Mississippi 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Mississippi 2006 Midterm Election

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Mississippi
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 6 June 2006
Primary Runoff for Dem. Senate and Dem. CD 1: Tuesday 27 June 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	6	(1.12% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	4	(0.92% of 435)
2000 Census:	2,852,927	(1.01% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	2,047,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,739,858
Capital:	Jackson
Tuesday 6 June 2006 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 27 June 2006 polling hours 7:00a CDT (1200 UTC) to 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a CST (1300 UTC) to 7:00p CST (0100 UTC).

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Mississippi State and Local Government

MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY RUNOFFS

Tuesday 27 June 2006

MISSISSIPPI results from a media source

Contested STATEWIDE races:

for United States Senate (Class 1):
- Democrats have nominated Erik Fleming

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

in CD 1:
- Democrats have nominated Ken Hurt

MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY

Tuesday 6 June 2006

pulldown menu for MISSISSIPPI PRIMARY results from a media source

The Democratic Party will conduct a primary election on 6 June to select nominees for the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote in the 6 June primary, the two top vote-getters will proceed to a runoff scheduled for Tuesday 27 June. There will not be a Republican Party primary election on 6 June since no more than one candidate of that Party qualified for potential General Election ballot access re: each office.

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

Contested STATEWIDE races:

United States Senate (Class 1 seat):
- Democrats will be holding a runoff on Tuesday 27 June between Erik Fleming (44%) and Bill Bowlin (22%)

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 1:
- Democrats will be holding a runoff on Tuesday 27 June between Ken Hurt (39%) and Bill Bambach (24%)
CD 2:
- Democrats have renominated Bennie Thompson*



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

Class 1	Republican	Senator Trent Lott • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 6 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Senator Trent Lott

	Republican	375,836	63.62%	Senator Trent Lott • FEC: $2,810,405

	Democratic	205,786	34.84%	Erik Robert Fleming • Received 44% of the vote in the 6 June primary. Won the 27 June runoff with 63% of the vote. • FEC: $43,157

	Libertarian	9,106	1.54%	Harold M. Taylor • FEC finanical report not available
Total		590,728	100.00%

Class 2	Republican	Senator Thad Cochran • First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Haley Barbour • First elected: 2003 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Amy Tuck • First elected: 1999 (ran as a Democrat) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007 • Open Seat - 26 July 2006: Lt. Governer Tuck announced she will not seek political office in 2007.

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 Republican (2 Renominated); 2 Democratic (2 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Roger F. Wicker • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1994 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 6 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Roger F. Wicker

	Republican	92,421	66.02%	Congressman Roger F. Wicker • FEC: $845,748

	Democratic	47,559	33.98%	James K. "J.K. Ken" Hurt • Received 39% of the vote in the 6 June primary. Won the 27 June runoff with 68% of the vote. • FEC: $17,299
Total		139,980	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Bennie G. Thompson • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected in Special Election, 13 April 1993, re: resignation of Congressman Mike Espy, 21 January 1993 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 6 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Bennie G. Thompson

	Democratic	96,749	64.11%	Congressman Bennie G. Thompson • FEC: $1,375,701

	Republican	54,158	35.89%	Yvonne Rayford "Von" Brown • FEC: $122,984
Total		150,907	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Republican	Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1996 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 6 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr.

	Republican	122,253	77.67%	Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr. • FEC: $1,253,264

	Independent	25,360	16.11%	Jim Giles • FEC finanical report not available

	Reform	9,784	6.22%	Lamonica L. MaGee • FEC finanical report not available
Total		157,397	100.00%

CD 4 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Gene Taylor • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 6 June 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Gene Taylor

	Democratic	106,914	79.91%	Congressman Gene Taylor • FEC: $428,332

	Republican	26,886	20.09%	Randy McDonnell • FEC finanical report not available
Total		133,800	100.00%

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

	Democratic	Secretary of State Eric Clark • First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999, 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

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

	Democratic	Attorney General Jim Hood • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2003, 2007

	Republican	Treasurer Tate Reeves • First elected: 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

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

	Republican	Auditor of Public Accounts Phil Bryant • Appointed: 1996; first elected: 1999, 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

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

	Democratic	A & C Commissioner Lester Spell, Jr. • First elected: 1995; re-elected: 1999, 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2007

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

	Democratic	Insurance Commissioner George Dale • First elected: 1975, re-elected: 1979, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 1999, 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): 6 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 8 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
	• Reform (affiliates): 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 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.