Elections / 2006
The 2006 elections
A midterm cycle: 33 US Senate contests on record. Presidential pages cover the quadrennial years on either side.
2006 US Senate elections
2006Senate margin
D+60R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2006, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Gold marks a state an independent or third-party candidate carried — the blue/red ramp is the Democratic-vs-Republican margin only where a major party won.
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won.
All 33 results, 2006
| State | Senate margin |
|---|---|
| West Virginia | D+54.1 |
| Delaware | D+41.5 |
| New Mexico | D+41.3 |
| North Dakota | D+39.3 |
| Massachusetts | D+38.8 |
| Wisconsin | D+37.8 |
| New York | D+33.1 |
| Connecticut | O+10.9 |
| Nebraska | D+27.8 |
| Hawaii | D+24.6 |
| California | D+24.4 |
| Florida | D+22.2 |
| Minnesota | D+20.1 |
| Pennsylvania | D+17.4 |
| Washington | D+16.9 |
| Michigan | D+15.7 |
| Ohio | D+12.4 |
| Maryland | D+10.0 |
| New Jersey | D+9.0 |
| Rhode Island | D+7.0 |
| Missouri | D+2.3 |
| Montana | D+0.9 |
| Virginia | D+0.4 |
| Tennessee | R+2.7 |
| Arizona | R+9.8 |
| Nevada | R+14.4 |
| Texas | R+25.6 |
| Mississippi | R+28.7 |
| Utah | R+31.3 |
| Vermont | O+35.2 |
| Wyoming | R+40.2 |
| Maine | R+53.7 |
| Indiana | R+87.4 |
The 2006 cycle at a glance
US Senate
49–49–2
Democrats flipped
US House
233–202
Democrats flipped
Governors
D 20 · R 16
36 races
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