TheGreenPapers: 19 and 23 Sep Primaries; Recap week of 10 Sep 2006
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Elections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 19 September 2006 ========================= Massachusetts - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 10 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Attorney General, Treasurer and Receiver-General, Auditor Polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Republicans Governor: Democrats Lieutenant Governor: Democrats Secretary of the Commonwealth: Democrats* Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 9: Democrats* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MA.phtml ========================= Washington - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, 9 U.S. House Seats Polls close at 8:00p PDT (0300 UTC). All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats* Republicans Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 2: Republicans CD 3: Republicans CD 4: Democrats* Republicans CD 7: Democrats* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/WA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 23 September 2006 ========================= Hawaii - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 2 U.S. House Seats Polling hours are 7:00a HIST (1700 UTC) to 6:00p HIST (0400 UTC). All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats* Republicans Governor: Democrats Republicans* Lieutenant Governor: Democrats Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats* Republicans CD 2: Democrats Republicans http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/HI.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap since the last TGPDirect of 9 September 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 9 September 2006 ========================= Virgin Islands - Primary for Governor, Delegate to the House of Representatives Contested Islandwide races: Governor: Democrats have nominated John deJongh for Governor and Gregory R. Francis for Lt. Governor. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/VI.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 12 September 2006 ========================= Arizona - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, 8 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Mine Inspector, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Contested STATEWIDE races: Governor: Republicans have nominated Len Munsil Mine Inspector: Republicans have nominated Joe Hart Superintendent of Public Instruction: Democrats have nominated Jason Williams Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have nominated Ellen Simon CD 2: Democrats have nominated John Armin Thrasher CD 3: Democrats With 99.6% of the precincts reporting the primary is too close to call. Donald G. "Don" Chilton (50.1%) to Herbert James "Herb" Paine (49.9%) CD 7: Republicans have nominated Ron Drake CD 8: Democrats have nominated Gabrielle "Gabby" Giffords Republicans have nominated Randall "Randy" Graf http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/AZ.phtml ========================= Delaware - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, 1 U.S. House Seat, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor, Commissioner of Insurance. Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Republicans have nominated Jan Ting Contested U.S. HOUSE races: At Large: Democrats have nominated Dennis Spivack. (NOTE: The loser of this Primary, Karen Hartley-Nagle, is also the candidate of the Independent Party of Delaware for this office and will appear on the General Election ballot as the nominee of that party.) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/DE.phtml ========================= District of Columbia - Primary for Mayor of Washington, DC and Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested races: Mayor: Democrats have nominated Adrian Fenty non-voting Delegate to Congress: Democrats have renominated Eleanor Holmes Norton* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/DC.phtml ========================= Maryland - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 8 U.S. House Seats, Attorney General, Comptroller. All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have nominated Benjamin L. "Ben" Cardin Republicans have nominated Michael Steele Attorney General: Democrats have nominated Douglas Gansler Comptroller: Democrats have nominated Peter Franchot. Incumbent Comptroller William Donald "Don" Schaefer* has lost his bid for renomination. Republicans have nominated Anne M. McCarthy Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have nominated Jim Corwin CD 2: Democrats have renominated Dutch Ruppersberger* Republicans have nominated James Dunn "Jimmy" Mathis CD 3: Democrats have nominated John Peter Spyros Sarbanes Republicans have nominated John David White CD 4: Democrats have renominated Congressman Albert R. Wynn* CD 6: Democrats have nominated Andrew Duck Republicans have renominated Roscoe Bartlett* CD 8: Democrats have renominated Chris Van Hollen* Republicans have nominated Jeffrey M. "Jeff" Stein http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MD.phtml ========================= Minnesota - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 8 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Auditor. (NOTES: The Democrat-Farmer-Labor Party is listed as "Democrats" in this document because, in terms of the national political picture [the principal focus of this website], the DFL is Minnesota's affiliate of the Democratic Party of the United States and DFL'ers serve as the State's representatives to that Party's National Committee. Candidates of the "Independence" Party are not to be confused with individual Independents who might appear on the General Election ballot without the endorsement of any Party.) All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have nominated Amy Klobuchar Independence have nominated Robert Fitzgerald Republicans have nominated Mark Kennedy Governor: Democrats have nominated Mike Hatch Independence have nominated Peter Hutchinson Republicans have renominated Tim Pawlenty* Secretary of State: Democrats have nominated Mark Ritchie Attorney General: Democrats have nominated Lori Swanson Independence have nominated John James Republicans have nominated Jeff Johnson Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Republicans have renominated Gil Gutknecht* CD 3: Democrats have nominated Wendy Pareene CD 4: Republicans have nominated Obi Sium CD 5: