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
Party Candidate Votes % Republican Bailey C. Moseley 92,334 58.18 Democrat Ben Franks 66,351 41.81
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
References
See also United States midterm elections, 2006 United States congressional elections, 2006 United States Senate elections, 2006 United States House elections, 2006 United States gubernatorial elections, 2006