co-sponsored legislation supporting the creation of a constitutional amendment that would limit terms for senators, but had been quoted saying that she would only leave after two terms if such a law applied to all senators. After deciding not to challenge Governor Rick Perry this year, as had been widely speculated, Hutchison was running for a third term.
She had no opposition in the 2006 Republican primary, and had approval ratings in the 60 percent range going into the General Election [2], although they have been slipping rapidly.
[edit] Polling
| Source | Date | Hutchison (R) | Radnofsky (D) | Jameson (L) |
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| Polimetrix | November 5, 2006 | 65% | 29% | |
| Zogby Interactive | October 27, 2006 | 55% | 36% | 6% |
| Zogby | October 25, 2006 | 61% | 27% | |
| Rasmussen | October 23, 2006 | 60% | 34% | |
| Zogby Interactive | October 16, 2006 | 60% | 28% | 5% |
| Zogby Interactive | September 25, 2006 | 54% | 30% | |
| Zogby Interactive | September 5, 2006 | 45% | 37% | 7% |
| Rasmussen | August 31, 2006 | 58% | 32% | |
| Zogby Interactive | August 21, 2006 | 55% | 37% | |
| Rasmussen | August 3, 2006 | 61% | 31% | |
| Zogby Interactive | July 19, 2006 | 52% | 37% | |
| Rasmussen | July 13, 2006 | 58% | 31% | |
| Zogby Interactive | June 19, 2006 | 57% | 33% | |
| Rasmussen | May 18, 2006 | 53% | 34% | |
| Zogby Interactive | March 30, 2006 | 60% | 31% | |
| Rasmussen | January 8, 2006 | 64% | 25% |
[edit] Results
| 2006 United States Senate election, Texas | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| 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 | ||||
[edit] External links
- Senator Hutchison's Official Page
- Barbara Radnofsky Campaign
- The Green Papers link on the Texas Midterm Election
- Scott Jameson's Campaign
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| Preceded by 2002 John Cornyn |
Texas U.S. Senate elections 2006 |
Succeeded by 2008 |
