District of Columbia 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: District of Columbia 2006 Midterm Election

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District of Columbia
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 September 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	0
Senators:	0
2002-2010 Representatives:	0	(0.00% of 435)
2000 Census:	574,096	(0.20% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	411,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	354,410
Capital:	Washington, DC
Tuesday 12 September 2006 polls close 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polls close 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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District of Columbia State and Local Government

The filing period for the 12 September Primary was from 12 June to 5 July 2006. The challenge period closed on 17 July 2006.

The filing period for the 7 November General Election was from 7 August to 30 August 2006. The challenge period closes 11 September 2006.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PRIMARY

Tuesday 12 September 2006

for Mayor of Washington, DC and Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives

D.C. Primary results from a media source
(use pull down menu marked "Choose..." to find races of interest)

Mayor:
- Democrats have nominated Adrian Fenty
non-voting Delegate to Congress:
- Democrats have renominated Eleanor Holmes Norton*



Mayor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Home Rule

Open		Democratic	Mayor Anthony A. "Tony" Williams • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 29 September 2005: Mayor Williams announced that he will not seek a third term.

		Democratic	98,740	89.73%	Adrian M. Fenty

		Republican	6,744	6.13%	David W. Kranich

		D.C. Statehood Green	4,554	4.14%	Chris Otten
Total			110,038	100.00%

Delegate to the House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006. Home Rule

{map}		Democratic	Territorial Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary

		Democratic			Territorial Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton • FEC: $376,900
	Non-voting Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. A candidate must receive a majority of the popular vote in order to be elected as Delegate to the House. A runoff election is scheduled in the event that no candidate receives the requisite majority.

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 2 incumbents, 2 candidates
	• Republican: 1 candidate
Major Third Parties
	• D.C. Statehood Green (affiliate of Green): 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.