Texas general election, 2006

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The 2006 Texas General Election is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide will elect the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election are chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

The Texas United States Senate election, 2006 and the Texas United States House elections, 2006 are conducted as part of the Texas General Election.

Democratic and Republican 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 to be held 10 June 2006 in Houston (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 2006.[1]

[edit] United States Senator

Contents 1 United States Senator 2 Governor 3 Lieutenant Governor 4 Attorney General 5 Comptroller of Public Accounts 6 Commissioner of the General Land Office 7 Commissioner of Agriculture 8 Railroad Commissioner 9 Texas Supreme Court 9.1 Chief Justice, Unexpired term 9.2 Justice, Place 2 9.3 Justice, Place 4 9.4 Justice, Place 6 9.5 Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term 10 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 10.1 Presiding Judge 10.2 Judge, Place 7 10.3 Judge, Place 8 11 Legislative elections 11.1 Texas Senate 11.2 Texas House of Representatives 12 State Board of Education 12.1 Member, State Board of Education, District 3 12.2 Member, State Board of Education, District 5 12.3 Member, State Board of Education, District 9 12.4 Member, State Board of Education, District 10 12.5 Member, State Board of Education, District 12 12.6 Member, State Board of Education, District 15 13 Courts of Appeal District elections 13.1 1st Court of Appeals District 13.1.1 Place 9 13.2 3rd Court of Appeals District 13.2.1 Place 2 13.2.2 Place 5 13.2.3 Place 6 13.3 4th Court of Appeals District 13.3.1 Place 3 13.3.2 Place 4 13.3.3 Place 5 13.3.4 Place 7 13.4 6th Court of Appeals District 13.4.1 Place 2 13.5 13th Court of Appeals District 13.5.1 Place 2 13.6 14th Court of Appeals District 13.6.1 Place 6 14 See also

Main article: Texas United States Senate election, 2006

Republican 

Kay Bailey Hutchison, Incumbent

Democrat 

Barbara Ann Radnofsky

Libertarian 

Scott Lanier Jameson

Independent (declared) 

Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidates

Robert V. Belt

Lorenzo Morales

Arthur Willis Loux

[edit] Governor

Main article: Texas gubernatorial election, 2006

Republican 

Rick Perry, Incumbent

Democrat 

Chris Bell

Libertarian 

James Werner

Independent (declared) 

Carole Keeton Strayhorn

Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman

May run as write-in candidates

Marcus Matthew Cherry

Michael Raymond Redlich

Larry W. Camp

William Gilbert Jean

James Larson (supported by the Green Party)

[edit] Lieutenant Governor

Republican 

David Dewhurst, Incumbent

Democrat 

Maria Luisa Alvarado

Libertarian 

Judy Baker

Independent (declared) 

Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidates

Gary L. Thurman

[edit] Attorney General

Republican 

Greg Abbott, Incumbent

Democrat 

David Van Os

Libertarian 

Jon Roland

[edit] Comptroller of Public Accounts

Republican 

Susan Combs

Democrat 

Fred Head

Libertarian 

Mike Burris

[edit] Commissioner of the General Land Office

Republican 

Jerry Patterson, Incumbent

Democrat 

VaLinda Hathcox

Libertarian 

Michael A. French

[edit] Commissioner of Agriculture

Republican 

Todd Staples

Democrat 

Hank Gilbert

Libertarian 

Clay Woolam

Independent (declared) 

Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidate

Bill C. Boyd

[edit] Railroad Commissioner

Republican 

Elizabeth Ames Jones, Incumbent

Democrat 

Dale Henry

Libertarian 

Tabitha Serrano

[edit] Texas Supreme Court

[edit] Chief Justice, Unexpired term

Republican 

Wallace Jefferson, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Tom Oxford

[edit] Justice, Place 2

Republican 

Don Willett, Incumbent

Democrat 

William E. Moody

Libertarian 

Wade Wilson

[edit] Justice, Place 4

Republican 

David M. Medina, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Jerry Adkins

[edit] Justice, Place 6

Republican 

Nathan Hecht, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Todd Phillipp

Independent (declared) 

Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidate

William W. McNeal

[edit] Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term

Republican 

Phil Johnson, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Jay H. Cookingham

[edit] Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

[edit] Presiding Judge

Republican 

Sharon Keller, Incumbent

Democrat 

J.R. Molina

[edit] Judge, Place 7

Republican 

Barbara Parker Hervey, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Quanah Parker

[edit] Judge, Place 8

Republican 

Charles Holcomb, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Dave Howard

[edit] Legislative elections

Main article: Texas Legislature election, 2006

Sixteen Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House of Representatives 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.

