The 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the
U.S.
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state of
Texas
Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. Voters statewide elected the
Governor
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,
Lieutenant Governor,
Attorney General,
Comptroller of Public Accounts,
Commissioner of the General Land Office
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,
Commissioner of Agriculture
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, and one
Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the
chief justice and four justices of the
Texas Supreme Court
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, and the presiding judge and two judges of the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (CCA) is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in Texas. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, is composed of a Presiding Judge and eight judges.
Article V of ...
.
The
Texas United States Senate election, 2006 and the
Texas United States House elections, 2006 were conducted as part of the Texas General Election.
Democratic and
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
candidates were selected in
party primaries held 7 March 2006. In races without a majority, the runoff elections were held on 11 April 2006.
Libertarian candidates were selected at the Texas Libertarian Convention 10 June 2006 in
Houston
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(the Libertarian Party does not use a primary system to select candidates).
Independent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary election, to 11 May 2006) to collect the necessary signatures to secure a place on the ballot. For statewide elections, state law proscribes the collection of one percent of voters casting ballots in the prior gubernatorial election (for 2006, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. If there was a primary runoff for the office an independent candidate is seeking, the petition process shrank to only 30 days, from 12 April (one day after the runoff elections) to 11 May 200
United States Senator
Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Commissioner of Agriculture
Railroad Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Chief Justice, ''Unexpired term''
; Republican :
Wallace Jefferson, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Tom Oxford
; Green (Write-in) :
Charles E. Waterbury
Justice, Place 2
; Republican :
Don Willett, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
William E. Moody
; Libertarian :
Wade Wilson
Justice, Place 4
; Republican :
David M. Medina, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Jerry Adkins
Justice, Place 6
; Republican :
Nathan Hecht
Nathan Lincoln Hecht (born August 15, 1949) is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. A Republican from Dallas, Hecht was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 and was reelected to six-year terms in 1994, 2000 and 2006. He secured ...
, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Todd Phillipp
; Independent (declared) : Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as
write-in
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candidate
::
William W. McNeal
Justice, Place 8, ''Unexpired term''
; Republican :
Phil Johnson, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Jay H. Cookingham
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Presiding Judge
; Republican :
Sharon Keller
Sharon Faye Keller (born August 1, 1953) is the Presiding Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She is a Republican.
Education and early career
Born in Texas, Keller graduated from Rice University in Houston in 1975 with a major in philo ...
, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
J.R. Molina
Judge, Place 7
; Republican :
Barbara Parker Hervey, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker (Comanche ''kwana'', "smell, odor") ( – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the Nokoni ("Wanderers") band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwah ...
Judge, Place 8
; Republican :
Charles Holcomb
Charles Ruford Holcomb (born 1933) is a retired Texas judge who served on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals from 2001 to 2010.
He graduated from Robert E. Lee High School. He attended Lee College in Baytown and Lamar University in Beaumont, T ...
, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian : Dave Howard
Legislative elections
Sixteen
Texas Senate
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seats and all 150
Texas House of Representatives
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seats are up for election in 2006. The senators and representatives elected in 2006 will serve in the
Eightieth Texas Legislature, while the senators will also serve in the
Eighty-first Texas Legislature.
Texas Senate
Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the
Texas Senate
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are contested to some extent. In the
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* District 3, Malta, an electoral district of Malta
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race,
Robert Nichols won his
Republican
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
primary and will be unopposed in the fall election.
There will be at least five new members of the Senate. These current senators will not return:
Texas House of Representatives
In the
Texas House of Representatives
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. As of the 2010 United States census, each member represents abo ...
, 118 of the 150 seats will be contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty races will be uncontested after the primary elections on 7 March 2006; the remaining two will be determined in the primary runoffs on 11 April 2006.
There will be at least 20 new members of the House of Representatives. Two Democratic and five Republican incumbents were defeated in the primaries. These current representatives will not return:
State Board of Education
''Only contested elections are listed.''
Member, State Board of Education, District 3
; Republican :
Tony Cunningham
; Democrat :
Rick Agosto
Member, State Board of Education, District 5
; Republican :
Ken Mercer
; Libertarian : Bill Oliver
Member, State Board of Education, District 9
; Republican :
Don McLeroy, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Maggie Charleton
Member, State Board of Education, District 10
; Republican :
Cynthia Dunbar
; Libertarian :
Martin Thomen
Member, State Board of Education, District 12
; Republican :
Geraldine "Tincy" Miller, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Matthew Havener
Member, State Board of Education, District 15
; Republican : Bob Craig, ''Incumbent''
; Libertarian :
Brandon Stacker
Courts of Appeal District elections
''Only contested elections are listed.''
1st Court of Appeals District
Place 9
; Republican :
Elsa Alcala, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Jim Sharp
3rd Court of Appeals District
Place 2
; Republican :
Alan Waldrop, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Jim Sybert Coronado
Place 5
; Republican :
David Puryear, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Mina A. Brees
Place 6
; Republican :
Bob Pemberton, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Bree Buchanan
4th Court of Appeals District
Place 3
; Republican :
Rebecca Simmons
Rebecca Simmons is a Texas attorney and a former special justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. , Simmons continued to serve as a visiting judge on both the trial court level and appellate level, and to provide mediation and arbitration services u ...
, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Richard Garcia, Jr.
Place 4
; Republican :
Steve Hilbig
; Democrat :
Dan Pozza
Place 5
; Republican :
Karen Angelini, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Lauro A. Bustamante
Place 7
; Republican :
Phylis Speedlin, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Eddie DeLaGarza
6th Court of Appeals District
Place 2
; Republican :
Bailey C. Moseley
; Democrat :
Ben Franks
13th Court of Appeals District
Place 2
; Democrat :
Federico "Fred" Hinojosa, ''Incumbent''
; Republican :
Rose Vela
14th Court of Appeals District
Place 6
; Republican :
Richard Edelman
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Personal life
Edelman was born on June 15 ...
, ''Incumbent''
; Democrat :
Leora T. Kahn
References
See also
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United States midterm elections, 2006
The 2006 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's second term. Democrats won control of both houses of Congress, which was the first and only time either party did so ...
**
United States congressional elections, 2006
The 2006 United States elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's second term. Democrats won control of both houses of Congress, which was the first and only time either party did so ...
***
United States Senate elections, 2006
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United States House elections, 2006
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seat ...
**
United States gubernatorial elections, 2006
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2006, in 36 states and two territories. The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
Democrats won op ...
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Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...