2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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The 2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to his fourth and final term in a landslide.[1] As of 2023, this is the most recent state-wide election where any candidate won every county in Wisconsin.
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Democratic primary edit
Candidates edit
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Herb Kohl (incumbent) | 308,178 | 85.66% | |
Democratic | Ben Masel | 51,245 | 14.24% | |
Democratic | Write ins | 335 | 0.09% | |
Total votes | 359,758 | 100% |
Republican primary edit
Candidates edit
- Robert Lorge, attorney
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Robert Lorge | 194,633 | 99.73% | |
Republican | Write ins | 530 | 0.27% | |
Total votes | 195,163 | 100% |
General election edit
Candidates edit
- Robert Lorge (R), attorney
- Herbert Kohl (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
- Rae Vogeler (G), community organizer
Predictions edit
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[2] | Solid D | November 6, 2006 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
Rothenberg Political Report[4] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
Real Clear Politics[5] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
Polling edit
Source | Date | Herb Kohl (D) |
Robert Lorge (R) |
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Strategic Vision (R) | March 8, 2006 | 59% | 27% |
Strategic Vision (R) | April 12, 2006 | 61% | 25% |
Strategic Vision (R) | May 3, 2006 | 63% | 25% |
Strategic Vision (R) | June 8, 2006 | 65% | 25% |
University of Wisconsin Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine | July 5, 2006 | 63% | 14% |
Rasmussen | July 20, 2006 | 60% | 27% |
Rasmussen | August 20, 2006 | 59% | 31% |
Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | 51% | 33% |
Zogby/WSJ | September 11, 2006 | 50% | 35% |
Rasmussen | September 25, 2006 | 60% | 33% |
Rasmussen | October 29, 2006 | 64% | 25% |
University of Wisconsin | October 30, 2006 | 73% | 16% |
Results edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Herb Kohl (incumbent) | 1,439,214 | 67.31 | +5.8 | |
Republican | Robert Lorge | 630,299 | 29.48 | -7.5 | |
Green | Rae Vogeler | 42,434 | 1.98 | n/a | |
Independent | Ben Glatzel | 25,096 | 1.17 | n/a | |
Other | Scattered | 1,254 | 0.06 | n/a | |
Majority | 808,915 | 37.83 | |||
Turnout | 2,138,297 | 50.86 | |||
Democratic hold | Swing |
Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic edit
- Calumet (largest city: Chilton)
- Outagamie (largest city: Appleton)
- Waupaca (largest city: New London)
- Waushara (largest city: Berlin)
- Green Lake (Largest city: Green Lake)
- Ozaukee (Largest city: Mequon)
- Washington (Largest city: West Bend)
- Waukesha (Largest city: Waukesha)
Analysis edit
Kohl won every county in the state. Kohl's weakest performance in the state was suburban Washington County, Wisconsin, which Kohl won with just 49.6%. Kohl's strongest performance was in rural Menominee County, where he won with over 90% of the vote. Vogeler's best performance was in Dane County, where she came in third place with over 5%, a county where Lorge had his second weakest performance.[6]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "WI US Senate". Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
- ^ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- ^ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
External links edit
- Official campaign websites (Archived)