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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 10 June 2006 in Houston (the Libertarian Party does not use a primary system to select candidates).
The 2006 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor of Texas. The election was a rare five-way race, with incumbent Republican governor Rick Perry running for re-election against Democrat Chris Bell and Independents Carole Keeton Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman , as well as Libertarian nominee James Werner.
Ben Bentzin, unopposed in the Republican primary, withdrew from the race for House District 48 on August 21, 2006. Under the Texas Election Code, when a party nominee withdraws from a contested race, the party does not have the option to replace the candidate unless the candidate has been declared ineligible.
The 2006 Texas Senate election ... Uresti in contentious Democratic primary race. Madla was the only incumbent senator to lose a primary race in 2006. District 19 ...
2006 U.S. House election: Texas district 23 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican: Henry Bonilla 60,147 48.46 Democratic: Ciro Rodriguez: 24,953 20.10 Democratic: Albert Uresti 14,529 11.70 Democratic: Lukin Gilliland 13,725 11.05 Independent Craig Stephens 3,344 2.69 Democratic: Augie Beltran 2,650 2.13 Democratic: Rick Bolanos 2,563 2.06 ...
In the 2006 elections, the Democratic Party also claimed a majority of state governorships, gaining control of Republican-held governorships in New York, Massachusetts, Colorado, Arkansas, Maryland, and Ohio, giving the party a 28–22 advantage in governorships.
After the Nov. 5 election, Republicans won many state and local races, including gaining two seats in the Texas House. In January, 88 Republicans and 62 Democrats will be sworn into the lower ...
Bell was the Democratic candidate in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas. He ran against Republican incumbent Rick Perry and independents Carole Strayhorn and Kinky Friedman. Bell ultimately received 1,310,353 votes, or 29.79%, in the four-way race.