Maine 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Maine 2006 Midterm Election

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Maine
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 13 June 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	4	(0.74% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	2	(0.46% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,277,731	(0.45% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	968,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	882,337
Capital:	Augusta
Tuesday 13 June 2006 polling hours 6:00a EDT (1000 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a EDT and 10:00a EDT depending on the size of the town.
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 6:00a EST (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC). Voting places open between 6:00a EDT and 10:00a EST depending on the size of the town.

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Maine State and Local Government

MAINE PRIMARY

Tuesday 13 June 2006

MAINE PRIMARY results from a media source
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The 13 June 2006 partisan primary is for Democratic, Green Independent, and Republican Party candidates only.

NOTE: The listing of contested races below does not include races in which the only challenger(s) to a single candidate appearing on the Primary ballot are waging a write-in campaign.

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

Contested STATEWIDE races:

United States Senate (Class 1 seat):
- Democrats have nominated Jean M. Hay Bright
Governor:
- Democrats have re-nominated John Baldacci*
- Republicans have nominated Chandler E. Woodcock



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

Class 1	Republican	Senator Olympia J. Snowe • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1994; re-elected 2000 [also served in U.S. House-elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 13 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Senator Olympia J. Snowe

	Republican	398,723	74.35%	Senator Olympia J. Snowe • FEC: $3,434,635

	Democratic	109,727	20.46%	Jean M. Hay Bright • FEC: $127,767

	Unenrolled	27,819	5.19%	William Henry "Bill" Slavick • FEC: $1,931

	Write-in			Michael A. Beardsley • FEC finanical report not available
Total		536,269	100.00%

Class 2	Republican	Senator Susan M. Collins • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor John Elias Baldacci • 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 - 13 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Governor John Elias Baldacci

	Democratic	206,991	38.01%	Governor John Elias Baldacci

	Republican	164,861	30.27%	Chandler E. Woodcock • State Senator

	Unenrolled	117,111	21.51%	Barbara Merrill • former state Representative. Independent Maine Course

	Green	52,150	9.58%	Patricia H. "Pat" LaMarche • Green 2004 Vice Presidential nominee

	Unenrolled	3,460	0.64%	Phillip Morris NaPier • Tax Equality Rebellion

	Write-in			Bruce A. Fleming
	Write-in			Alex Hammer • Independent
Total		544,573	100.00%

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

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Thomas H. Allen • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 13 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Thomas H. Allen

	Democratic	169,085	60.45%	Congressman Thomas H. Allen • FEC: $1,058,725

	Republican	87,860	31.41%	Darlene J. Curley • FEC: $185,766

	Unenrolled	22,750	8.13%	Dexter J. Kamilewicz • Independent • FEC: $40,895
Total		279,695	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Michael H. Michaud • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 13 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Michael H. Michaud

	Democratic	176,211	70.49%	Congressman Michael H. Michaud • FEC: $737,307

	Republican	73,773	29.51%	Laurence Scott "Scott" D'Amboise • FEC: $28,808
Total		249,984	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, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 4 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
	• Unenrolled: 4 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 3 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.