Governor's Chairs, Senate and House Seats...
Open (incumbent not running for re-election)
No incumbent running
Uncontested (one candidate running)
Multiple incumbents running
Incumbent | Party | Office | Reason for not seeking re-election |
Alaska | |||
Governor Frank H. Murkowski | Republican | Governor | Lost Primary / No Longer Running. 22 August 2006 Primary |
Arizona | |||
Congressman James T. "Jim" Kolbe | Republican | House CD 8 | Open Seat. On 23 November 2005, 11 term Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe announced that he is retiring and will not seek re-election. |
Arkansas | |||
Governor Mike Huckabee | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
California | |||
Congressman William M. "Bill" Thomas | Republican | House CD 22 | Open Seat. 6 March 2006: Congressman Thomas announced that he will not seek re-election. |
Colorado | |||
Governor Bill Owens | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit. At term limit |
Congressman Joel M. Hefley | Republican | House CD 5 | Open Seat. 16 February 2006: Congressman Hefley announced he would not seek re-election in 2006. |
Congressman Robert Louis "Bob" Beauprez | Republican | House CD 7 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor in 2006 |
Florida | |||
Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
Congressman Michael "Mike" Bilirakis | Republican | House CD 9 | Open Seat. Retiring in at the end of this term. |
Congressman James Oscar "Jim" Davis, III | Democratic | House CD 11 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor in 2006. |
Congressman Katherine Harris | Republican | House CD 13 | Open Seat. 7 June 2005: Running for the Senate Class 1 seat in 2006. |
Congressman | Republican | House CD 16 | Vacant Office |
Georgia | |||
Congressman Cynthia McKinney | Democratic | House CD 4 | Lost Primary / No Longer Running. 8 August 2006 Runoff |
Hawaii | |||
Congressman Edward Espenett "Ed" Case | Democratic | House CD 2 | Open Seat. Ran for, but did not receive, his party's nomination for the Senate Class 1 Seat in 2006. |
Idaho | |||
Governor James E. "Jim" Risch | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Governor James E. "Jim" Risch is a candidate for Lt. Governor in 2006 |
Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter | Republican | House CD 1 | Open Seat. Received his party's nomination for Governor in 2006 |
Illinois | |||
Congressman Henry J. Hyde | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 18 April 2005: Announced retirement at the end of the current term. |
Congressman Lane A. Evans | Democratic | House CD 17 | Open Seat. The Democratic Party selected Phil Hare as the replacement nominee for Congressman Evans on 6 June 2006. Due to illness, the Congressman withdrew from his re-election bid a week after having been renominated in the 21 March primary; Congressman Evans had previously endorsed Mr. Hare to be his replacement on the November General Election ballot. |
Iowa | |||
Governor Thomas J. "Tom" Vilsack | Democratic | Governor | Open Chair. Retiring at end of current term. Not a candidate for re-election. |
Congressman Jim Nussle | Republican | House CD 1 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor in 2006 |
Maryland | |||
Senator Paul Sarbanes | Democratic | Senate Class 1 | Open Seat. 11 March 2005: Announced retirement at the end of the current term. |
Congressman Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin | Democratic | House CD 3 | Open Seat. Running for the Class 1 Senate seat in 2006. |
Massachusetts | |||
Governor Mitt Romney | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. 14 December 2005: Not a candidate for re-election in 2006. |
Michigan | |||
Congressman John H.J. "Joe" Schwarz | Republican | House CD 7 | Lost Primary / No Longer Running. 8 August 2006 |
Minnesota | |||
Senator Mark Dayton | Democratic | Senate Class 1 | Open Seat. 9 February 2005: Senator Dayton announces that he will not seek re-election. |
Congressman Martin Olav Sabo | Democratic | House CD 5 | Open Seat. 18 March 2006: Announced retirement |
Congressman Mark Raymond Kennedy | Republican | House CD 6 | Open Seat. 2005 February 11: Congressman Kennedy announced that he would seek the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Mark Dayton. |
Nebraska | |||
Congressman Thomas William "Tom" Osborne | Republican | House CD 3 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor in 2006 (lost primary) |
Nevada | |||
Governor Kenny C. Guinn | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit |
Congressman James A. "Jim" Gibbons | Republican | House CD 2 | Open Seat. 31 August 2005: Candidate for Governor in 2006 |
New York | |||
Governor George E. Pataki | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. on 27 July 2005, Gov. Pataki announced he will not be seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2006. |
Congressman Major R. Owens | Democratic | House CD 11 | Open Seat. Retiring at the end of the current term. |
Congressman Sherwood L. "Sherry" Boehlert | Republican | House CD 24 | Open Seat. 17 March 2006: Congressman Boehlert announced his retirement at the end of his current term. |
Ohio | |||
Governor Bob Taft | Republican | Governor | Open Chair. Term Limit. At term limit |
Congressman Michael G. "Mike" Oxley | Republican | House CD 4 | Open Seat. On 1 November 2005 Congressman Oxley announced that after 25 years of service he is retiring will not seek re-election in 2006. |
Congressman Ted Strickland | Democratic | House CD 6 | Open Seat. Received his party's nomination for Governor on 2 May 2006 |
Congressman Sherrod Brown | Democratic | House CD 13 | Open Seat. Received his party's nomination for the Class 1 Senate Seat on 2 May 2006. |
Congressman | Republican | House CD 18 | Vacant Office. Special Republican Primary House CD 18: Thursday 14 September 2006 |
Oklahoma | |||
Congressman Ernest Istook | Republican | House CD 5 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor |
Tennessee | |||
Senator William H. "Bill" Frist | Republican | Senate Class 1 | Open Seat. 9 March 2005: Media reports state that Senator Frist will announce that he is not a candidate for re-election in 2006. |
Congressman William L. "Bill" Jenkins | Republican | House CD 1 | Open Seat. 15 Feburary 2006: Congressman Jenkins announced that he will not seek re-election in 2006. |
Congressman Harold E. Ford, Jr. | Democratic | House CD 9 | Open Seat. 9 March 2005: Congressman Ford announces his intentions to run for Senator Bill Frist's Class 1 seat in 2006. |
Texas | |||
Congressman Shelley Sekula Gibbs | Republican | House CD 22 | Open Seat. Congressman Sekula Gibbs won the special election to fill the vacant seat from November 2006 to January 2007 but lost the General Election for the January 2007 to January 2009 term. |
Vermont | |||
Senator Jim Jeffords | Independent | Senate Class 1 | Open Seat. 20 April 2005: Announced retirement effective at the end of his current term. |
Congressman Bernie Sanders | Independent | House At-Large | Open Seat. Candidate for the Class 1 Senate Seat in 2006 |
Wisconsin | |||
Congressman Mark Green | Republican | House CD 8 | Open Seat. Candidate for Governor in 2006 |
Tally | ||||||
Office | Reason for Open Chair or Seat | |||||
Lost Primary | Term Limit | Voluntary | Vacant | Total | ||
Governor | Republican | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Democratic | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Congressman | Republican | 1 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 21 |
Democratic | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 10 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Senator | Democratic | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Republican | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Independent | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Totals | 3 | 5 | 36 | 2 | 46 |
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. |
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