Arkansas's 2006 state elections were held November 7, 2006. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs, if necessary, were held June 13. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35
state senate
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seats, all 100
house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four
Supreme Court
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justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.
Constitutional Officers
Governor
Democrat
*Mike Beebe - Attorney General
Republican
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Asa Hutchinson
William Asa Hutchinson II (, '' AY-sə''; born December 3, 1950) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who is the 46th and current governor of Arkansas. A member of the Republican Party, he was the U.S. attorney for the Fort Smit ...
- former
Undersecretary of Homeland Security
Green Party
*Jim Lendall (ran for Governor 2006 - former state representative)
Third Parties
*Rod Bryan (independent) - musician
Lieutenant Governor
Democratic Primary
*Bill Halter - former
Social Security commissioner
*Tim Wooldridge - state senator, District 11
*Mike Hathorn - former state representative, Arkansas Rural Development Commissioner
*Jay Martin - state representative,
North Little Rock
North Little Rock is a city in Pulaski County, Arkansas, across the Arkansas from Little Rock in the central part of the state. The population was 64,591 at the 2020 census. In 2019 the estimated population was 65,903, making it the seventh-mo ...
Halter came in first in the Democratic primary:
Democratic Run-off
Halter also won the run-off:
Republican Primary
*Jim Holt - state senator, District 35
*Charles "Chuck" Banks - former US Attorney
*Douglas Jay Matayo - state representative,
Springdale
Holt won the primary:
Secretary of State
Democrat
*Charlie Daniels - incumbent
Republican
*Jim Lagrone - businessman, former Baptist pastor
Green Party
*Ralph "Marty" Scully - retiree, former
Teamster
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Origi ...
Attorney General
Democratic Primary
*Dustin McDaniel - State Representative, District 75 (
Jonesboro), former attorney.
*Paul Suskie -
North Little Rock
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City Attorney,
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veteran.
* Robert Leo Herzfeld -
Saline County Prosecutor.
McDaniel came in first:
Democratic Run-off
McDaniel also won the run-off, with exactly 87,000 votes:
Republican
*Gunner DeLay - former state senator, attorney
Green Party
Rebekah Kennedy - civil rights attorney and Public Relations chair for the
Green Party of Arkansas
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With the November 2008 election of Richard Carroll (politician), Richard Carroll as representative for ...
Auditor of State
Democrat
*Jim Wood - incumbent
Green Party
*Michael Bolzenius - advertising salesman
State Treasurer
Democratic Primary
*Martha Shoffner - former state representative, 2002 auditor candidate
*Mac Campbell - tax attorney, former counsel to Senator
Blanche Lincoln
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*Don House - businessman, state representative (
Walnut Ridge)
Shoffner lead solidly, but not enough to avoid a run-off:
Democratic Run-off
Shoffner won the run-off:
[2006 General Primary Runoff
Statewide Results by Contest, State Treasurer - Democrat - Certified, found a]
Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website
Accessed November 15, 2010.
Republican
*Chris Morris - staffer for Governor
Mike Huckabee
Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomina ...
Green Party
*Brock Carpenter - student,
Hendrix College
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Commissioner of State Lands
Democrat
*Mark Wilcox - incumbent
Green Party
*R. David Lewis - attorney
Judicial Elections
Judicial elections are nonpartisan.
Supreme Court
Four Supreme Court associate justices were up for reelection to eight-year terms.
Position 2
*Donald Louis Corbin - incumbent
*Roger Harrod -
Maumelle district court judge
Position 5
*Paul Danielson - circuit judge for the 15th circuit
*Wendell Griffen - appeals judge, District 6
Position 6
*Annabelle Clinton Imber - incumbent. Uncontested for reelection.
Position 7
*Robert Brown - incumbent. Uncontested for reelection.
Court of Appeals
Elections were held on primary election day for four appeals judges to new eight-year terms. All candidates stood unopposed and were reelected by acclamation:
*Judge John Pittman - District 1, Position 1
*Denzil Price Marshall - District 1, Position 2
*Judge Terry Crabtree - District 3, Position 2
*Judge Larry Vaught - District 6, Position 2
Circuit Courts
Elections were also held on primary election day for eight district court judges, for six-year terms. Necessary run-offs will be held with the general election.
*Unopposed:
**Judge John Mark Lindsay - District 4, Division 6
**Judge Ellen Brantley - District 6, Division 16, Subdistrict 6.2
**Judge Mackie Pierce - District 6, Division 17, Subdistrict 6.2
General Assembly Elections
State Senate
17 senators are up for reelection to four-year terms.
State House
All 100 House seats are up for re-election.
Referendums
*Constitutional Amendment 1
Amendment 1 would amend the
Arkansas Constitution
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to lift prohibitions against gambling from bingos and lotteries conducted by authorized nonprofit organizations, such as churches or volunteer fire organizations.
*Referred Question 1
Question 1 would allow the state to issue no more than $250 million in bonds to finance the development of technology and facilities for state institutions of higher education.
See also
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Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006
The 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Mike Huckabee was barred from seeking candidacy due to term limits set by the State Constitution in 1998, stating that the Governor m ...
References
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Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the South Central United States. It is bordered by Missouri to the north, Tennessee and Mississippi to the east, Louisiana to the south, and Texas and Oklahoma to the west. Its name is from the Osage ...