Kansas 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Kansas 2006 Midterm Election

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Kansas
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 1 August 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,693,824	(0.96% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,983,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,623,623
Capital:	Topeka
Tuesday 1 August 2006 polling hours 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) / 6:00a MDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC) / 6:00p MDT (0000 UTC). Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 6:00a CST (1200 UTC) / 6:00a MST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p CST (0100 UTC) / 6:00p MST (0100 UTC). Most polls in the State close at either 7 pm or 8 pm local time in the Central Time Zone by local option; the remaining polls in the Mountain Time Zone close at either 6 pm or 7 pm local time by local option. The time noted as the "official" poll closing time is the statutory poll closing time and is that at which the networks generally consider the polls in the State to have closed.

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Kansas State and Local Government

KANSAS PRIMARY

Tuesday 1 August 2006

KANSAS PRIMARY Returns from an official source
KANSAS PRIMARY results from a media source
KANSAS PRIMARY results from another media source

All races involving an Incumbent are in boldface and also marked with an asterisk (*)

Contested STATEWIDE races:

Governor:
- Republicans have nominated Jim Barnett
Secretary of State:
- Democrats have nominated David Haley.
- Republicans have renominated Ron Thornburgh*

Commissioner of Insurance:
- Republicans have renominated Sandy Praeger*

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 3:
- Republicans have nominated Chuck Ahner
CD 4:
- Democrats have nominated Garth McGinn.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2	Republican	Senator Pat Roberts • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator Samuel D. "Sam" Brownback • First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1996 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Robert J. Dole: 11 June 1996- which Sheila Frahm (Republican) had been appointed by Governor Bill Graves (Republican) to fill, 11 June 1996]; elected to a full term: 1998, re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1994] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Kathleen Sebelius • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius

	Democratic	480,532	57.84%	Governor Kathleen Sebelius • for Lt. Governor: Mark Parkinson (former chairman of the Kansas Republican Party)

	Republican	336,583	40.51%	Jim Barnett • State Senator. For Lt. Governor: state Senator Susan Wagle

	Libertarian	8,652	1.04%	Carl Kramer • for Lt. Governor: Kalor A. Hebron

	Reform	5,082	0.61%	Richard Lee Ranzau • for Lt. Governor: Ellen L. Verell
Total		830,849	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Elected on a ticket with Governor

Open	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John E. Moore • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - On 17 May 2006 Lt. Governor Moore announced that he will retire at the end of his term.

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 3 Republican (3 Renominated); 1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Jerry Moran • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Jerry Moran

	Republican	153,298	78.65%	Congressman Jerry Moran • FEC: $970,213

	Democratic	38,820	19.92%	John G. Doll • FEC: $63,887

	Reform	2,792	1.43%	Sylvester H. Cain • FEC finanical report not available
Total		194,910	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Jim R. Ryun • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Jim R. Ryun

	Democratic	111,759	50.60%	Nancy E. Boyda • FEC: $760,761

	Republican	104,128	47.15%	Congressman Jim R. Ryun • FEC: $1,132,890

	Reform	4,980	2.25%	Roger D. Tucker • FEC finanical report not available
Total		220,867	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Dennis Moore • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Dennis Moore

	Democratic	149,480	64.47%	Congressman Dennis Moore • FEC: $2,240,158

	Republican	78,446	33.83%	Chuck Ahner • FEC: $469,609

	Reform	3,925	1.69%	Robert A. "Bob" Conroy • FEC finanical report not available
Total		231,851	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Republican	Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt

	Republican	113,676	63.69%	Congressman Todd W. Tiahrt • FEC: $1,105,585

	Democratic	60,297	33.78%	Garth James McGinn • FEC: $28,048

	Reform	4,516	2.53%	Joy R. Holt • FEC finanical report not available
Total		178,489	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary

	Republican	516,505	63.89%	Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh

	Democratic	257,472	31.85%	David Haley

	Libertarian	20,932	2.59%	Rob Hodgkinson

	Reform	13,463	1.67%	Joseph L. Martin
Total		808,372	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Attorney General Phill Kline • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary

	Democratic	479,970	58.44%	Paul J. Morrison

	Republican	341,300	41.56%	Attorney General Phill Kline
Total		821,270	100.00%

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Treasurer Lynn Jenkins • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary

	Republican	512,961	64.43%	Treasurer Lynn Jenkins

	Democratic	283,247	35.57%	Larry Wilson
Total		796,208	100.00%

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 1 August 2006 Primary

	Republican	504,728	63.22%	Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger

	Democratic	259,912	32.55%	Bonnie Sharp

	Libertarian	33,740	4.23%	Patrick Wilbur
Total		798,380	100.00%

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): 3 incumbents, 9 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
	• Reform (affiliates): 6 candidates
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.