North Dakota United States Senate election, 2006
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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of North Dakota was held November 7, 2006. The incumbent Dem-NPL Senator Kent Conrad sought and received re-election to his fourth term.
Popular Republican governor John Hoeven was heavily recruited by prominent national Republicans, including Karl Rove and Dick Cheney to run against Conrad. SurveyUSA polls showed that both Conrad and Hoeven had among the highest approval ratings of any Senators and governors in the nation. A poll conducted by PMR (8/26-9/3 MoE 3.9) for The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead had as result for a hypothetical matchup: Hoeven-35%, Conrad-27%, Uncommitted-38%. This poll showed voter conflict between two very popular politicians in a small state where party loyalty is often trumped by personality. In late September 2005, Hoeven formally declined [1].
The filing deadline for major party candidates was April 17, 2006; the primary was on June 13, 2006. Only Conrad filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was farmer Dwight Grotberg, who has not previously run a statewide political campaign. [2].
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[edit] Primaries
Conrad and Grotberg won the primary elections for their respective parties.[1]
[edit] Independent candidates
- James Germalic, who also ran in 1994 against Conrad, as an independent, and in that same year in North Dakota's at-large congressional district against Earl Pomeroy.
- Roland Riemers of Emerado [3], a real estate investor. A Libertarian, he ran in 2004 for the governor of North Dakota, receiving 1.35% of the vote [4].
[edit] Polling
Source | Date | Democratic | Republican |
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Rasmussen | January 30, 2006 | Kent Conrad - 59% | John Warford - 31% |
[edit] Election results
2006 United States Senate election, North Dakota | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Democratic | Kent Conrad (incumbent) | 150,146 | 68.8 | +7.4 | |
Republican | Dwight Grotberg | 64,417 | 29.5 | -9.1 | |
Independent | Roland Riemers | 2,194 | 1.0 | n/a | |
Independent | James Germalic | 1,395 | 0.6 | n/a | |
Majority | 85,729 | 39.3 | |||
Turnout | 218,154 | 44.5 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
[edit] References
- ^ North Dakota Secretary of State Election Management System, 2006 primary election, United States Senator results
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