The 2006
U.S. House of Representatives
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election for the state of
North Dakota
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's
at-large congressional district was held November 7, 2006. The incumbent,
Democratic-NPL Congressman
Earl Pomeroy
Earl Ralph Pomeroy III (born September 2, 1952) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He currently serves as Senior Counsel fo ...
was re-elected to his eighth term, defeating
Republican
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Political ideology
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
candidate Matt Mechtel.
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was
Matt Mechtel of
Fargo, North Dakota. Pomeroy and Mechtel won the primary elections for their respective parties.
Pomeroy increased his margin over his opposition for the third year in a row since 2002. This was because Mechtel was not known well throughout the state, and that the Republican Party itself was beginning to slump.
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
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Bowman (largest city:
Bowman)
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Dunn (largest city:
Killdeer
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)
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Emmons (largest city:
Linton)
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Golden Valley (largest city:
Beach
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)
*
Oliver (largest city:
Center
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** Center (group theory)
** Center (ring theory)
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)
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Sheridan (largest city:
McClusky)
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Slope
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(largest city:
Marmarth)
References
External links
2006 North Dakota U.S. House of Representatives Election results
2006
North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the indigenous Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, So ...
2006 North Dakota elections
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