2006 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2007; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

2006 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2007; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 1 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Arizona	Jon Kyl	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jon Kyl (Republican) 53.3% Jim Pederson (Democratic) 43.5% Richard Mack (Libertarian) 3.2%

California	Dianne Feinstein	Democratic	1992 (special) 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dianne Feinstein (Democratic) 59.4% Dick Mountjoy (Republican) 35.2% Don Grundmann (American Independent) 1.8% Todd Chretien (Green) 1.7% Michael Metti (Libertarian) 1.6% Marsha Feinland (Peace and Freedom) 1.3%

Connecticut	Joe Lieberman	Democratic	1988 1994 2000	Incumbent lost renomination, but re-elected. Connecticut for Lieberman gain.	√ Joe Lieberman (Connecticut for Lieberman) 49.7% Ned Lamont (Democratic) 39.7% Alan Schlesinger (Republican) 9.6% Ralph Ferrucci (Green) 0.5% Timothy Knibbs (Concerned Citizens) 0.4%

Delaware	Tom Carper	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tom Carper (Democratic) 67.1% Jan Ting (Republican) 27.4% Christine O'Donnell (Write-in) 4.4% William E. Morris (Libertarian) 1.1%

Florida	Bill Nelson	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Bill Nelson (Democratic) 60.3% Katherine Harris (Republican) 38.1% Belinda Noah (Independent) 0.5% Brian Moore (Green) 0.4% Floyd Ray Frazier (Independent) 0.3% Roy Tanner (Independent) 0.3%

Hawaii	Daniel Akaka	Democratic	1990 (Appointed) 1990 (Special) 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Daniel Akaka (Democratic) 61.4% Cynthia Thielen (Republican) 36.8% Lloyd Mallan (Libertarian) 1.9%

Indiana	Richard Lugar	Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Richard Lugar (Republican) 87.3% Steve Osborn (Libertarian) 12.6%

Maine	Olympia Snowe	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Olympia Snowe (Republican) 74.4% Jean Hay Bright (Democratic) 20.5% Bill Slavick (Independent) 5.2%

Maryland	Paul Sarbanes	Democratic	1976 1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Ben Cardin (Democratic) 54.2% Michael Steele (Republican) 44.2% Kevin Zeese (Green) 1.5%

Massachusetts	Ted Kennedy	Democratic	1962 (Special) 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Kennedy (Democratic) 69.5% Kenneth Chase (Republican) 30.5%

Michigan	Debbie Stabenow	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Debbie Stabenow (Democratic) 56.9% Mike Bouchard (Republican) 41.3% Leonard Schwartz (Libertarian) 0.7% David Sole (Green) 0.6% W. Dennis FitzSimons (Constitution) 0.5%

Minnesota	Mark Dayton	Democratic	2000	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Amy Klobuchar (Democratic-Farmer-Labor) 58.1% Mark Kennedy (Republican) 37.9% Robert Fitzgerald (Independence) 3.2% Michael Cavlan (Green) 0.5% Ben Powers (Constitution) 0.3%

Mississippi	Trent Lott	Republican	1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Trent Lott (Republican) 63.6% Erik Fleming (Democratic) 34.8% Harold Taylor (Libertarian) 1.5%

Missouri	Jim Talent	Republican	2002 (special)	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Claire McCaskill (Democratic) 49.6% Jim Talent (Republican) 47.3% Frank Gilmour (Libertarian) 1.2% Lydia Lewis (Green) 0.9%

Montana	Conrad Burns	Republican	1988 1994 2000	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Jon Tester (Democratic) 49.2% Conrad Burns (Republican) 48.3% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 2.6%

Nebraska	Ben Nelson	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ben Nelson (Democratic) 63.9% Pete Ricketts (Republican) 36.1%

Nevada	John Ensign	Republican	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Ensign (Republican) 55.4% Jack Carter (Democratic) 41% None of These Candidates 1.4% David Schumann (Constitution) 1.3% Brendan Trainor (Libertarian) 0.9%

New Jersey	Bob Menendez	Democratic	2006 (Appointed) 2006	Interim appointee elected.	√ Bob Menendez (Democratic) 53.4% Thomas Kean Jr. (Republican) 44.3% Len Flynn (Libertarian) 0.7% Ed Forchion (Marijuana) 0.5% J.M.

