TheGreenPapers: Recap week of 17 Sep 2006 - MA, WA, HI
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upcoming Elections ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 30 September 2006 ========================= Louisiana - Open Primary (Special Election) Polling hours are 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC). for Secretary of State and Commissioner of Insurance A Special Election for these offices, an "Open Primary" will be held on the Legislature-determined date of Saturday 30 September 2006: if a candidate receives 50% or more of the vote for that office only, that candidate will be declared elected on 30 September: otherwise, there will be a runoff on Tuesday 7 November, the same date as the Federal "Open Primary". http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap since the last TGPDirect of 16 September 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Republicans have nominated Ken Chase. Governor: Democrats have nominated Deval Patrick Lieutenant Governor: Democrats have nominated Timothy P. "Tim" Murray Secretary of the Commonwealth: Democrats have renominated Bill Galvin* Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 9: Democrats have renominated Steve Lynch* http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/MA.phtml ========================= Washington - Primary for U.S. Senate Class 1, 9 U.S. House Seats All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have renominated Maria Cantwell* Republicans have nominated Michael Sean "Mike" McGavick Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 2: Republicans have nominated Douglas Robert "Doug" Roulstone CD 3: Republicans have nominated Michael Henry Messmore CD 4: Democrats have nominated Richard Kenneth Wright Republicans have renominated Congressman Doc Hastings* CD 7: Democrats have renominated James A. "Jim" McDermott * 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 All races involving an Incumbent are marked with an asterisk (*). Contested STATEWIDE races: United States Senate (Class 1): Democrats have renominated Daniel Kahikina Akaka* Republicans have nominated Gerald L. "Jerry" Coffee. (Mr. Coffee had withdrawn out due to illness. The GOP may selected a replacement candidate for the general election.) Governor: Democrats have nominated Randall "Randy" Iwase Republicans have renominated Linda Lingle* Lieutenant Governor: Democrats have nominated Malama Solomon Contested U.S. HOUSE races: CD 1: Democrats have renominated Neil Abercrombie* Republicans have nominated Richard Arthur "Noah" Hough, II CD 2: Democrats. Too close to call. Mazie Hirono (24,385 votes, 22%) to Colleen Wakako Hanabusa (23,586 votes, 21%) Republicans Too close to call. Robert Charles "Bob" Hogue (8,393 votes, 51%) to Quentin Kuhio Kawananakoa (8,194 votes, 49%) http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/HI.phtml ========================= All jurisdictions have now completed their primaries. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 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 NOTE: Congressional redistricting ordered by a three-judge Federal court panel on 4 August 2006 invalidates the nominations for CDs 15, 21, 23, 25, 28 made re: the 7 March 2006 Primary... a non-Partisan "all-up" election (with, if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, a subsequent Runoff, if necessary) will be held for this seat on General Election Day, Tuesday 7 November 2006 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 |