[edit] Texas Senate

Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate are contested to some extent. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican 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:

District	Outgoing Senator	Party	Reason
3	Todd Staples	Republican	Running for Texas Commissioner of Agriculture
7	Jon Lindsay	Republican	Did not run
14	Gonzalo Barrientos	Democrat	Did not run
18	Kenneth L. Armbrister	Democrat	Did not run
19	Frank L. Madla	Democrat	Defeated in primary

[edit] Texas House of Representatives

In the Texas House of Representatives, 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:

District	Representative	Party	Reason
9	Roy Blake, Jr.	Republican	Lost in primary
16	Ruben Hope, Jr.	Republican	Did not run
28	Glenn Hegar	Republican	Running for Texas Senate, District 18
33	Vilma Luna	Democrat	Withdrew from race after nomination
38	Jim Solis	Democrat	Did not run
47	Terry Keel	Republican	Unsuccessful bid for Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8
54	Suzanna Gratia Hupp	Republican	Did not run
63	Mary Denny	Republican	Did not run
71	Bob Hunter	Republican	Did not run
72	Scott Campbell	Republican	Lost in primary
73	Carter Casteel	Republican	Lost in primary
85	Pete Laney	Democrat	Did not run
91	Bob E. Griggs	Republican	Did not run
94	Kent Grusendorf	Republican	Lost in primary
101	Elvira Reyna	Republican	Lost in primary
110	Jesse W. Jones	Democrat	Lost in primary
118	Charlie Uresti	Democrat	Running for Texas Senate, District 19
126	Peggy Hamric	Republican	Unsuccessful bid for Texas Senate, District 7
133	Joe Nixon	Republican	Unsuccessful bid for Texas Senate, District 7
146	Al Edwards	Democrat	Lost in primary

[edit] State Board of Education

Only contested elections are listed.

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 3

Republican 

Tony Cunningham

Democrat 

Rick Agosto

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 5

Republican 

Ken Mercer

Libertarian 

Bill Oliver

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 9

Republican 

Don McLeroy, Incumbent

Democrat 

Maggie Charleton

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 10

Republican 

Cynthia Dunbar

Libertarian 

Martin Thomen

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 12

Republican 

Geraldine “Tincy” Miller, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Matthew Havener

[edit] Member, State Board of Education, District 15

Republican 

Bob Craig, Incumbent

Libertarian 

Brandon Stacker

[edit] Courts of Appeal District elections

Only contested elections are listed.

[edit] 1st Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 9

Republican 

Elsa Alcala, Incumbent

Democrat 

Jim Sharp

[edit] 3rd Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 2

Republican 

Alan Waldrop, Incumbent

Democrat 

Jim Sybert Coronado

[edit] Place 5

Republican 

David Puryear, Incumbent

Democrat 

Mina A. Brees

[edit] Place 6

Republican 

Bob Pemberton, Incumbent

Democrat 

Bree Buchanan

[edit] 4th Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 3

Republican 

Rebecca Simmons, Incumbent

Democrat 

Richard Garcia, Jr.

[edit] Place 4

Republican 

Steve Hilbig

Democrat 

Dan Pozza

[edit] Place 5

Republican 

Karen Angelini, Incumbent

Democrat 

Lauro A. Bustamante

[edit] Place 7

Republican 

Phylis Speedlin, Incumbent

Democrat 

Eddie DeLaGarza

[edit] 6th Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 2

Republican 

Bailey C. Moseley

Democrat 

Ben Franks

[edit] 13th Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 2

Democrat 

Federico "Fred" Hinojosa, Incumbent

Republican 

Rose Vela

[edit] 14th Court of Appeals District

[edit] Place 6

Republican 

Richard Edelman, Incumbent

Democrat 

Leora T. Kahn

[edit] See also

• United States midterm elections, 2006
  • United States congressional elections, 2006
    • United States Senate elections, 2006
    • United States House elections, 2006
  • United States gubernatorial elections, 2006

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