# 2006 Massachusetts elections

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The 2006 Massachusetts general election was held on November 7, 2006, throughout Massachusetts.
At the federal level, Ted Kennedy was re-elected to the United States Senate, and all ten seats in the United States House of Representatives were won by incumbent Democratic Party candidates.
Incumbent Republican Governor Mitt Romney did not run for re-election and was succeeded by Democrat Deval Patrick. Martha Coakley was elected Attorney General. Democratic incumbents were re-elected Secretary of the Commonwealth, Auditor, and Treasurer.
In the Massachusetts General Court, Democrats gained one seat in the Senate and two seats in the House.

## Governor and Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Republican governor Mitt Romney chose not to seek re-election for a second term in office.
Primary elections for Governor and Lieutenant Governor were conducted separately with the Democrats nominating former Assistant U.S. Attorney General Deval Patrick and Mayor of Worcester Tim Murray. The Republicans nominated a ticket of incumbent Lieutenant Governor Kerry Healey and former State Representative Reed Hillman.
Patrick and Murray were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor in the general election.

## Secretary of the Commonwealth

Incumbent Democratic Secretary William F. Galvin ran for re-election to a fourth term in office. He was opposed in the Democratic primary by John C. Bonifaz, a voting-rights activist who founded the National Voting Rights Institute.

### Democratic primary
#### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates |
| Democratic Primary | Democratic Primary | Democratic Primary | William F. Galvin | John Bonifaz | Und |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±5.1% | 49% | 5% | 46% |
| Suffolk University | June 22–26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 50% | 9% | 38% |

#### Results

Democratic Secretary of the Commonwealth Primary :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | William F. Galvin (incumbent) | 633,035 | 82.84% |
| Democratic | John Bonifaz | 129,012 | 17.00% |
| Write-in | All others | 1,997 | 0.26% |
| None | Blank votes | 162,358 | |

### General election

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In the general election, Galvin's only challenger was Green-Rainbow nominee Jill Stein, a medical doctor and community activist who ran for governor in 2002.

#### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | Candidates | Candidates | Candidates |
| General Election | General Election | General Election | Galvin (D) | Stein (GR) | Und. |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | 57% | 13% | 31% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | 56% | 11% | 33% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | 54% | 11% | 35% |
| Suffolk University | June 22–26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 52% | 9% | 35% |
| Suffolk University | May 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 46% | 10% | 43% |
| Suffolk University | April 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 46% | 8% | 44% |

#### Results

2006 Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | William F. Galvin (incumbent) | 1,638,594 | 82.02% | 9.86 |
| Green-Rainbow | Jill Stein | 353,551 | 17.70% | New |
| Write-in | Write-in | 5,715 | 0.29% | 0.20 |
| Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |

## Attorney General

Incumbent Attorney General Thomas Reilly ran for Governor instead of seeking a third term in office.
Democratic Middlesex County District Attorney Martha Coakley was elected Attorney General, defeating former Norfolk County District Attorney Republican Larry Frisoli, a trial attorney from Belmont who was known for his handling of the Jeffery Curley case against NAMBLA. Both candidates were unopposed for nomination in their parties' primaries.

### General election
#### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | Coakley (D) | Frisoli (R) | Und. |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | 59% | 18% | 14% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | 52% | 15% | 33% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | 50% | 9% | 39% |
| Suffolk University | June 22–26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 50% | 16% | 33% |
| Suffolk University | May 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 49% | 13% | 36% |

#### Results

2006 Massachusetts Attorney General Election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Martha Coakley | 1,546,582 | 72.86% | 26.38 |
| Republican | Larry Frisoli | 569,822 | 27.06% | New |
| Write-in | Write-in | 1,840 | 0.09% | 0.67 |
| Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |

## Treasurer and Receiver-General

Incumbent Democrat Timothy P. Cahill was re-elected over Green-Rainbow candidate James O'Keefe, who also ran in 2002. Republican Ronald K. Davy, a financial analyst and Hull selectman, was nominated but failed to reach signature requirement to qualify for the ballot.

