2006 United States Senate election in Texas

The 2006 United States Senate election in Texas was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Kay Bailey Hutchison won re-election to a third term.

2006 United States Senate election in Texas

November 7, 2006

Nominee Kay Bailey Hutchison Barbara Ann Radnofsky Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 2,661,789 1,555,202 Percentage 61.7% 36.0%

County results Hutchinson:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100% Radnofsky:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican Elected U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison Republican

Major candidates

Democratic

• Barbara Ann Radnofsky, attorney

Republican

• Kay Bailey Hutchison, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

The Democratic nominee had never run for public office and was expected to face an uphill battle in the general election, especially in a state that has not elected a Democrat statewide since 1994 and against a historically popular Hutchison. Since neither Radnofsky nor her main opponent, Gene Kelly, had received a majority of votes in the Democratic primary, a runoff was held April 11, 2006, which Radnofsky won. Radnofsky's campaign platform is available on her website.[1] Scott Lanier Jameson won the Libertarian Party nomination at the party's state convention on June 10, 2006, defeating Timothy Wade and Ray Salinas. Arthur W. Loux, a Roman Forest City Councilman and a member of the Minutemen, was running as an independent.

Hutchison co-sponsored legislation supporting the creation of a constitutional amendment that would limit terms for senators, but had been quoted saying that she would only leave after two terms if such a law applied to all senators. After deciding not to challenge Governor Rick Perry this year, as had been widely speculated, Hutchison was running for a third term.

She had no opposition in the 2006 Republican primary, and had approval ratings in the 60 percent range going into the election,[2] although they had been slipping rapidly.

Debates

• Complete video of debate, October 19, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Hutchison (R)	Radnofsky (D)
Polimetrix	November 5, 2006	65%	29%
Zogby	October 25, 2006	61%	27%
Rasmussen	October 23, 2006	60%	34%
Rasmussen	August 31, 2006	58%	32%
Rasmussen	August 3, 2006	61%	31%
Rasmussen	July 13, 2006	58%	31%
Rasmussen	May 18, 2006	53%	34%
Rasmussen	January 8, 2006	64%	25%

Results

United States Senate election in Texas, 2006[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kay Bailey Hutchison (incumbent)	2,661,789	61.69	-4.65
	Democratic	Barbara Ann Radnofsky	1,555,202	36.04	+3.69
	Libertarian	Scott Jameson	97,672	2.26	+1.10
Majority			1,106,587	25.7
Turnout			4,314,663
	Republican hold		Swing

See also

• 2006 United States Senate elections

References

3. "2006 General Election". Texas Secretary of State. November 7, 2006.

External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Kay Bailey Hutchison
• Barbara Radnofsky
• Scott Jameson
• The Green Papers link on the Texas Midterm Election