New Mexico	Jeff Bingaman	Democratic	1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jeff Bingaman (Democratic) 70.6% Allen McCulloch (Republican) 29.3%

New York	Hillary Clinton	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Hillary Clinton (Democratic) 67.0% John Spencer (Republican) 31.0% Howie Hawkins (Green) 1.2% Jeff Russell (Libertarian) 0.4% Bill Van Auken (Socialist Equality) 0.2% Roger Calero (Socialist Workers) 0.2%

North Dakota	Kent Conrad	Democratic	1986 1992 (Retired) 1992 (Special) 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kent Conrad (Democratic) 68.8% Dwight Grotberg (Republican) 29.5% Roland Riemers (Independent) 1.0% James Germalic (Independent) 0.6%

Ohio	Mike DeWine	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Sherrod Brown (Democratic) 56.2% Mike DeWine (Republican) 43.8%

Pennsylvania	Rick Santorum	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Bob Casey, Jr. (Democratic) 58.7% Rick Santorum (Republican) 41.3%

Rhode Island	Lincoln Chafee	Republican	1999 (Appointed) 2000	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic) 53.5% Lincoln Chafee (Republican) 46.5%

Tennessee	Bill Frist	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Bob Corker (Republican) 50.7% Harold Ford, Jr. (Democratic) 48.0% Ed Choate (Independent) 0.6% David Gatchell (Independent) 0.2% Emory "Bo" Heyward (Independent) 0.2% H.

Texas	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Republican	1993 (Special) 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Kay Bailey Hutchison (Republican) 61.7% Barbara Ann Radnofsky (Democratic) 36.0% Scott Jameson (Libertarian) 2.3%

Utah	Orrin Hatch	Republican	1976 1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Orrin Hatch (Republican) 62.6% Pete Ashdown (Democratic) 30.8% Scott Bradley (Constitution) 3.8% Roger Price (Personal Choice)1.6% Dave Seely (Libertarian) 0.8% Julian Hatch (Green) 0.4%

Vermont	Jim Jeffords	Independent	1988 1994 2000	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Independent hold.	√ Bernie Sanders (Independent) 65.4% Richard Tarrant (Republican) 32.3% Cris Ericson (Independent) 0.6% Craig Hill (Green) 0.5% Peter Moss (Independent) 0.5% Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 0.3%

Virginia	George Allen	Republican	2000	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Jim Webb (Democratic) 49.6% George Allen (Republican) 49.2% Gail Parker (Independent Green) 1.1%

Washington	Maria Cantwell	Democratic	2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Maria Cantwell (Democratic) 56.85% Mike McGavick (Republican) 39.93% Bruce Guthrie (Libertarian) 1.41% Aaron Dixon (Green) 1.02% Robin Adair (Independent) 0.79%

West Virginia	Robert Byrd	Democratic	1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Robert Byrd (Democratic) 64.4% John Raese (Republican) 33.7% Jesse Johnson (Mountain) 1.9%

Wisconsin	Herb Kohl	Democratic	1988 1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Herb Kohl (Democratic) 67.31% Robert Lorge (Republican) 29.48% Rae Vogeler (Green) 1.98% Ben Glatzel (Independent) 1.17%

Wyoming	Craig L. Thomas	Republican	1994 2000	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Craig L. Thomas (Republican) 69.99% Dale Groutage (Democratic) 29.86%

Sentence(s)

Incumbent Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah won a re-election over Democrat Pete Ashdown.

final_sentence: Incumbent Republican Orrin Hatch of Utah won a re-election over Democrat Pete Ashdown.