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The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, to elect members to the United States House of Representatives. It took place in the middle of President George W. Bush's second term in office. All 435 seats of the House were up for election.
Many political analysts concluded that the results of the election were based around President George W. Bush's policies in the War in Iraq and corruption in Congress. [67] [68] At a press conference given to address the election results, President Bush called the cumulative results of the election a "thumpin'" by the Democrats. [69]
2006 Minnesota's 5th congressional district election; 2006 Minnesota's 6th congressional district election; 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi; 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri; 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Montana
The map below shows the latest polling information as of November 6, 2006, for House races. No party polls included. Darker colors indicate stronger support. Where no polls were available, last year's election results were used. If two polls tied for most recent, the longer poll was used.
The 2006 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 7, 2006, with early voting taking place in some states in the weeks preceding that date. Voters chose representatives from all 435 congressional districts across each of the 50 U.S. states.
Also in August 2006, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball, a website run by the University of Virginia Center for Politics, added the race to their "Ferocious Forty" list of the 40 most competitive House races in the nation. [9] On November 7, 2006, Chocola lost his congressional seat to Democratic candidate Donnelly, whom Chocola had defeated in 2004.
The 2006 election for New York's 13th congressional district was won by the Republican incumbent Vito Fossella. Since easily winning a special election in 1997, Fossella had long been reelected without trouble in this district which is based in Staten Island and the southwest section of Brooklyn. At the time Fossella was the only Republican in ...
The 2006 congressional elections in Tennessee was held on November 7, 2006, to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives. Following the 2006 elections, no seats changed hands, leaving the Tennessee delegation at a 5-4 Democratic majority.