TheGreenPapers-- 23 May Primaries: AR, ID; recap 16 May Primaries: KY, OR, PA
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Elections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 23 May 2006 ========================= Arkansas - Primary for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 4 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of State Lands Polls close at 7:30 PM local time (0030 UTC) This primary election is for Democratic and Republican candidates only. If no candidate receives at least 50% of the vote, a runoff between the two top vote-getters will be held on Tuesday 13 June 2006. Contested STATEWIDE races: Lieutenant Governor: Democrats Republicans Attorney General: Democrats Treasurer: Democrats Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 2: Republicans http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/AR.phtml ========================= Idaho - Primary for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 2 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Controller, Superintendent of Public Instruction Polls close at 8 PM local time (0200 UTC re: Mountain Time Zone; 0300 UTC re: Pacific Time Zone) This primary is for Democrats and Republicans only-- therefore: Independent, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Constitution Parry candidates will not appear on the primary ballot. Contested STATEWIDE races: All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Governor: Democrats Republicans Lieutenant Governor: Democrats Attorney General: Republicans* Controller: Republicans Superintendent of Public Instruction: Democrats Republicans Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats Republicans http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/ID.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap since the last TGPDirect of 13 May 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 16 May 2006 ========================= Kentucky - Primary for 6 U.S. House Seats All Congressional incumbents, 1 Democrat and 5 Republicans, received their party's nomination for re-election. Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have nominated Tom Barlow CD 2: Democrats have nominated Mike Weaver CD 3: Democrats have nominated John Yarmuth CD 5: Democrats have nominated Kenneth Stepp http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/KY.phtml ========================= Oregon - Primary for Governor, 5 U.S. House Seats, Commissioner of Labor and Industries, Superintendent of Public Instruction Three statewide incumbents ran in this primary: Democratic Governor Theodore R. "Ted" Kulongoski received his party's nomination. Non-partisan contests If a candidate for a non-partisan office receives a majority of the vote in the May primary, that candidate is elected. Otherwise, the top two vote getters go to a runoff in November. Labor and Industries Commissioner Dan Gardner ran unopposed and is re-elected. Public Instruction Superintendent Susan Castillo received more than 50% of the vote and is re-elected. Contested STATEWIDE races: All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Governor: Democrats have re-nominated Ted Kulongoski* Republicans have nominated Ron Saxton All Congressional incumbents, 4 Democrats and 1 Republican, received their party's nomination for re-election. Contested U.S. HOUSE races: All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). CD 1: Democrats have re-nominated David Wu* CD 2: Democrats have nominated Carol J. Voisin Republicans have re-nominated Greg Walden* CD 3: Democrats have re-nominated Earl Blumenauer* CD 4: Republicans have nominated Jim Feldkamp http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OR.phtml ========================= Pennsylvania - Primary for U.S. Senate, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 19 U.S. House Seats This Primary is only for Democratic and Republican candidates. Three statewide incumbents ran in this primary: Republican Senator Richard J. "Rick" Santorum, Democratic Governor Edward G. "Ed" Rendell, and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Catherine Baker Knoll all received their party's nomination. Contested STATEWIDE races: All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). United States Senate (Class 1 seat): Democrats have nominated Bob Casey, Jr. Lieutenant Governor: Democrats have re-nominated Catherine Baker Knoll* All Congressional incumbents (7 Democrats and 12 Republicans) received their party's nomination. Contested U.S. HOUSE races: All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). CD 4: Democrats have nominated Jason Altmire CD 6: Democrats have nominated Lois Murphy CD 8: Democrats have nominated Patrick Murphy CD 10: Republicans have re-nominated Don Sherwood* CD 14: Democrats have re-nominated Mike Doyle* CD 18: Democrats have nominated Chad Kluko Two write-in candidates, Tony Barr and Stanley Hetz, are competing for the Democratic nomination in CD 9. Media reports state that a total of 1,296 write-in votes were cast. 1,000 votes are needed to nominate. Write-in candidate Charles Dertinger received the necessary 1,000 votes to secure the Democratic nomination in CD 15. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/PA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2006 Midterm Elections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================= 2006 Primary, Runoff, and Midterm Elections home http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G06/ ========================= 2006 Federal and Statewide Primary and Runoff Elections http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G06/events.phtml?format=chronological ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 30 May 2006 ========================= North Carolina - Second Primary (Runoff) As every candidate in the contested races below covered by 'The Green Papers' received at least 40% of the vote in this Primary, there will be no Runoffs for the nominations to these offices on Tuesday 30 May. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NC.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 6 June 2006 ========================= Alabama - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 7 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industry http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/AL.phtml ========================= California - Primary / Special Election CD 50 Runoff U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 53 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Controller, Treasurer, Attorney General, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/CA.phtml ========================= Iowa - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 5 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Secretary of Agriculture and Land Stewardship http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/IA.phtml ========================= Mississippi - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, 4 U.S. House Seats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MS.phtml ========================= Montana - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, 1 U.S. House Seat http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MT.phtml ========================= New Jersey - Primary / Special Primary CD 13 U.S. Senate Class 1, 13 U.S. House Seats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NJ.phtml ========================= New Mexico - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 3 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Public Lands http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NM.phtml ========================= South Dakota - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 1 U.S. House Seat. Nominees for the offices of Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, and Commissioner of School and Public Lands are selected by convention. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/SD.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 13 June 2006 ========================= Maine - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, 2 U.S. House Seats. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/ME.phtml ========================= North Dakota - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, 1 U.S. House Seat, Tax Commissioner, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Public Service Commissioner http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/ND.phtml ========================= South Carolina - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 6 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Comptroller General, Adjutant General, Commissioner of Agriculture, Superintendent of Education http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/SC.phtml ========================= Virginia - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, 11 U.S. House Seats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/VA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 20 June 2006 ========================= South Dakota - Secondary Election (will not happen) If no candidate for Congressman or Governor receives 35% of the vote, a secondary election, between the two highest vote getters, shall be held two weeks from the date of the primary election. Note: There cannot be a runoff since neither the of the above offices has more than 2 candidates running for the nomination. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/SD.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 27 June 2006 ========================= Mississippi - Primary Runoff U.S. Senate Class 1, 4 U.S. House Seats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MS.phtml ========================= South Carolina - Runoff http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/SC.phtml ========================= Utah - Primary U.S. Senate Class 1, 3 U.S. House Seats http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/UT.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 18 July 2006 ========================= Georgia - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 13 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller General/Commissioner of Insurance, Commissioner of Agriculture, Superintendent of Education, Commissioner of Labor http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/GA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 18 July 2006 (tentative date) ========================= Alabama - Runoff (revised date) SB529 changed the date of the primary runoff election from 27 June to 18 July to provide military personnel serving overseas adequate time to cast absentee ballots. This change in the date of the Runoff (if necessary) will be implemented pending approval of this change by the U.S. Department of Justice. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/AL.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 25 July 2006 ========================= Oklahoma - Primary Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 5 U.S. House Seats, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor and Inspector, Commissioner of Labor, Insurance Commissioner, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Corporation Commissioner http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OK.phtml |