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Elections / 2006

The 2006 elections

A midterm cycle: 33 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.

2006 US Senate elections
2006 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2006 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · —Alaska · —Arizona · R+9.8Colorado · —Florida · D+22.2Georgia · —Indiana · R+87.4Kansas · —Maine · R+53.7Massachusetts · D+38.8Minnesota · D+20.1New Jersey · D+9.0North Carolina · —North Dakota · D+39.3Oklahoma · —Pennsylvania · D+17.4South Dakota · —Texas · R+25.6Wyoming · R+40.2Connecticut · O+10.9Missouri · D+2.3West Virginia · D+54.1Illinois · —New Mexico · D+41.3Arkansas · —California · D+24.4Delaware · D+41.5District of Columbia · —Hawaii · D+24.6Iowa · —Kentucky · —Maryland · D+10.0Michigan · D+15.7Mississippi · R+28.7Montana · D+0.9New Hampshire · —New York · D+33.1Ohio · D+12.4Oregon · —Tennessee · R+2.7Utah · R+31.3Virginia · D+0.4Washington · D+16.9Wisconsin · D+37.8Nebraska · D+27.8South Carolina · —Idaho · —Nevada · R+14.4Vermont · O+35.2Louisiana · —Rhode Island · D+7.0
2006Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2006, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Smaller states, enlarged
VTO+35.2MAD+38.8RID+7.0CTO+10.9NJD+9.0DED+41.5MDD+10.0
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.

US Senate 2006: Democrats won 22, Republicans 9, others 2 of 33 contests →

US House 2006: Democrats won 232, Republicans 199 of 431 seats →

Governor coverage is 2018–2024 (the precinct-data era); odd-year states (NJ/VA) and earlier cycles are pending sourcing. See the methodology for series notes.