TheGreenPapers: General Election 2006
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 5 November 2006 Commentary-- BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR: YOU MIGHT JUST GET IT! Notes on a battle no one will really win but which, nevertheless, well sets up the much bigger Battle two years hence by RICHARD E. BERG-ANDERSSON, TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/PCom/?20061105-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap since the last TGPDirect of 24 September 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 3 November 2006 Republican Congressman Robert W. "Bob" Ney (Ohio CD 18) resigned from Congress today. On 13 October he pleaded guilty to charges related to the Jack Abramoff scandal. Mr. Ney was first elected in 1994, re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. He was renominated in the 2 May 2006 Primary but announced that he was no longer a candidate on 7 August 2006. Mr. Ney formally withdrew his candidacy on 14 August 2006. The partisan composition of the U.S. House is now 229 Republicans, 201 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 4 vacant offices (FL CD 16, NJ CD 13, OH CD 18, TX CD 22). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OH.phtml#H18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 1 November 2006 General Election 2006 - Contests to Watch and Polling Data. A digest of possible 7 November 2006 outcomes for the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governors, and statewide races. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/contests.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 26 October 2006 Arizona State Treasurer David Petersen will resign today and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of failing to report commissions he had received and which were related to sales he made to state schools; a plea bargain agreement- entered into back on 19 October- requires him to resign his post. Governor Janet Napolitano will then appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of Petersen's term: Arizona is electing a State Treasurer in next month's Election who will not take office until the following January. Under Arizona law, the replacement must be of the same Party as the person who had vacated the office: thus, because Petersen was a Republican, Napolitano- although a Democrat- will have to appoint a Republican to the post. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/AZ.phtml#TRE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 20 October 2006 The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Arizona may require voters to provide photo identification in order to vote in the 7 November General Election. The unsigned 5 page order cautioned that the Court was not issuing a ruling on the constitutionality of Arizona's law. Federal courts have yet to resolve a lawsuit maintaining that the photo identification law disenfranchises elderly and minority voters. Georgia and Missouri Courts have blocked similar laws in those states. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sunday 15 October 2006 New Page: Governor's Chairs, Senate, and House Seats up for Election on 7 November 2006 with only one major party candidate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/onlyonemajorpartycandidate.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 2 October 2006 Justices of the United States Supreme Court: New Term of Court begins today. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/Hx/JusticesUSSC.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 1 October 2006 Updates for The Green Papers Worldwide ISO 3166 Country Codes (International Organization for Standardization). Change to country ÅLAND ISLANDS. The French name has changed from ÅLAND, ÎLES D' to AX to ÅLAND, ÎLES. Details -- N3: 248, A2: AX, A3: ALA, English: ÅLAND ISLANDS, French: ÅLAND, ÎLES. Add country GUERNSEY. Details -- N3: 831, A2: GG, A3: GGY, English: GUERNSEY, French: GUERNESEY. Add country ISLE OF MAN. Details -- N3: 833, A2: IM, A3: IMN, English: ISLE OF MAN, French: ÎLE DE MAN. Add country JERSEY. Details -- N3: 832, A2: JE, A3: JEY, English: JERSEY, French: JERSEY. Remove country SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. Details -- N3: 891, A2: CS, A3: SCG, English: SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO, French: SERBIE-ET-MONTÉNÉGRO. Add country MONTENEGRO. Details -- N3: 499, A2: ME, A3: MNE, English: MONTENEGRO, French: MONTÉNÉGRO. Add country SERBIA. Details -- N3: 688, A2: RS, A3: SRB, English: SERBIA, French: SERBIE. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/ww/iso3166.phtml Updates for The Green Papers Worldwide FIPS 10-4 Geopolitical Entity Name and Code (United States Federal Information Processing Standards) Change to country Isle of Man. The name is changed from "Man, Isle of" to "Isle of Man". Details -- Geopolitical Entity Code: IM. Change to country Macedonia. The name is changed from "Macedonia, The Republic of" to "Macedonia". Details -- Geopolitical Entity Code: MK. Remove country SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO. Details -- Geopolitical Entity Code: YI. Add country Montenegro. Details -- Geopolitical Entity Code: MJ. Add country Serbia. Details -- Geopolitical Entity Code: RB. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/ww/fips104.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday 30 September 2006 Louisiana - Open Primary (Special Election) for Secretary of State: Since no candidate received 50% of the vote in the Saturday 30 September 2006 primary, a 7 November runoff election will be held between the two highest vote getters: "Jay" Dardenne (29%) and Francis Heitmeier (27%). for Commissioner of Insurance: Insurance Commissioner James J. "Jim" Donelon has been elected with 50% of the vote. 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday 29 September 2006 Republican Congressman Mark Foley (Florida CD 16) resigned from Congress on Friday 29 September following questions about e-mails he wrote to a former male page. Mr. Foley was first elected in 1994, re-elected in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. He was renominated during the Florida 5 September 2006 Primary. Mr. Foley's name will remain on the ballot however, votes cast for him will be counted for the replacement candidate to be named by the Republican Party. The partisan composition of the U.S. House is now 230 Republicans, 201 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 3 vacant offices (FL CD 16, NJ CD 13, TX CD 22). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/FL.phtml#H16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/ ========================= Georgia - General Election (Open Primary: Congress) If no candidate receives at least 50% of the Tuesday 7 November vote, a runoff will be held between the top two vote-getters on Tuesday 5 December. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/GA.phtml ========================= Louisiana - General Election (Open Primary: Congress) The "Open Primary" for U.S. House of Representatives in the 110th Congress is scheduled to be held on Tuesday 7 November 2006: if no candidate receives 50% of the vote, a runoff is to be held between the top two candidates on Saturday 9 December 2006. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml ========================= Texas - General Election / Nonpartisan Primary CDs 15, 21, 23, 25, 28 / Special Election CD 22 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 will be held for this seat on General Election Day, Tuesday 7 November 2006. If no candidate receives 50% of the vote, a subsequent Runoff will be held in December. 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 |