User:Wknight94/2006 Election Changes

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[edit] Changes in membership

[edit] Senate

State Outgoing Senator Reason for Vacancy Successor
Maryland Paul Sarbanes (D) Did not seek reelection. Ben Cardin (D)
Minnesota Mark Dayton (D) Did not seek reelection. Amy Klobuchar (D)
Missouri Jim Talent (R) Lost election. Claire McCaskill (D)
Montana Conrad Burns (R) Lost election. Jon Tester (D)
Ohio Mike DeWine (R) Lost election. Sherrod Brown (D)
Pennsylvania Rick Santorum (R) Lost election. Bob Casey, Jr. (D)
Rhode Island Lincoln Chafee (R) Lost election. Sheldon Whitehouse (D)
Tennessee Bill Frist (R) Did not seek reelection. Bob Corker (R)
Vermont Jim Jeffords (I) Retired. Bernie Sanders (I)
Virginia George Allen (R) Lost election. Jim Webb (D)

[edit] House of Representatives

State Outgoing Representative Reason for Vacancy Successor
Arizona 5th J. D. Hayworth (R) Lost election. Harry Mitchell (D)
Arizona 8th Jim Kolbe (R) Did not seek reelection. Gabrielle Giffords (D)
California 11th Richard Pombo (R) Lost election. Bill Thomas (D)
California 22nd Bill Thomas (R) Retired. Kevin McCarthy (R)
Colorado 5th Joel Hefley (R) Retired. Doug Lamborn (R)
Colorado 7th Bob Beauprez (R) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Colorado. Ed Perlmutter (D)
Connecticut 2nd Rob Simmons (R) Lost election. Joe Courtney (D)
Connecticut 5th Nancy Johnson (R) Lost election. Chris Murphy (D)
Florida 9th Michael Bilirakis (R) Did not seek reelection. Gus Bilirakis (R)
Florida 11th Jim Davis (D) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Florida. Kathy Castor (D)
Florida 13th Katherine Harris (R) Unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Vern Buchanan (R)
Florida 16th vacant Former representative, Mark Foley (R), resigned on September 29, 2006 amidst a pedophilia scandal. Tim Mahoney (D)
Florida 22nd E. Clay Shaw, Jr. (R) Lost election. Ron Klein (D)
Georgia 4th Cynthia McKinney (D) Lost primary. Hank Johnson (D)
Hawaii 2nd Ed Case (D) Unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Mazie Hirono (D)
Idaho 1st C. L. Otter (R) Successfully ran for Governor of Idaho. Bill Sali (R)
Illinois 6th Henry Hyde (R) Retired. Peter Roskam (R)
Illinois 17th Lane Evans (D) Retired due to Parkinson's disease. Phil Hare (D)
Indiana 2nd Chris Chocola (R) Lost election. Joe Donnelly (D)
Indiana 8th John Hostettler (R) Lost election. Brad Ellsworth (D)
Indiana 9th Mike Sodrel (R) Lost election. Baron Hill (D)
Iowa 1st Jim Nussle (R) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Iowa. Bruce Braley (D)
Iowa 2nd Jim Leach (R) Lost election. David Loebsack (D)
Kansas 2nd Jim Ryun (R) Lost election. Nancy Boyda (D)
Kentucky 3rd Anne Northup (R) Lost election. John Yarmuth (D)
Maryland 3rd Ben Cardin (D) Succssfully ran for U.S. Senate. John Sarbanes (D)
Michigan 7th Joe Schwarz (R) Lost primary. Tim Walberg (R)
Minnesota 1st Gil Gutknecht (R) Lost election. Tim Walz (D)
Minnesota 5th Martin Olav Sabo (D) Retired. Keith Ellison (D)
Minnesota 6th Mark Kennedy (R) Unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Michele Bachmann (R)
Nebraska 3rd Tom Osborne (R) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Nebraska. Adrian M. Smith (R)
Nevada 2nd Jim Gibbons (R) Successfully ran for Governor of Nevada. Dean Heller (R)
New Hampshire 1st Jeb Bradley (R) Lost election. Carol Shea-Porter (D)
New Hampshire 2nd Charles Foster Bass (R) Lost election. Paul Hodes (D)
New Jersey 13th vacant Former representative, Robert Menendez (D), was appointed to the U.S. Senate in January 2006 to replace Jon Corzine (D). Corzine, in turn, had resigned from the Senate to become Governor of New Jersey. Albio Sires (D)
New York 11th Major Owens (D) Retired. Yvette D. Clarke (D)
New York 19th Sue W. Kelly (R) Lost election. John Hall (D)
New York 20th John E. Sweeney (R) Lost election. Kirsten Gillibrand (D)
New York 24th Sherwood Boehlert (R) Retired. Mike Arcuri (D)
North Carolina 11th Charles H. Taylor (R) Lost election. Heath Shuler (D)
Ohio 4th Mike Oxley (R) Retired. Jim Jordan (R)
Ohio 6th Ted Strickland (D) Successfully ran for Governor of Ohio. Charlie Wilson (D)
Ohio 13th Sherrod Brown (D) Successfully ran for U.S. Senate. Betty Sutton (D)
Oklahoma 5th Ernest Istook (R) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Oklahoma. Mary Fallin (R)
Pennsylvania 4th Melissa Hart (R) Lost election. Jason Altmire (D)
Pennsylvania 7th Curt Weldon (R) Lost election. Joseph A. Sestak (D)
Pennsylvania 8th Mike Fitzpatrick (R) Lost election. Patrick Murphy (D)
Pennsylvania 10th Don Sherwood (R) Lost election. Chris Carney (D)
Tennessee 1st William L. Jenkins (R) Retired. David Davis (R)
Tennessee 9th Harold Ford, Jr. (D) Unsuccessfully ran for U.S. Senate. Steve Cohen (D)
Texas 22nd Shelley Sekula-Gibbs (R) Former representative, Tom DeLay (R), resigned on June 9, 2006. Sekula-Gibbs won a special election to serve the remainder of Delay's term but, on the same day, lost the general election for the following term. Nick Lampson (D)
Vermont At-large Bernie Sanders (I) Successfully ran for U.S. Senate. Peter Welch (D)
Wisconsin 8th Mark Green (R) Unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Wisconsin. Steve Kagen (D)