The Green Papers
2006 Senatorial Primaries at a Glance


 

This "at a glance" look at the primary in each State simply lists the winner (and, in many cases, the candidate who came in second) in each Primary in chronological order.

boldface followed by (inc) indicates the incumbent


 
2006 Senatorial Primaries at a Glance
Date State Democrat
Democrat
Republican
Republican
     Winner % Second %      Winner % Second %
Tuesday 7 March 2006 Texas   Advance to runoff: Radnofsky (43%) vs Kelly (38%)   Hutchison (inc) U    
Tuesday 11 April 2006 Texas R Radnofsky D Kelly   R        
Tuesday 2 May 2006 Indiana             Lugar (inc) U    
Ohio   Brown         Dewine (inc) L Smith  
Tuesday 9 May 2006 Nebraska   Nelson (inc) U       Ricketts 48 Stenberg 36
West Virginia   Byrd (inc)         Raese D Lewis  
Tuesday 16 May 2006 Pennsylvania   Casey         Santorum (inc) U    
Tuesday 6 June 2006 California   Feinstein (inc)         Mountjoy U    
Mississippi   27 June runoff between Erik Fleming (44%) and either Bill Bowlin (22%) or James O'Keefe (20%)   Lott (inc) U    
Montana   Tester L Morrison     Burns (inc) L Keenan  
New Jersey   Menendez (inc)         Kean      
New Mexico   Bingaman (inc) U       McCulloch N Pfeffer  
Tuesday 13 June 2006 Maine   Hay Bright N Menhert     Snowe (inc) U    
North Dakota   Conrad (inc) U       Grotberg U    
Virginia   Webb D Miller     Allen (inc) U    
Tuesday 27 June 2006 Mississippi R Fleming L Bowlin   R        
Utah   Ashdown P       Hatch (inc) P    
Thursday 3 August 2006 Tennessee   Ford         Corker 48 Bryant 34
Tuesday 8 August 2006 Connecticut   Lamont N Lieberman (inc)     Schlesinger C    
Michigan   Stabenow (inc) U       Bouchard D Butler  
Missouri   McCaskill         Talent (inc)      
Tuesday 15 August 2006 Nevada   Carter         Ensign (inc)      
Tuesday 22 August 2006 Wyoming   Groutage U       Thomas (inc) U    
Tuesday 5 September 2006 Florida   Nelson (inc) P       Harris 49 McBride 30
Tuesday 12 September 2006 Arizona   Pederson U       Kyl (inc) U    
Delaware   Carper (inc) P       Ting 43 Protack 40
Maryland   Cardin 45 Mfume 40   Steele      
Minnesota   Klobuchar         Kennedy      
New York   Clinton         Spencer L McFarland  
Rhode Island   Whitehouse         Chafee (inc) D Laffey  
Vermont   Sanders         Tarrant L Parke  
Wisconsin   Kohl (inc)         Lorge U    
Tuesday 19 September 2006 Massachusetts   Kennedy (inc) U       Scott N Chase  
Washington   Cantwell (inc)         McGavick      
Saturday 23 September 2006 Hawaii   Akaka (inc) D Case     Coffee 41 Beatty 24
 
 

Key

  • If a candidate wins 75.5% or more of the primary vote, the second place finisher is not listed.
  • U means that this candidate ran in the primary unopposed (that is, with no other candidates appearing on the ballot but him/her). Please note that write-ins do NOT count as such "other candidates on the ballot" but the appearance of "Uncommitted" (or equivalent, such as "None of the Above") on a ballot DOES.
  • L indicates a landslide majority [60.5 to 75.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • D indicates a decisive majority [52.5 to 60.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • N indicates a narrow majority [50.0(+1 vote) to 52.4% of the primary vote] for the winner.
  • Where a winning (or, in a runoff State, leading) candidate has failed to gain at least a majority of the primary vote, the winner(leader) of the primary and the candidate who came in second are both listed with their respective percentages of the primary vote rounded up or down to the nearest whole integer.
  • C indicates the Party's nominee was chosen by a Party-run process other than the Primary (State Convention, Party Central Committee or equivalent).
  • P indicates Primary cancelled / nomination by default because nominee was the only candidate to have filed for this Party's Primary for this office. P also applies to nominees-to-be by apparent Party consensus (i.e. no opposition at an ensuing Convention).
  • R indicates any Runoff which has been scheduled for this date.
 


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