Maryland Attorney General election, 2006

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The 2006 Maryland Attorney General election will decide the next Attorney General of the state of Maryland in the United States. The primary election was held on September 12, 2006, and the general election will be held on November 7, 2006.

1 Background
2 Results
- 2.1 General election
- 2.2 Primary election
3 Candidates
- 3.1 Democrats
  - 3.1.1 Lost Primary
- 3.2 Republicans
4 Polling

[edit] Background

Incumbent J. Joseph Curran, Jr., who has been Attorney General since 1987, decided not to run for re-election due to a possible conflict of interest with his son-in-law Martin O'Malley, who is running for Governor of Maryland. Doug Gansler, State's Attorney for Montgomery County, Maryland, won the Democratic Party's nomination in the primary elections on September 12, defeating Stuart O. Simms 55.7% to 44.3%. Scott Rolle, the Republican nominee, ran unopposed in the primary election. According to The Baltimore Sun, Gansler is polling well ahead of Rolle and has raised over $1 million compared to Rolle's $69,000.[1]

Another Democratic candidate, Tom Perez, was eliminated before the primary elections by a Maryland Court of Appeals ruling that had found that Perez had not practiced law in Maryland for ten years, which is the minimum requirement to run for the office of Attorney General.[2]

[edit] Results

[edit] General election

Unofficial results [3]:

Maryland Attorney General election results, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Doug Gansler	1,043,564	61.0	-4.2
	Republican	Scott Rolle	665,578	38.9	+4.1
	Write-ins		1,948	0.1	0
Majority			377,968	22.1	-8.3
Turnout			1,711,090
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] Primary election

Democratic			Republican
Candidate	Votes	Percent	Candidate	Votes	Percent
Doug Gansler (winner)	286,016	55.7%	Scott Rolle (winner)	179,054	100.0%
Stuart O. Simms	227,699	44.3%
Totals	513,715	100%		179,054	100%
Source: Maryland State Board of Elections