The Green Papers: 2006 Midterm Election |
2006 Governor's Chairs by State |
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Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Mike Huckabee As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Polls: Leans Democratic - Party switch - Democratic Attorney General Mike Beebe | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Colorado 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Bill Owens First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Polls: Leans Democratic - Current Republican - Possible Democratic takeover - Democratic Willliam "Bill" Ritter, Jr. vs. Republican Congressman Robert Louis "Bob" Beauprez | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Florida 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor John Ellis "Jeb" Bush First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Attorney General Charlie Crist | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Idaho 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor James E. "Jim" Risch Ascended to the position of Governor 26 May 2006 upon the confirmation of Governor Dirk Kempthorne as Secretary of the Interior. Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Chair - Governor James E. "Jim" Risch is a candidate for Lt. Governor in 2006 |
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Polls: Republican Congressman C.L. "Butch" Otter | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Governor Dirk Kempthorne, who was first elected in 1998, re-elected in 2002, and also served in U.S. Senate (elected: 1992) was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Secretary of the Interior on 16 March 2006. The United States Senate confirmed the nomination on 26 May 2006 by a vote of 85 yeas, 8 nays and 7 not voting. | |||||
Iowa 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic | |||||
Open |
Democratic | Governor Thomas J. "Tom" Vilsack First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Chair - Retiring at end of current term. Not a candidate for re-election. |
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Polls: Toss-up - Currently Democratic. Democratic Secretary of State Chester "Chet" Culver vs. Republican Congressman Jim Nussle | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Mitt Romney First elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Chair - 14 December 2005: Not a candidate for re-election in 2006. |
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Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Pickup - Democratic Deval L. Patrick | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Nevada 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Kenny C. Guinn First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair |
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Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman James Arthur "Jim" Gibbons vs. Democratic Dina Titus | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
New York 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor George E. Pataki First elected: 1994; re-elected: 1998, 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 Open Chair - on 27 July 2005, Gov. Pataki announced he will not be seeking re-election to a fourth term in 2006. |
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Polls: Was Republican. Democratic Attorney General Eliot L. Spitzer | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** | ||||
Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms | |||||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican | |||||
Open |
Republican | Governor Bob Taft First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. Open Chair - At term limit |
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Polls: Leans Democratic - Currently Republican, likely to switch parties. Democratic Congressman Ted Strickland | |||||
  | ** Open Chair (no incumbent) ** |
Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
Major Parties | |
Democratic | |
Democratic-Farmer Labor | |
Republican | |
Major Third Parties | |
Green | |
Green-Rainbow | |
Libertarian | |
Pacific Green | |
Reform | |
Other Third Parties | |
Alaskan Independence | |
American | |
American Constitution | |
American Independent | |
Concerned Citizens | |
Conservative | |
Constitution | |
Independence | |
Independent American | |
Liberty Union | |
Marijuana | |
Nebraska | |
Peace And Freedom | |
Populist | |
Quit Raising Taxes | |
Rent is too High | |
Right to Life | |
Socialist Party USA | |
Socialist Workers Party | |
U.S. Taxpayers | |
Veterans Party of America | |
Working Families | |
Independents | |
By Petition | |
Independent | |
No Party Affiliation | |
Unaffiliated | |
Unenrolled | |
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
None of these candidates | |
Scattering | |
Write-in |
Notes |
Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot. |
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