The Green Papers: 2006 Midterm Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 2006 Governor's Chairs
by State

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2006 are marked as such.

Friday May 26, 2006: The United States Senate confirmed Governor Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho as Secretary of the Interior by a vote of 85 yeas, 8 nays and 7 not voting. Governor Kempthorne was first elected Governor of Idaho in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He served in U.S. Senate (elected: 1992) and was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Secretary of the Interior on 16 March 2006. Upon the confirmation of Governor Kempthorne, Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch (Republican) ascended to the position of Governor of Idaho. Mr. Risch was was first elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2002 and was renominated for Lieutenant Governor in the 23 May 2006 Republican Primary.

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Alabama  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in 12,012 0.96% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian; Marijuana) 235 0.02% Loretta Nall
Total 1,250,401 100.00%  

Alaska  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in; (Veterans Party of America)     Ted Gianoutsos
for Lt. Governor: Fran Gianoutsos
Total 205,042 100.00%  

Arizona  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: The Governor can not serve for more than 8 years
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in     Authur Ray Arvizu
  Candidate Write-in     Robert B. Winn
  Candidate Write-in     Brian "Mr. Wright" Wright
Total 1,156,609 100.00%  

Arkansas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in     Michael Jones
  Candidate Write-in     Gene Mason
Total 759,918 100.00%  

California  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 219 0.00% Robert C. Newman, II
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 46 0.00% James E. Harris
  Candidate Write-in 43 0.00% Donald “Dr. Don" Etkes
  Candidate Write-in 36 0.00% Elisha Shapiro
  Candidate Write-in 18 0.00% Vibert Greene
Alternate names: Vib Greene; Vibrent Greene; Vibert Greene
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% Dealphria Christina Tarver
Alternate names: Dee Tarver; DeAlphria Christina; DeAlphria Tarver; "Phri"
    Write-in     Mary "Mary Carey" Cook - apparently not a candidate
Dropped out 23 October 2006 to be with her ailing mother. Ms. Cook's mother is is in a Ft. Lauderdale hospital in critical condition after jumping off a four-story building.
Total 8,679,416 100.00%  

Colorado  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     Gary Cooper
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     Darla Herold
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican)     Charles Walter "Chuck" Sylvester, Jr.
for Lt. Governor: Ronita Marlene "Roni" Sylvester
Total 1,384,905 100.00%  

Florida  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 76 0.00% Omari Musa
for Lt. Governor: Ellen Brickley
  Candidate Write-in 53 0.00% C.C. Reed
For Lt. Governor: Mr. T
  Candidate Write-in 18 0.00% Piotr Blass
for Lt. Governor: Jinamarie Gallo
  Candidate Write-in     Wilfredo Papa-Roqui Maneiro, II
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Party USA)     Atlee David Yarrow
for Lt. Governor: Tyrone Adams
Total 4,829,270 100.00%  

Georgia  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party) 52 0.00% William Arth
  Candidate Write-in 21 0.00% David C. Byrne
Total 2,122,258 100.00%  

Illinois  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 19,272 0.55% Randall C. Stufflebeam
for Lt. Governor: Randy A. White.
Failed to submit the requisite number of petition signatures. Will run as a write-in. Vote total includes votes for Mr. Stufflebeam and Mr. White.
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian) 476 0.01% Mark Robert McCoy
  Candidate Write-in 249 0.01% Timothy Ross Nieukirk
For Lt. Governor: Garrett Casey "Casey" DeFauw.
Vote total includes votes for Mr. Nieukirk and Mr. DeFauw.
  Candidate Write-in 134 0.00% Angel L. Rivera
  Candidate Write-in 129 0.00% Albert "Barney" Sloan
  Candidate Write-in 98 0.00% Mike Shorten
  Candidate Write-in 81 0.00% Jack L. "Captain" Spani
  Candidate Write-in 76 0.00% Kevin J. Bognar
  Candidate Write-in 39 0.00% Marvin J. Koch, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in 29 0.00% Joseph S. Krug
  Candidate Write-in 16 0.00% David Louis The Christ Sito
  Candidate Write-in 6 0.00% Barry Newman
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% William Miller
Total 3,486,671 100.00%  

Maine  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in     Bruce A. Fleming
  Candidate Write-in     Alex Hammer
Independent
Total 544,573 100.00%  

Maryland  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in 1,053 0.06% Other Write-Ins
  Candidate Write-in     Ralph Jaffe
for Lt. Governor: Freda Jaffe
  Candidate Write-in     John J. Simmins
for Lt. Governor: Michael T. Hargadon
  Candidate Write-in     Charles Ulysses Smith
for Lt. Governor: Aaron Keith Wilkes
Total 1,651,259 100.00%  

Minnesota  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in 944 0.04% Write-In
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% David W. Hinkley
for Lt. Governor: Patricia Olson
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Murphy Wentworth
for Lt. Governor: Lucy Amell
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Nelson F. Gonzalez
for Lt. Governor: Tom Baumann
Total 2,204,956 100.00%  

New Hampshire  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006. Term Limit: None. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian) 323 0.08% Richard B. Kahn
Failed to obtain the requisite number of signatures to obtain ballot access.
Total 404,003 100.00%  

New York  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in     William E. "Bill" Murawski
for Lt. Governor: Donald Winkfield.
Ballot line: "Voice of the People". (Note: "Voice of the People" petitions have been rejected.)
Total 4,701,065 100.00%  

Ohio  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Write-in     Larry Bays
for Lt. Governor: Debra K. Fries
  Candidate Write-in     James "Jim" Lundeen
for Lt. Governor: Kevin Becker.
Running as a write-in candidate after failing to submit the necessary number of signatures for ballot access as an Independent candidate.
Total 3,820,795 100.00%  

Pennsylvania  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     Russ Diamond
  Candidate Write-in; (Socialist Workers Party)     Osborne Hart
for Lt. Governor: Tony Lane
  Candidate Write-in; (Green)     Marakay Rogers
for Lt. Governor: Christina Valente
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian)     Ronald Satz
for Lt. Governor: Karen Simons
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution)     Hagan Smith
for Lt. Governor: William Kane
Total 4,096,077 100.00%  

Texas  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Write-in     James "Patriot" Dillon
Total 4,393,877 100.00%  

Wisconsin  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic
  Candidate Write-in; (Libertarian)     Roy Leyendecker
Total 2,153,859 100.00%  

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic
  Democratic-Farmer Labor
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Green
  Green-Rainbow
  Libertarian
  Pacific Green
  Reform
Other Third Parties
  Alaskan Independence
  American
  American Constitution
  American Independent
  Concerned Citizens
  Conservative
  Constitution
  Independence
  Independent American
  Liberty Union
  Marijuana
  Nebraska
  Peace And Freedom
  Populist
  Quit Raising Taxes
  Rent is too High
  Right to Life
  Socialist Party USA
  Socialist Workers Party
  U.S. Taxpayers
  Veterans Party of America
  Working Families
Independents
  By Petition
  Independent
  No Party Affiliation
  Unaffiliated
  Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates
  Scattering
  Write-in
 

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.


 


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