West Virginia 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: West Virginia 2006 Midterm Election

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West Virginia
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:	1,813,077	(0.64% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	1,416,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	1,067,822
Capital:	Charleston
Tuesday 9 May 2006 polling hours 6:30a EDT (1030 UTC) to 7:30p EDT (2330 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 6:30a EST (1130 UTC) to 7:30p EST (0030 UTC).

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West Virginia State and Local Government

WEST VIRGINIA General Election Returns from an official source

WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY

Tuesday 9 May 2006

WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY Returns from an official source
WEST VIRGINIA PRIMARY Results from a media source

Only the Democratic and Republican Parties had candidates in this Primary Election.

Contested STATEWIDE races:

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

for United States Senate (Class 1):

Democrats have re-nominated Robert Byrd*
Republicans have nominated John Raese

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

CD 2:

Democrats have nominated Mike O. Callaghan

CD 3:

Republicans have nominated Kim Wolfe



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

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Robert C. Byrd • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1958; re-elected: 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Senator Robert C. Byrd

	Democratic	291,058	64.41%	Senator Robert C. Byrd • FEC: $5,114,217

	Republican	152,315	33.71%	John Reeves Raese • FEC: $3,163,848

	Mountain	8,522	1.89%	Jesse Johnson • FEC finanical report not available
Total		451,895	100.00%

Class 2	Democratic	Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV • First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Joe Manchin, III • First elected: 2004 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

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); 1 Republican (1 Renominated)

CD 1 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Alan B. Mollohan • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Leans Democratic - Democratic Congressman Alan B. Mollohan

	Democratic	98,759	64.43%	Congressman Alan B. Mollohan • FEC: $1,622,991

	Republican	54,524	35.57%	Christopher "Chris" Wakim • FEC: $766,204

	Write-in			Bennie Kyle • FEC finanical report not available
	Write-in			David Dunstan Moran • FEC: $0
Total		153,283	100.00%

CD 2 {map}	Republican	Congressman Shelley Moore Capito • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Shelley Moore Capito

	Republican	93,356	57.20%	Congressman Shelley Moore Capito • FEC: $2,440,788

	Democratic	69,867	42.80%	Mike O. Callaghan • FEC: $620,626
Total		163,223	100.00%

CD 3 {map}	Democratic	Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 9 May 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II

	Democratic	89,812	69.18%	Congressman Nick Joe Rahall, II • FEC: $565,269

	Republican	40,015	30.82%	Kim Wolfe • FEC: $48,006
Total		129,827	100.00%

Secretary of State 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Republican	Secretary of State Betty Ireland • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Attorney General Darrell V. McGraw, Jr. • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Treasurer John D. Perdue • First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Auditor Glen B. Gainer, III • First elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Commissioner of Agriculture 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Agriculture Commissioner Gus R. Douglass • First elected: 1964; re-elected: 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1984. Unsuccessful gubernatorial candidate in 1988. Elected: 1992; re-elected: 1996, 2000, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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): 9 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Mountain: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 2 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.