The 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Elections were additionally held for the United States Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Texas Senate, and Texas House.
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).
Independent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary election, to 11 May 2006) to collect the necessary signatures to secure a place on the ballot. For statewide elections, state law proscribes the collection of one percent of voters casting ballots in the prior gubernatorial election (for 2006, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. If there was a primary runoff for the office an independent candidate is seeking, the petition process shrank to only 30 days, from 12 April (one day after the runoff elections) to 11 May 2006.http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/elections/2006/stories/030806dnmetvote.f8ebc5.html
United States Senator
Governor
Lieutenant governor
Attorney general
Incumbent Attorney general Greg Abbott ran for re-election, winning by a 22% margin.
Comptroller of Public Accounts
Commissioner of the General Land Office
Commissioner of Agriculture
Railroad Commissioner
Texas Supreme Court
Chief Justice, Unexpired term
Republican : Wallace Jefferson, Incumbent
Libertarian : Tom Oxford
Green (Write-in) : Charles E. Waterbury
Justice, Place 2
Republican : Don Willett, Incumbent
Democrat : William E. Moody
Libertarian : Wade Wilson
Justice, Place 4
Republican : David M. Medina, Incumbent
Libertarian : Jerry Adkins
Justice, Place 6
Republican : Nathan Hecht, Incumbent
Libertarian : Todd Phillipp
Independent (declared) : Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidate
: William W. McNeal
Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term
Republican : Phil Johnson, Incumbent
Libertarian : Jay H. Cookingham
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Presiding Judge
Republican : Sharon Keller, Incumbent
Democrat : J.R. Molina
Judge, Place 7
Republican : Barbara Parker Hervey, Incumbent
Libertarian : Quanah Parker
Judge, Place 8
Republican : Charles Holcomb, Incumbent
Libertarian : Dave Howard
Legislative elections
Sixteen Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House of Representatives seats are up for election in 2006. The senators and representatives elected in 2006 served in the Eightieth Texas Legislature, while the senators also served in the Eighty-first Texas Legislature.
Texas Senate
Fifteen of the sixteen elections for the Texas Senate were contested to some extent. In the District 3 race, Robert Nichols won his Republican primary and will be unopposed in the fall election.
Texas House of Representatives
In the Texas House of Representatives, 118 of the 150 seats were contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty races will be uncontested after the primary elections on 7 March 2006; the remaining two will be determined in the primary runoffs on 11 April 2006.
State Board of Education
Only contested elections are listed.
Member, State Board of Education, District 3
Republican : Tony Cunningham
Democrat : Rick Agosto
Member, State Board of Education, District 5
Republican : Ken Mercer
Libertarian : Bill Oliver
Member, State Board of Education, District 9
Republican : Don McLeroy, Incumbent
Democrat : Maggie Charleton
Member, State Board of Education, District 10
Republican : Cynthia Dunbar
Libertarian : Martin Thomen
Member, State Board of Education, District 12
Republican : Geraldine "Tincy" Miller, Incumbent
Libertarian : Matthew Havener
Member, State Board of Education, District 15
Republican : Bob Craig, Incumbent
Libertarian : Brandon Stacker
Courts of Appeal District elections
Only contested elections are listed.
1st Court of Appeals District
Place 9
Republican : Elsa Alcala, Incumbent
Democrat : Jim Sharp
3rd Court of Appeals District
Place 2
Republican : Alan Waldrop, Incumbent
Democrat : Jim Sybert Coronado
Place 5
Republican : David Puryear, Incumbent
Democrat : Mina A. Brees
Place 6
Republican : Bob Pemberton, Incumbent
Democrat : Bree Buchanan
4th Court of Appeals District
Place 3
Republican : Rebecca Simmons, Incumbent
Democrat : Richard Garcia, Jr.
Place 4
Republican : Steve Hilbig
Democrat : Dan Pozza
Place 5
Republican : Karen Angelini, Incumbent
Democrat : Lauro A. Bustamante
Place 7
Republican : Phylis Speedlin, Incumbent
Democrat : Eddie DeLaGarza
6th Court of Appeals District
Place 2
Republican : Bailey C. Moseley
Democrat : Ben Franks
13th Court of Appeals District
Place 2
Democrat : Federico "Fred" Hinojosa, Incumbent
Republican : Rose Vela
14th Court of Appeals District
Place 6
Republican : Richard Edelman, Incumbent
Democrat : Leora T. Kahn
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