The Green Papers: Nevada 2006 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 15 August 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Electoral Votes:5(0.93% of 538)
Governor:1 
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:3(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:2,002,032 (0.71% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):1,390,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):898,347
Capital:Carson City
Tuesday 15 August 2006 polls close 7:00p PDT (0200 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polls close 7:00p PST (0300 UTC).
 

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Nevada State and Local Government


NEVADA PRIMARY

Tuesday 15 August 2006

NEVADA PRIMARY Returns from an official source
NEVADA Primary results from a media source
NEVADA Primary results from a media source

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested STATEWIDE races:

  • United States Senate (Class 1):
    • Democrats have nominated Jack Carter
    • Republicans have renominated John Ensign*
  • Governor:
    • Democrats have nominated Dina Titus
    • Republicans have nominated Jim Gibbons
  • Lieutenant Governor:
    • Democrats have nominated Robert "Bob" Unger
    • Republicans have nominated Brian K. Krolicki
  • Secretary of State:
    • Democrats have nominated Ross Miller
    • Republicans have nominated Danny Tarkanian
  • Treasurer:
    • Democrats have nominated Kate Marshall
    • Republicans have nominated Mark DeStefano

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

  • CD 1:
    • Democrats have renominated Shelley Berkley*
    • Republicans have nominated Kenneth Wegner
  • CD 2:
    • Republicans have nominated Dean Heller
  • CD 3:
    • Democrats have nominated Tessa Michelle Hafen
 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1
Seat up for election
Republican Senator John Eric Ensign
• Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006
First elected: 2000
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994, 1996]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Renominated - 15 August 2006 Primary
 Polls: Republican Senator John Eric Ensign
  Elected Republican 321,186 55.35% Senator John Eric Ensign
FEC: $5,305,606
  Candidate Democratic 237,875 41.00% John William "Jack" Carter
Son of former President James E. "Jimmy" Carter

FEC: $2,266,273
  Candidate None of these candidates 8,192 1.41% None of these candidates
  Candidate Independent American 7,749 1.34% David K. Schumann
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Libertarian 5,246 0.90% Brendan Trainor
FEC finanical report not available
Total 580,248 100.00%  

Class 3 Democratic Senator Harry Reid
First elected: 1986; re-elected: 1992, 1998, 2004.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

Chair up for election
Open
Republican Governor Kenny C. Guinn
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.
Open Chair
 Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons vs. Democratic Dina Titus
 ** Open Chair (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 277,855 47.90% Congressman James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons
Congressman Congressional District 2
  Candidate Democratic 254,920 43.94% Dina Titus
  Candidate None of these candidates 20,619 3.55% None of these candidates
  Candidate Independent American 19,966 3.44% Christopher H. Hansen
  Candidate Green 6,731 1.16% Craig O. Bergland
Total 580,091 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Lieutenant Governor Lorraine T. Hunt
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Lieutenant Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - At term limit, candidate for Governor in 2006
 Polls: Democratic Pickup. Democratic Robert "Bob" Unger
  Elected Republican 300,069 52.21% Treasurer Brian K. Krolicki
  Candidate Democratic 227,845 39.65% Robert "Bob" Unger
  Candidate Independent American 25,322 4.41% Thomas F. Jefferson
  Candidate None of these candidates 21,455 3.73% None of these candidates
Total 574,691 100.00%  

109th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Renominated);
2 Republican (1 Open, 1 Renominated)

CD 1
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Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley
• Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006
First elected: 1998
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Renominated - 15 August 2006 Primary
 Polls: Democratic takeover - Democratic Congressman Shelley Berkley
  Elected Democratic 84,979 64.84% Congressman Shelley Berkley
FEC: $1,742,767
  Candidate Republican; (Independent American) 40,901 31.21% Kenneth Alexander Wegner
FEC: $96,582
  Candidate Libertarian 2,841 2.17% Jim Duensing
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent American 2,337 1.78% Darnell Roberts
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate None of these candidates     None of these candidates
Total 131,058 100.00%  

