The Green Papers: 2006 Midterm Election
 
Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm 109th Congress
(2005-2006)
House Seats by State

This is a list of the current House seats and the incumbents occupying them. All 435 of these seats are up for election on 7 November 2006.

There have been 1 death, 6 resignations, and 0 changes of party affiliation in the 109th House.

  • 1 January 2005 - Congressman Robert T. "Bob" Matsui - Democrat - California CD 5 passed away at the age of 63.
  • 8 March 2005 - Special Election - California CD 5. Doris Matsui (Democrat), the wife of the late Congressman Robert T. "Bob" Matsui, is elected to fill the vacant seat.
  • 29 April 2005 - Congressman Rob Portman - Republican - Ohio CD 2. The U.S. Senate confirmed the nomination of Congressman Portman as U.S. Trade Representative. Congressman Portman issued a letter of resignation from his House Seat effective 29 April 2005.
  • 2 August 2005 - Special Electon - Ohio CD 2. Jean Schmidt (Republican) is elected to fill the vacant seat.
  • 2 August 2005 - Congressman Christopher Cox - Republican - California CD 48 resigned. President George W. Bush nominated Congressman Christopher Cox to the position of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission on 2 June 2005.
  • 28 November 2005 - Congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham - Republican - California CD 50 resigned, effective at close of business 1 December, from the U.S. House after pleading guilty to Federal charges involving bribes, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion.
  • 18 January 2006 - Congressman Robert "Bob" Menendez- Democrat- New Jersey CD 13 resigned. Governor Jon S. Corzine appointed Congressman Menendez to fill a vacancy in New Jersey's Class 1 U.S. Senate seat caused by Corzine himself having resigned the seat on 17 January 2006 upon taking the Oath of Office as Governor of New Jersey.
  • 6 June 2006 - Special Election - California CD 50. Former Congressman Brian Phillip Bilbray (Republican) is elected to fill the vacant seat.
  • 9 June 2006 - Congressman Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLay - Republican - Texas CD 22 resigned. House Majority Leader DeLay was indicted on one count of criminal conspiracy in a campaign finance scheme by a Texas grand jury on 28 September 2005. House rules required him to relinquish his leadership position. Mr. Delay was renominated in the 7 March 2006 Texas Primary but withdrew his nomination 4 April and announced his intention to resign on 11 May.
  • 29 September 2006 - Congressman Mark Foley - Republican - Florida CD 16 resigned and withdrew his candidacy from the General Election. Mr. Foley had received his party's nomination in the 5 September primary.
  • 3 November 2006 - Robert "Bob" Ney - Republican - Ohio CD 18 resigned. He pleaded guilty on 13 October 2006 to charges of conspiracy and making false statements in the Jack Abramoff scandal.
  • 13 November 2006 - Albio Sires - Democrat - New Jersey CD 13 was elected 7 November 2006 in special election. Representative-elect Sires was added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office.
  • 13 November 2006 - Shelley Sekula Gibbs - Republican - Texas CD 22 was elected 7 November 2006 in special election. Representative-elect Gibbs was added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office.

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Alabama  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 5 Republican, 2 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 3,414 2.07% Mark Edwin Layfield
FEC: $5,041
Total 165,301 100.00%  

Alaska  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
  Candidate Independent 1,409 0.70% William W. "Bill" Ratigan
Party: Impeach Now!

FEC finanical report not available
Total 202,706 100.00%  

Arizona  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 6 Republican, 2 Democratic
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 3,649 1.73% Jay Dudley Quick
FEC: $58,311
Total 211,023 100.00%  

California  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 33 Democratic, 20 Republican
  Candidate Independent 6,027 3.81% William D. Griffith
Received 1% of the vote in the 11 April Primary, will advance to the 6 June Special Election.

FEC finanical report not available
Total 158,033 100.00%  

Idaho  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 6,860 2.96% David Edwin "Dave" Olson
FEC: $0
Total 231,957 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 5,085 2.40% Cameron Forth
FEC finanical report not available
Total 211,843 100.00%  

Illinois  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 10 Democratic, 9 Republican
  Candidate Independent 8,502 5.13% Bill Scheurer
Moderate Party
Failed to submit the requesite 14,000 signatures to qualify for November ballot access. However, because no one objected to his petitions, Mr. Scheurer is on the ballot. Mr. Scheurer filed, but later dropped, suit claiming that a person associated with the Democratic Party agreed to collect signatures for him but failed to do so.