Democrats have nominated Keith Ellison CD 7: Democrats have renominated Collin Peterson* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MN.phtml ========================= New Hampshire - Primary Governor, 2 U.S. House Seats. All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have nominated Carol Shea-Porter Republicans have renominated Jeb Bradley* CD 2: Republicans have renominated Charles Bass* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NH.phtml ========================= New York - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 29 U.S. House Seats, Attorney General, Comptroller. (NOTE: New York State permits so-called "cross-endorsements", in which a candidate is allowed to appear on more than one Party's ballot line: thus, a candidate who loses the nomination of one of the two Major Parties for a given office but has already been nominated for that same office by at least one Party which is not one of the two Major Parties will still appear somewhere on the General Election ballot despite losing said Primary; in other words, a candidate losing in the Primary does not necessarily preclude that candidate from running for the same office in November.) All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have renominated Hillary Rodham Clinton* Republicans have nominated John Spencer Governor: Democrats have nominated Eliot Spitzer Attorney General: Democrats have nominated Andrew Cuomo Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 3: Republicans have renominated Peter King* CD 10: Democrats have renominated Edolphus Towns* CD 11: Democrats have nominated Yvette Clarke CD 13: Independence has nominated Vito Fossella. (Vito Fossella* is the incumbent Republican Congressman who has also been renominated by that Party) CD 17: Democrats have renominated Eliot Engel* CD 18: Republicans have nominated Richard A. Hoffman CD 19: Democrats have nominated John Hall CD 21: Democrats have renominated Michael McNulty* CD 25: Working Families have nominated Dan Maffei. (Mr. Maffei is also the Democrats' nominee for this office) CD 26: Independence have nominated John Davis. (Mr. Davis is also the Democrats' and Working Families' nominee for this office) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NY.phtml ========================= Rhode Island - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 2 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, General Treasurer. All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have nominated Sheldon Whitehouse Republicans have renominated Lincoln Chafee* Lieutenant Governor: Democrats have nominated Elizabeth Roberts Republicans have nominated Reggie Centracchio Secretary of State: Democrats have nominated Ralph Mollis Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Republicans have nominated Jon Scott CD 2: Democrats have renominated James Langevin* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/RI.phtml ========================= Vermont - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 1 U.S. House Seat, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts. Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have nominated Bernie Sanders Republicans have nominated Rich Tarrant Lieutenant Governor: Democrats have nominated Matt Dunne Attorney General: Republicans have nominated Dennis Carver Contested U.S. HOUSE races: At Large: Republicans have nominated Martha Rainville http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/VT.phtml ========================= Wisconsin - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, 8 U.S. House Seats, Secretary of State, Attorney General, Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction. All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have renominated Herb Kohl* Lieutenant Governor: Republicans have nominated Jean Hundertmark Secretary of State: Democrats have renominated Doug LaFollette* Attorney General: Democrats have nominated Kathleen Falk. Incumbent Peg Lautenschlager* has lost her bid for renomination. Republicans have nominated J.B. Van Hollen Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have nominated Jeff Thomas CD 3: Democrats have renominated Ron Kind* CD 7: Republicans have nominated Nicholas Raymond "Nick" Reid CD 8: Democrats have nominated Steven Leslie "Steve" Kagen Republicans have nominated John Gard http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/WI.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 14 September 2006 ========================= Ohio - Special Republican Primary House CD 18 (to nominate a replacement for Congressman Bob Ney who, although nominated in the 2 May 2006 Primary, subsequently withdrew his candidacy on 14 August). Contested Special Primary race: Republicans have nominated Joy Padgett http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OH.phtml#H18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 15 September 2006 ========================= Ohio - Special Democratic Primary House CD 3 (to nominate a replacement for Stephanie Breslin Studebaker who, although nominated in the 2 May 2006 Primary, subsequently withdrew her candidacy on 15 August) Contested Special Primary race: Democrats have nominated John Richard Chema http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OH.phtml#H03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 30 September 2006 ========================= Louisiana - Open Primary (Special Election) for Secretary of State and Commissioner of Insurance http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 7 November 2006 ========================= General Election -- all states ========================= Louisiana - General Election (Open Primary: Congress/Runoff: SoS) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml ========================= Texas - General Election / Nonpartisan Primary CDs 15, 21, 23, 25, 28 / Special Election CD 22 http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/TX.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 2006 (tentative date) ========================= Texas - Nonpartisan Runoff CDs 15, 21, 23, 25, 28 http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/TX.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 5 December 2006 ========================= Georgia - General Election Runoff http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/GA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 9 December 2006 ========================= Louisiana - Congressional Run-Off/Tie http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml |