Nebraska 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Nebraska 2006 Midterm Election

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Nebraska
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 9 May 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	5	(0.93% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	3	(0.69% of 435)
2000 Census:	1,715,369	(0.61% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,234,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,085,217
Capital:	Lincoln
Tuesday 9 May 2006 polling hours 8:00a CDT (1300 UTC) / 7:00a MDT (1300 UTC) to 8:00p CDT (0100 UTC) / 7:00p MDT (0100 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 8:00a CST (1400 UTC) / 7:00a MST (1400 UTC) to 8:00p CST (0200 UTC) / 7:00p MST (0200 UTC). The polls open and close at the same GMT/UTC time, that is, polls open and close at a particular local time in the advanced time zone and open and close one hour earlier local time in the lagging time zone.

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NEBRASKA PRIMARY

Tuesday 9 May 2006

NEBRASKA PRIMARY Returns from an official source
NEBRASKA PRIMARY Results from a media source
NEBRASKA PRIMARY Results from another media source

The Democratic, Green, Nebraska, and Republican parties had ballot lines for all offices in this Primary. The primary ballot included a write-in line for each office. No Green Party nominees appeared on the ballot.

Contested STATEWIDE races:

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

for United States Senate (Class 1):

Republicans have nominated Pete Ricketts

for Governor:

Democrats have nominated David Hahn
Republicans have nominated Dave Heineman*

for Secretary of State:

Democrats have nominated Jay Stoddard

for Treasurer:

Republicans* have nominated Shane Osborn

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

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

CD 1:

Democrats have nominated Maxine Moul

CD 2:

Republicans have re-nominated Lee Terry*

CD 3:

Republicans have nominated Adrian Smith



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

Class 1	Democratic	Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson

	Democratic	377,907	63.95%	Senator E. Benjamin "Ben" Nelson • FEC: $6,066,750

	Republican	213,054	36.05%	J. Peter "Pete" Ricketts • FEC: $13,424,896

	Write-in			Dori Settles
Total		590,961	100.00%

Class 2	Republican	Senator Chuck Hagel • 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, All Governors

	Republican	Governor Dave Heineman • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Succeeded to the Governor's Chair upon the 20 January 2005 resignation of Governor Mike Johanns. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit. • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Governor Dave Heineman

	Republican	434,802	73.44%	Governor Dave Heineman • for Lt. Governor: Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy

	Democratic	144,624	24.43%	David Hahn • for Lt. Governor: Steve Loschen

	Nebraska	8,894	1.50%	Barry Richards • for Lt. Governor: Terry Richards

	By Petition	3,740	0.63%	Mort Sullivan • for Lt. Governor: Ron Kellogg
Total		592,060	100.00%

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

	Republican	Lieutenant Governor Rick Sheehy • Appointed: 24 January 2005 upon the ascention of Lt. Governor Dave Heineman to the Governor's chair. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

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 (2 Renominated, 1 Open)

CD 1 {map}	Republican	Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Republican - Republican Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry

	Republican	118,803	58.35%	Congressman Jeffrey Lane "Jeff" Fortenberry • FEC: $1,144,271

	Democratic	84,801	41.65%	Maxine B. Moul • former Lieutenant Governor • FEC: $995,381
Total		203,604	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Lee Terry • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1998 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Lee Terry

	Republican	99,328	54.66%	Congressman Lee Terry • FEC: $1,116,825

	Democratic	82,388	45.34%	James Dennis "Jim" Esch • FEC: $412,554
Total		181,716	100.00%

CD 3 {map} Open	Republican	Congressman Thomas William "Tom" Osborne • First elected: 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2006 (lost primary)
	Polls: Republican Adrian M. Smith
		Open Seat (no incumbent)

	Republican	114,168	54.64%	Adrian M. Smith • FEC: $1,259,119

	Democratic	94,771	45.36%	Scott Michael Kleeb • FEC: $1,048,426
Total		208,939	100.00%

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

	Republican	Secretary of State John A. Gale • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Appointed 2000 (upon the resignation of Scott Moore); first elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary

	Republican	336,328	61.30%	Secretary of State John A. Gale

	Democratic	184,429	33.61%	Jay C. Stoddard

	Green	27,908	5.09%	Doug Paterson
Total		548,665	100.00%

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

	Republican	Attorney General Jon Bruning • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1990, 1994, 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary

	Republican	476,682	100.00%	Attorney General Jon Bruning
Total		476,682	100.00%

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

Lost	Republican	Treasurer Ron Ross • Appointed January 2004 by Governor Johanns to fill the unexpired term of Lorelee Byrd (Republican) who resigned in December 2003 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running - 9 May 2006

	Republican	405,169	76.47%	Shane Osborn

	Nebraska	124,656	23.53%	John H. Gathings
Total		529,825	100.00%

Auditor of Public Accounts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Auditor of Public Accounts Kate Witek • First elected as a Republican: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Nominated by different party - Unsuccesfully ran for the Republican nomination for Lt. Governor as Congressman Tom Osborne runningmate. Switched affiliation to the Democratic Party on 16 August 2006. Received the Democratic nomination on 19 August 2006.

	Republican	289,759	53.29%	Mike Foley

	Democratic	213,866	39.33%	Auditor of Public Accounts Kate Witek • Received the Democratic nomination 19 August 2006: party statement. On 23 August 2006, Secretary of State John Gale determined that the state's "sore loser" does not allow the Democrats to place Ms. Witek on the ballot. On 11 September 2006 Lancaster County District Judge Paul Merritt Jr. ruled that Witek would appear on the ballot as a Democrat.

	Nebraska	24,036	4.42%	Kelly Renee Rosberg

	Green	16,086	2.96%	Steve Larrick
Total		543,747	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): 2 incumbents, 7 candidates
	• Republican: 9 incumbents, 9 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Nebraska (affiliate of Constitution): 3 candidates
Independents
	• By Petition: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 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.