FEC: $47,429
Total 165,695 100.00%  

Indiana  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic, 7 Republican
  Candidate Independent 5,247 3.52% Charles E. Barman
FEC finanical report not available
Total 148,981 100.00%  
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     John Miller
FEC finanical report not available
Total 194,411 100.00%  
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent)     John Leroy Plemons
FEC finanical report not available
Total 135,886 100.00%  

Iowa  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 1 Democratic
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 2,184 1.06% James F. Hill
Pirate Party

FEC finanical report not available
Total 206,603 100.00%  

Massachusetts  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 10 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 15,438 5.82% Peter Andrew White
FEC: $4,803
Total 265,385 100.00%  

Mississippi  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Republican, 2 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 25,360 16.11% Jim Giles
FEC finanical report not available
Total 157,397 100.00%  

Nevada  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic, 2 Republican
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 5,467 2.37% Daniel Rosen
FEC finanical report not available
Total 230,608 100.00%  

New Jersey  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 7 Democratic, 6 Republican
  Candidate Independent 3,007 1.71% Robert E. Mullock
Slogan: Preserve Green Space

FEC: $0
  Candidate Independent 957 0.54% Lynn Merle
Slogan: A New Direction

FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 587 0.33% Thomas Steven "Tom" Fanslau
Slogan: We The People

FEC finanical report not available
Total 176,323 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent; (America First) 1,161 0.56% Ken Feduniewicz
Slogans: "The Patriot Movement" and "Remember the Alamo"

FEC finanical report not available
Total 205,532 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 609 0.32% Louis B. Wary, Jr.
Slogan: Remove Medical Negliance

FEC finanical report not available
Total 188,003 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 2,522 1.27% R. Matthew Fretz
Slogan: An Independent Voice

FEC finanical report not available
Total 198,081 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 1,573 1.12% Herbert L. "Herb" Tarbous
Slogan: Diversity is Strength

FEC finanical report not available
Total 140,830 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 3,064 1.58% Thomas D. "Tom" Abrams
Slogan: Withdraw Troops Now

FEC finanical report not available
Total 193,474 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 1,282 0.91% Michael "Mike" Jarvis
Slogan: The Moderate Choice

FEC finanical report not available
Total 140,740 100.00%  
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 946 1.01% Herbert H. Shaw
Slogan: Politicians Are Crooks - Politicos son Corruptos

FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 537 0.57% Dick Hester
Slogan: Pro Life Conservative

FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 455 0.48% Esmat Zaklama
Slogan: The American Party

FEC finanical report not available
Total 94,067 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 2,429 3.29% Dick Hester
Slogam: Pro Life Conservative

FEC finanical report not available
Total 73,731 100.00%  

Ohio  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 11 Republican, 6 Democratic, 1 Vacancy
  Candidate Independent 8,052 3.40% Werner J. Lange
Ballot designation: Non-Party

FEC: $1,035
Total 237,027 100.00%  

Oklahoma  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 1 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 10,083 5.49% William P. "Bill" Wortman, III
FEC: $6,900
Total 183,718 100.00%  
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 4,195 2.33% Matthew Horton Woodson
FEC finanical report not available
Total 180,384 100.00%  

Pennsylvania  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 7 Democratic, 12 Republican
  Candidate Independent; (Libertarian) 7,958 3.89% John Andrew Murphy
Endorsed by the Libertarian Party and claims the endorsements of the Pennsylvania Reform Party, The New American Independent Party, and county level Green Parties.

