TheGreenPapers: Commenatary and Midterm Election 2006 update
What is new and what has changed at TheGreenPapers.com ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunday 22 November 2006 ========================= Commentary-- DEM's THE BREAKS!!! First thoughts about the ramifications of the Democrats' victory in the 2006 Midterm Elections by Richard E. Berg-Andersson TheGreenPapers.com Staff http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/PCom/?20061122-0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Midterm Election Update ========================= U.S. Senate as elected 33 Senate Seats, 17 Democratic, 15 Republican, and 1 Independent were up for election. 22 Democrats, 9 Republicans, and 2 Independents were elected. The partisan composition of the 110th Senate will be 49 Democrats, 49 Republicans, and 2 Independents. The 2 Independents, Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, will caucus with the Democrats giving the Democrats control of the Senate. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/Senate.phtml?v=u ========================= Governors as elected 36 Governor's Chairs, 22 Republican and 14 Democratic, were up for election. 20 Democrats and 16 Republicans were elected. The partisan composition of the 2007 Governor's chairs will be 28 Democrats to 22 Republicans. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/Governor.phtml?v=u ========================= U.S. House as elected All 435 House Seats, 229 Republicans, 201 Democrats, 1 Independent, and 4 vacant offices were up for election on 7 November 2006. 231 Democrats, a majority, and 200 Republicans were elected. 4 races have yet to be called. 2 of the races to be called are runoffs. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/House.phtml?v=u Races to be called: Florida CD 13-- Buchanan (R) 50.08% vs. Jennings (D) 49.92%. On 20 November election officials certified Republican Vernon "Vern" Buchanan as the winner by 369 votes. Democratic Christine L. Jennings filed a lawsuit requesting a new election arguing that a malfunction in the voting machines caused a 13% undervote (blank ballots). We are currently calling this contest for Buchanan. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/FL.phtml#H13 North Carolina CD 8-- Congressman Hayes (R) 50.14% vs. Kissell (D) 49.86%. The 17 November certified vote had Congressman Hayes ahead by a 339 vote margin. Kissell filed for a recount which, as of 21 November, reduced Congressman Hayes' lead to 329 votes. On 21 November Kissell campaign filed paperwork requesting a hand recount to be carried out the week of 27 November in 3% of the district's precincts. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NC.phtml#H08 Ohio CD 15-- Congressman Pryce (R) 50.89% vs. Kilroy (D) 49.11%. Congressman Pryce holds a 3,717 vote lead as 19,000 ballots remain to be counted. The vote is expected to be certified the week of 27 November. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/OH.phtml#H15 Louisiana CD 2-- Since no candidate received a majority of the 7 November vote, the top two vote getters, Congressman Jefferson (D) 30.0% and Carter (D) 21.6%, will face off in a 9 December runoff. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml#H02 Texas CD 23-- Since no candidate received a majority of the 7 November vote in the non-Partisan "all-up" election, the top two vote getters, Congressman Bonilla (R) 48.1% and Rodriguez (D) 20.3% will compete in a 12 December runoff. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/TX.phtml#H23 ========================= Down Ballot Elections to be called Guam Governor-- On 10 November 2006 the Guam Election Commission's certified the Gubernatorial General Election results declaring the Republican team of incumbent Governor Felix Camacho and Dr. Mike Cruz as victors. The opposition team of Robert Underwood and Frank Aguon, Jr. is contesting the Commission's decision not to include 504 over votes (ballots cast for both candidates) when determining the total number of votes cast. On 17 November the Guam Supreme Court agreed to hear the case on 30 November. If the overvotes are counted, a runoff election would be required since no candidate would have received the majority of the vote. The runoff was originally scheduled for Tuesday 21 November. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/GU.phtml#TG Vermont Auditor of Accounts-- Randy Brock (R) 44.47% vs. Thomas Salmon (D) 44.41%. The Vermont Secretary of State completed the recount on 14 November with the official results showing Brock winning by 137 votes out of 250,717. Tom Salmon filed for a recount on Thursday 16 November at the Washington County Superior Court in Montpelier. The recount will be completed by mid-December. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/VT.phtml#AUA ========================= Close Contests Summary - Decision by 2% or less http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/CloseContests.phtml ========================= Contests Where No Candidate Received a Majority http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NoMajorityContests.phtml ========================= 2006 U.S. Senate Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/SenateVoteByParty.phtml ========================= 2006 Gubernatorial Popular Vote by Party http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/GovernorVoteByParty.phtml ========================= 2006 U.S. House Popular Vote and FEC Total Receipts by Party http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/HouseVoteByParty.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Recap since the last TGPDirect of 5 November 2006 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuesday 21 November 2006 ========================= Runoff Election Virgin Islands Governor-- Since no candidate received a majority of the 7 November vote, the top two vote getters, John deJongh, Jr. (D) 49.33% and Kenneth E. Mapp (Independent) 27.14%, faced off in a 21 November runoff. John de Jongh / Gregory Francis won the runoff with 57.30% of the vote. Kenneth E. Mapp / Almando "Rocky" Liburd received 42.70%. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/VI.phtml#TG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 15 November 2006 ========================= 2008 Presidential Election Senator John McCain (Republican-Arizona) has declared his candidacy for the 2008 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. He will file papers with the Federal Election Commission on Thursday 16 November. Former Wisconsin Governor and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Tommy Thompson (Republican-Wisconsin) has declared his candidacy for the 2008 Republican Party nomination for President of the United States. He will file papers with the Federal Election Commission after New Year's. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P08/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday 13 November 2006 ========================= 2008 Presidential Election Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani (Republican) files papers to create an 2008 Presidential Exploratory Committee. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P08/ ========================= 109th U.S. House New Jersey CD 13: Albio Sires (Democrat) was elected 7 November 2006 in special election. Representative-elect Sires was added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/NJ.phtml#H13 Texas CD 22: Shelley Sekula Gibbs (Republican) was elected 7 November 2006 in special election. Representative-elect Gibbs was added to the rolls of the House upon executing the oath of office. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/TX.phtml#H22_ The partisan composition of the 109th House is now 230 Republicans, 202 Democrats, 2 vacant offices, 1 Independent. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/composition.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday 9 November 2006 ========================= Presidential Election 2008 Outgoing Governor Tom Vilsack (D-Iowa) has declared his candidacy for the 2008 Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States today by filing papers with the Federal Election Commission; Governor Vilsack's formal announcement of his candidacy is planned for Thursday 30 November. Vilsack is the first Democrat to so declare and he joins Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-California), outgoing Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, who has already declared his candidacy for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, as the only two Major Party candidates whose hats are already in the ring re: the next Presidential Election so far (though, obviously, many others- in each Major Party- are expected to join these two as we go along here). http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/P08/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 8 November 2006 The Bush Administration Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld resigns. President Bush nominates former CIA chief Robert Gates to take his place. http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/Hx/BushAdministration55.phtml#sod ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 December 2006 ========================= Louisiana - Congressional Run-Off/Tie http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/LA.phtml ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 December 2006 ========================= Texas - Nonpartisan Runoff CD 23 http://www.TheGreenPapers.com/G06/TX.phtml#H23 |