Kentucky 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Kentucky 2006 Midterm Election

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Kentucky
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 16 May 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	8	(1.49% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	6	(1.38% of 435)
2000 Census:	4,049,431	(1.44% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	2,993,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	2,556,815
Capital:	Frankfort
Tuesday 16 May 2006 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) / 6:00a CDT (1100 UTC) to 6:00p EDT (2200 UTC) / 6:00p CDT (2300 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CDT [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EDT and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. CDT voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EDT.
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) / 6:00a CST (1200 UTC) to 6:00p EST (2300 UTC) / 6:00p CST (0000 UTC). Poll closing time could be rather problematic in KENTUCKY. A large chunk of the state is in CST [but the networks consider that "most of the polls have closed" in KENTUCKY by 6 PM EST and so, if they can, project at the same time they project INDIANA]. CST voters in KENTUCKY may note the networks' willingness/eagerness to project a winner as early as 6 PM EST.

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Kentucky State and Local Government

KENTUCKY General Election Returns from an official source

KENTUCKY PRIMARY

Tuesday 16 May 2006

KENTUCKY PRIMARY Returns from an official source.

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 1:
- Democrats have nominated Tom Barlow
CD 2:
- Democrats have nominated Mike Weaver
CD 3:
- Democrats have nominated John Yarmuth
CD 5:
- Democrats have nominated Kenneth Stepp



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

Class 2	Republican	Senator Mitch McConnell • First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Class 3	Republican	Senator Jim Bunning • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2004. [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Ernie Fletcher • First elected: 2003 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • 3 June 2006: Governor Fletcher announced that his 2007 running mate is Finance Cabinet Secretary Robbie Rudolph.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Elected on a ticket with Governor; no separate Primary for Lt Gov from Gov

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Stephen B. "Steve" Pence • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 • 31 May 2006: Mr. Pence stated he will not run again as Governor Fletcher's runningmate.

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 5 Republican (5 Renominated); 1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Edward "Ed" Whitfield • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Edward "Ed" Whitfield

	Republican	123,676	59.86%	Congressman Edward "Ed" Whitfield • FEC: $1,052,012

	Democratic	82,948	40.14%	Thomas J. "Tom" Barlow, III • FEC: $120,958
Total		206,624	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Ron Lewis • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: in Special Election, 24 May 1994, re: death of Congressman William Natcher, 29 March 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman Ron Lewis

	Republican	117,424	55.49%	Congressman Ron Lewis • FEC: $1,707,710

	Democratic	94,191	44.51%	John Michael "Mike" Weaver • FEC: $911,881
Total		211,615	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Anne Meagher Northup • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman Anne Meagher Northup

	Democratic	122,425	50.62%	John A. Yarmuth • FEC: $2,250,298

	Republican	116,535	48.18%	Congressman Anne Meagher Northup • FEC: $3,397,906

	Libertarian	2,131	0.88%	Donna Walker Mancini • FEC finanical report not available

	Constitution	774	0.32%	William Edward "Ed" Parker • FEC finanical report not available
Total		241,865	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Republican	Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Toss-up - WATCH - Leans slightly Republican. Republican Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis vs. Democratic Kenneth Ray "Ken" Lucas

	Republican	103,710	51.54%	Congressman Geoffrey C. "Geoff" Davis • FEC: $4,198,788

	Democratic	87,701	43.59%	Kenneth Ray "Ken" Lucas • former Congressman • FEC: $1,469,554

	Libertarian	9,801	4.87%	Brian Houillion • FEC finanical report not available
Total		201,212	100.00%

CD 5 {map}	Republican	Congressman Harold D. "Hal" Rogers • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1980 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Harold D. "Hal" Rogers

	Republican	147,426	73.78%	Congressman Harold D. "Hal" Rogers • FEC: $1,072,946

	Democratic	52,399	26.22%	Kenneth Stephenson "Ken" Stepp • FEC: $1,699
Total		199,825	100.00%

CD 6 {map}	Democratic	Congressman A.B. "Ben" Chandler, III • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected 17 February 2004 in a special election, replacing Congressman Ernie Fletcher [Republican], who resigned on 9 December 2003, having been elected Governor of Kentucky. Elected to a first full term: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 16 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman A.B. "Ben" Chandler, III

	Democratic	156,738	85.47%	Congressman A.B. "Ben" Chandler, III • FEC: $1,115,946

	Libertarian	26,656	14.53%	Paul Ard • FEC finanical report not available
Total		183,394	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Republican	Secretary of State C. M. "Trey" Grayson • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Democratic	Attorney General Gregory D. "Greg" Stumbo • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Democratic	Treasurer Jonathan Miller • First elected: 1999, re-elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Democratic	Auditor of Public Accounts Crit Luallen • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Republican	Agriculture Commissioner Richie Farmer • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

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): 4 incumbents, 6 candidates
	• Republican: 11 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 3 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 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.