FEC: $14,690
Total 204,669 100.00%  

Rhode Island  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 2 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 13,602 7.57% Kenneth A. Capalbo
FEC finanical report not available
Total 179,613 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 52,574 27.32% Rodney D. "Rod" Driver
FEC: $192,019
Total 192,417 100.00%  

Tennessee  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 5 Democratic
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 1,024 0.58% Robert N. Smith
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 1,000 0.56% James William Reeves
FEC: $9,509
  Candidate Independent 969 0.55% Michael L. Peavler
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 410 0.23% Mahmood "Michael" Sabri
FEC finanical report not available
Total 177,089 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 3,730 2.11% Virginia Anne "Ginny" Welsch
FEC: $25,505
  Candidate Independent 1,735 0.98% Scott Knapp
FEC finanical report not available
Total 176,723 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 2,056 1.06% Robert L. "Bob" Garrison
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 892 0.46% Norman R. Saliba
FEC finanical report not available
Total 194,072 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 1,810 0.78% Kathleen A. "Kate" Culver
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 898 0.39% James B. "Mickey" White
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 848 0.37% William J. Smith
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 714 0.31% John L. Rimer
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 663 0.29% Gayl G. Pratt
FEC: $240
Total 230,604 100.00%  
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent; (Democratic) 38,221 22.16% Newton Jake "Jake" Ford
brother of Congressman Harold E. Ford, Jr.

FEC: $169,096
Total 172,466 100.00%  

Texas  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 21 Republican, 11 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 5,274 2.59% Tommy Ray Calvert, Jr.
FEC: $28,700
  Candidate Independent 2,182 1.07% James Lyle Peterson
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 1,436 0.71% Mark Joseph Rossano
FEC finanical report not available
Total 203,265 100.00%  
    Independent     Craig T. Stephens - lost primary
Received 2.70% of the vote in the 7 November non-Partisan "all-up".

FEC finanical report not available
Total 70,412 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 3,594 2.20% Brian Parrett
FEC finanical report not available
Total 163,322 100.00%  

Vermont  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 1 Independent
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Independent 1,390 0.53% Dennis Morrisseau
Party designation: Impeach Bush Now
  Candidate Independent 1,013 0.39% Jerry Trudell
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 963 0.37% Keith Stern
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent 599 0.23% Chris Karr
Party designation: We the People

FEC finanical report not available
Total 262,726 100.00%  

Virginia  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 8 Republican, 3 Democratic
  Candidate Independent; (Independent Greens) 3,321 1.46% Marvin Francis Pixton, III
FEC: $9,275
Total 228,043 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent; (Green) 25,351 12.44% Barbara Jean Pryor
Received the Green Party's endorsement 15 October 2006

FEC: $2,585
  Candidate Independent 24,664 12.10% André D. Peery
FEC: $8,284
Total 203,819 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent; (Independent Greens) 4,156 1.63% W. Brad Blanton
Withdrew 17 October 2006 endorsing Democrat James M. "Jim" Nachman. Mr. Blanton's name will remain on the ballot.

FEC: $54,863
Total 254,453 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent; (Independent Greens) 6,092 2.77% James Thomas "Jim" Hurysz
FEC: $16,628
Total 220,033 100.00%  
  Candidate Independent 1,899 0.79% Neeraj C. Nigam
FEC: $2,050
Total 240,882 100.00%  

Washington  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 6 Democratic, 3 Republican
  Candidate Independent 11,956 4.86% Linnea S. Noreen
FEC: $79,864
Total 246,133 100.00%  

Wisconsin  2-year term. Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit.
Partisan Composition: 4 Republican, 4 Democratic
  Candidate Independent 3,522 1.12% Robert R. Raymond
FEC finanical report not available
Total 314,921 100.00%  

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
  Democratic-Nonpartisan League
  Republican
Major Third Parties
  Green
  Libertarian
  Pacific Green
  Progressive Party of Missouri
  Reform
Other Third Parties
  America First
  American Constitution
  American Independent
  Concerns Of People
  Conservative
  Constitution
  Freedom
  Independence
  Independent American
  Independent Greens
  Independent Party Of Delaware
  Liberty Union
  Peace And Freedom
  School Tax Relief
  Socialist Equality
  Socialist Party USA
  Socialist Workers Party
  U.S. Taxpayers
  United Party
  Unity
  Working Families
Independents
  Independent
  No Party Affiliation
  Nominated By Petition
  Other-party nominee
  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.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.


 


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