### General election
#### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | Cahill (D) | O'Keefe (GR) | Davy (R) | Und. |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | 56% | 15% | | 29% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | 51% | 11% | | 37% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | 48% | 10% | | 42% |
| Suffolk University | June 22–26, 2006 | ±4.0% | 47% | 7% | 10% | 35% |
| Suffolk University | May 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 46% | 6% | 6% | 41% |
| Suffolk University | April 3, 2006 | ±4.9% | 40% | 21% | | 30% |

#### Results

2006 Massachusetts Treasurer Election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | Tim Cahill (incumbent) | 1,641,196 | 83.35% | 32.69 |
| Green-Rainbow | James O'Keefe | 323,765 | 16.41% | 8.45 |
| Write-in | Write-in | 4,590 | 0.23% | 0.19 |
| Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |

## Auditor

Incumbent Democrat Joe DeNucci was re-elected for a sixth term over Working Families nominee Rand Wilson, a union organizer and labor communicator. Republican candidate Earle Stroll, a 52-year-old small-business consultant from Bolton, also failed to reach signature requirement to qualify for the ballot. Green-Rainbow candidate Nathanael Fortune, a physicist from Smith College and a Whatley School Committee member, dropped out of the race for personal reasons in late March 2006.

### General election
#### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | DeNucci (D) | Wilson (WF) | Und. |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | 56% | 10% | 35% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | 48% | 13% | 38% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | 46% | 11% | 42% |

#### Results

2006 Massachusetts Auditor Election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Democratic | A. Joseph DeNucci (incumbent) | 1,560,782 | 80.62% | 2.75 |
| Working Families | Rand Wilson | 371,057 | 19.17% | 19.17 |
| Write-in | Write-in | 4,066 | 0.21% | 0.10 |
| Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Swing | | |

## U.S. House of Representatives

see 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts

## Massachusetts Senate

see 2006 Massachusetts Senate election

## Massachusetts House of Representatives

see 2006 Massachusetts House of Representatives elections

## Governor's Council

See 2006 Massachusetts Governor's Council election

## Ballot questions

There were three statewide ballot questions, all initiatives, which the Massachusetts voters voted on this election, and all were defeated. There were also various local ballot questions around the state.
Statewide Questions:
* Question 1 - Sale of Wine by Food Stores. A law to allow local authorities to license stores selling groceries to sell wine.
* Question 2 - Nomination of Candidates for Public Office. A law to create "more ballot choices" by allowing for fusion voting.
* Question 3 - Family Child Care Providers. A law to allow home-based family child care providers providing state-subsidized care to bargain collectively with the state government.

### Polling

| Source | Date | MoE | Question | Yes | No | Und |
| UNH/Globe | October 22–25, 2006 | ±4.1% | Wine in food stores | 57% | 38% | 5% |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | Wine in food stores | 52% | 40% | 8% |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | Fusion voting | 26% | 51% | 23% |
| Suffolk University | October 20–23, 2006 | ±4.9% | Collective bargaining for childcare providers | 34% | 36% | 30% |
| Suffolk University | October 10–11, 2006 | ±4.9% | Wine in food stores | 50% | 41% | 9% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | Wine in food stores | 47% | 44% | 9% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | Fusion voting | 27% | 48% | 24% |
| Suffolk University | October 2–4, 2006 | ±4.4% | Collective bargaining for childcare providers | 42% | 33% | 25% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | Wine in food stores | 54% | 38% | 8% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | Fusion voting | 35% | 48% | 18% |
| Suffolk University | August 17–21, 2006 | ±4.0% | Collective bargaining for childcare providers | 46% | 32% | 22% |
| Suffolk University | June 27, 2006 | ±4.0% | Wine in food stores | 61% | 31% | 9% |
| Suffolk University | June 27, 2006 | ±4.0% | Fusion voting | 34% | 48% | 19% |
| Suffolk University | June 27, 2006 | ±4.0% | Collective bargaining for childcare providers | 42% | 37% | 22% |

### Results
#### Question 1

Sale of Wine by Food Stores. A law to allow local authorities to license stores selling groceries to sell wine.
Question 1: Wine in Food Stores :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| | Yes | 915,076 | 44% | |
| ✓ | No | 1,180,708 | 56% | |

#### Question 2

A law to create "more ballot choices" by allowing for fusion voting.
Question 2: Fusion Voting :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| | Yes | 688,096 | 35% | |
| ✓ | No | 1,302,143 | 65% | |

#### Question 3

A law to allow home-based family child care providers providing state-subsidized care to bargain collectively with the state government.
Question 3: Family Care Worker Unionization :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| | Yes | 951,988 | 48% | |
| ✓ | No | 1,035,707 | 52% | |