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2006 West Virginia Senate election

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2006 West Virginia Senate elections

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17 of 34 seats in the West Virginia Senate
18 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Earl Ray Tomblin Vic Sprouse
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since 1995 1998
Leader's seat SD 7 SD 8
Seats before 21 13
Seats after 23 11
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 2
Popular vote 301,122 172,007
Percentage 63.6% 36.4%
Seats up 11 6
Seats won 13 4

Holds and gains
     Democratic gain      Democratic hold
     Republican hold

Senate President before election

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

Elected Senate President

Earl Ray Tomblin
Democratic

The 2006 West Virginia Senate election took place on Tuesday, November 7, 2006, to elect members to the 78th and 79th Legislature. 17 of the 34 state senate seats were up for election. State senate seats in West Virginia are staggered, with senators serving 4-year terms.[1] The election took place concurrently with the U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections. The Democratic Party won over 60% of the vote for state senate candidates and picked up 2 seats held by Republicans, retaining their supermajority.[2] While President George W. Bush won the state in the previous presidential election, Democrats did well across the country and the state in a year described as a blue wave.[3]

Summary

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Summary of the 2006 West Virginia Senate election results[4]
Party Candidates Votes % Seats
Before[2] Up Won After +/–
Democratic 16 301,122 63.6% 21 11 13 23 Increase 2
Republican 13 172,007 36.4% 13 6 4 11 Decrease 2
Write-in 102 nil 0 0 0 0 Steady
Total 473,231 100% 34 17 34 Steady
Popular vote
Democratic
63.6%
Republican
36.4%
Write-in
nil%
Seats won
Democratic
76.5%
Republican
23.5%
Total senate seats
Democratic
67.7%
Republican
32.3%

SD 1

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2006 West Virginia SD 1 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edwin Bowman (incumbent) 17,889 69.9
Republican George Village 7,690 30.1
Total votes 25,579 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 2

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2006 West Virginia SD 2 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Edgell (incumbent) 17,009 64.9
Republican Wayne Weber 9,184 35.1
Total votes 26,193 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 3

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2006 West Virginia SD 3 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. Frank Deem (incumbent) 19,930 99.5
Write-in 92 0.5
Total votes 20,022 100.0
Republican hold

SD 4

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2006 West Virginia SD 4 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Hall 17,438 51.9
Democratic Jim Lees 16,135 48.1
Total votes 33,573 100.0
Republican hold

SD 5

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2006 West Virginia SD 5 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Evan Jenkins (incumbent) 16,502 64.1
Republican Thomas Scott 9,257 35.9
Total votes 25,759 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 6

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2006 West Virginia SD 6 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic H. Truman Chafin (incumbent) 14,621 100.0
Total votes 14,621 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 7

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2006 West Virginia SD 7 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Ron Stollings 16,437 77.2
Republican Larry Lyons 4,865 22.8
Total votes 21,302 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 8

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2006 West Virginia SD 8 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Erik Wells 31,073 58.1
Republican Mark Plants 22,408 41.9
Total votes 53,481 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 9

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2006 West Virginia SD 9 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Green 12,109 55.7
Republican Russ Weeks (incumbent) 9,628 44.3
Total votes 21,737 100.0
Democratic gain from Republican

SD 10

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2006 West Virginia SD 10 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jesse Guills (incumbent) 12,590 51.5
Democratic Frederick Parker 11,849 48.5
Total votes 24,439 100.0
Republican hold

SD 11

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2006 West Virginia SD 11 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Randy White (incumbent) 12,991 52.7
Republican Pete Sigler 11,679 47.3
Total votes 24,670 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 12

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2006 West Virginia SD 12 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Minard (incumbent) 22,218 100.0
Total votes 22,218 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 13

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2006 West Virginia SD 13 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mike Oliverio (incumbent) 25,060 100.0
Total votes 25,060 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 14

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2006 West Virginia SD 14 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Sypolt 16,057 52.8
Democratic Craig Rotruck 14,334 47.2
Write-in 10 nil
Total votes 30,401 100.0
Republican hold

SD 15

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2006 West Virginia SD 15 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Walt Helmick (Incumbent) 21,509 99.6
Write-in 92 0.4
Total votes 21,601 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 16

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2006 West Virginia SD 16 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Unger (Incumbent) 19,640 64.7
Republican Jerry Mays 10,729 35.3
Total votes 30,369 100.0
Democratic hold

SD 17

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2006 West Virginia SD 17 general election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Brooks McCabe (Incumbent) 31,746 60.7
Republican Ann Calvert 20,552 39.3
Total votes 52,298 100.0
Democratic hold

References

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  1. ^ Holmes, Darrell (2003). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 84 ed.). p. 776. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Holmes, Darrell (2007). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 89 ed.). p. 484. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  3. ^ Langer, Gary; Sussman, Dalia; Craighill, Peyton; Morin, Rich; Hartman, Brian; Shapiro, Bob (November 8, 2006). "Much-Diminished GOP Absorbs the Voters' Ire". ABC News. Archived from the original on February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
  4. ^ Holmes, Darrell (2007). West Virginia Blue Book (PDF) (Volume 89 ed.). p. 797. Retrieved February 20, 2024.