CD 2
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Seat up for election
Open
Republican Congressman James A. "Jim" Gibbons
First elected: 1996
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Open Seat - 31 August 2005: Candidate for Governor in 2006
 Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Secretary of State Dean Heller
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Republican 116,160 50.37% Secretary of State Dean Heller
FEC: $1,699,942
  Candidate Democratic 103,572 44.91% Jill T. Derby
FEC: $1,610,549
  Candidate Independent 5,467 2.37% Daniel Rosen
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Independent American 5,409 2.35% James C. Kroshus
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate None of these candidates     None of these candidates
Total 230,608 100.00%  

CD 3
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Seat up for election
Republican Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006
First elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
Renominated - 15 August 2006 Primary
 Polls: Leans Republican - Almost a tossup - Republican Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr. vs. Democratic Tessa Michelle Hafen
  Elected Republican 102,176 48.46% Congressman Jon C. Porter, Sr.
FEC: $3,015,397
  Candidate Democratic 98,210 46.57% Tessa Michelle Hafen
FEC: $1,497,306
  Candidate Independent American 5,326 2.53% Joshua Hansen
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate Libertarian 5,155 2.44% Joseph P. "Joe" Silvestri
FEC finanical report not available
  Candidate None of these candidates     None of these candidates
Total 210,867 100.00%  

Secretary of State  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Secretary of State Dean Heller
First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Secretary of State is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - At term limit. Candidate for CD 2 in 2006.
  Elected Democratic 278,576 48.73% Ross Miller
  Candidate Republican 231,904 40.57% Danny Tarkanian
  Candidate Independent American 38,577 6.75% Janine Hansen
  Candidate None of these candidates 22,568 3.95% None of these candidates
Total 571,625 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Attorney General George J. Chanos
Appointed: November 2005
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Attorney General is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - Not running for election in 2006
  Elected Democratic 338,213 59.03% Catherine Cortez Masto
  Candidate Republican 204,174 35.63% Don Chairez
  Candidate None of these candidates 30,592 5.34% None of these candidates
Total 572,979 100.00%  

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Seat up for election
Open
Republican Treasurer Brian K. Krolicki
First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Treasurer is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Open Seat - At term limit, candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2006
  Elected Democratic 270,154 47.26% Kate Marshall
  Candidate Republican 238,232 41.68% Mark DeStefano
  Candidate Independent American 35,795 6.26% Mark Christopher Andrews
  Candidate None of these candidates 27,425 4.80% None of these candidates
Total 571,606 100.00%  

Controller  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms

Seat up for election Republican Controller Steve Martin
Appointed 12 July 2006 by Governor Kenny C. Guinn to fill the unexpired term of state Controller Kathy Augustine who died 11 July.
Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006
The current Controller is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 15 August 2006 Primary
  Elected Democratic 256,921 45.17% Kim Wallin
  Candidate Republican 249,946 43.94% Controller Steve Martin
  Candidate None of these candidates 31,560 5.55% None of these candidates
  Candidate Independent American 30,391 5.34% Floyd Fitzgibbons
Total 568,818 100.00%  
 

 
We extend our condolences to the friends and family of Nevada State Controller Kathy Ausustine who died on 11 July 2006 after suffering a heart attack on 8 July. Ms. Augustine was elected as Controller in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. She had previously served in the Nevada State Senate and State Assembly. At the time of her passing, she was running for the Republican nomination for state Treasurer. In 2004 the Nevada Assembly voted to impeach her for using state staff for her 2002 re-election bid. She was later fined the state Ethics Commission.

14 July 2006 Update: Chaz Higgs, the husband of the late State Controller Kathy Augustine, attempted suicide at his Las Vegas home. In addition, initial results from the autopsy report do not support that Augustine died from a heart attack as originally reported. Police now are awaiting a complete toxicology report by the FBI crime lab in Quantico, Virginia.


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 (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 10 candidates
  Republican: 9 incumbents, 10 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Independent American (affiliate of Constitution): 10 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  None of these candidates: 10 candidates
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

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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