2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin

2006 Wisconsin's 7th congressional district election
← 2004 2008 →
	Obey: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Dave Obey; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Dave Obey; Democratic

2006 Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district election
← 2004 2008 →
	Kind: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
U.S. Representative before election; Ron Kind; Democratic	Elected U.S. Representative ; Ron Kind; Democratic

2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin
All 8 Wisconsin seats to the United States House of Representatives
Democratic 50-59% 60-69% 70-79%	Republican 60-69% 90<%

The 2006 congressional elections in Wisconsin were held on November 7, 2006, to determine who would represent the state of Wisconsin in the United States House of Representatives. Representatives were elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 110th Congress from January 3, 2007, until January 3, 2009. The election coincided with the 2006 U.S. senatorial election and the 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election.

Wisconsin has eight seats in the House, apportioned according to the

Mark Green, was won by Democratic Representative Steve Kagen

.

Wisconsin was one of four states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2006, the other states being Indiana, Nevada, and New Mexico.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin, 2006^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	1,040,071	50.41%	3	-1
	Democratic	1,003,156	48.62%	5	+1
	Independents	20,186	0.98%	0	—
Totals		2,063,413	100.00%	8	—

District 1

Incumbent Republican Congressman

2004, defeating Congressman Ryan was not a priority for the Democratic Party, and the Democratic nominee was former Janesville

City Councilman and perennial candidate Jeff Thomas, whom Ryan was able to handily beat, even in an unfavorable election year for Republicans.

Wisconsin's 1st congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Ryan (inc.)	161,320	62.63
	Democratic	Jeffrey C. Thomas	95,761	37.17
	Write-ins		515	0.20
Total votes			257,596	100.00
	Republican hold

District 2

Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, the only openly lesbian member of Congress, has represented this deep-blue district located in Madison and vicinity since 1999. This year, Baldwin was able to win a fifth term in a rematch from 2004 against Republican candidate Dave Magnum.

Endorsements

Tammy Baldwin

Individuals

Wesley Clark General, 2004 democratic, presidential candidate^[2]

Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tammy Baldwin (inc.)	191,420	62.82
	Republican	Dave Magnum	113,015	37.09
	Write-ins		259	0.20
Total votes			304,688	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 3

Democratic Congressman

1996

and sought a sixth term this year against Republican nominee Paul Nelson. Congressman Kind was successful and won another term in Congress.

Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ron Kind (inc.)	163,322	64.79
	Republican	Paul R. Nelson	88,523	35.12
	Write-ins		242	0.10
Total votes			252,087	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 4

Freshman Democratic Congresswoman

Milwaukee. Congresswoman Moore faced Republican candidate Perfecto Rivera, whom she was easily able to dispatch with to return to Washington

for another term.

Wisconsin's 4th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gwen Moore (inc.)	136,735	71.31
	Republican	Perfecto Rivera	54,486	28.42
	Write-ins		521	0.27
Total votes			191,742	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Congressman

Milwaukee

since 1979, ran for a fifteenth term this year. Congressman Sensenbrenner faced Democratic candidate Bryan Kennedy, who was able to perform surprisingly well in this district, though he ultimately fell to Sensenbrenner in the general election.

Wisconsin's 5th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Sensenbrenner (inc.)	194,669	61.76
	Democratic	Bryan Kennedy	112,451	35.68
	Green	Bob Levis	4,432	1.41
	Independent	Robert R. Raymond	3,525	1.12
	Write-ins		103	0.03
Total votes			315,180	100.00
	Republican hold

District 6

Facing no major-party opposition, incumbent Republican Congressman Tom Petri was easily able to retain his seat for a fourteenth term in this heavily conservative district located in the cities of Oshkosh and Neenah.

Wisconsin's 6th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Petri (inc.)	201,367	98.92
	Write-ins		2,190	1.08
Total votes			203,557	100.00
	Republican hold

District 7

Long-serving Democratic Congressman

House Appropriations Committee

and the dean of Wisconsin's congressional delegation, ran for a twentieth term in Congress against Republican candidate Nick Reid and Green Party candidate Mike Miles. Obey has represented northwest Wisconsin for decades, and retained his seat by a large margin.

Wisconsin's 7th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Obey (inc.)	161,903	62.17
	Republican	Nick Reid	91,069	34.97
	Green	Mike Miles	7,391	2.84
	Write-ins		65	0.02
Total votes			260,428	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

2006 Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election

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2004

2008

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Nominee	Steve Kagen	John Gard
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	141,570	135,622
Percentage	50.9%	48.8%

Kagen: 50–60% 80–90%
Gard: 50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

Mark Green

Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Steve Kagen
Democratic

When incumbent Republican Congressman

Democratic

wave sweeping the country and defeated Gard to seize the seat for the Democrats.

Endorsements

Steve Kagen (D)

Individuals

Wesley Clark, General, 2004 democratic presidential candidate^[3]

Wisconsin's 8th congressional district election, 2006
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Kagen	141,570	50.90
	Republican	John Gard	135,622	48.76
	Write-ins		943	0.34
Total votes			278,135	100.00
	Democratic gain from Republican

References

^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".
^ "Tammy Duckworth (IL-06) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on January 2, 2007.
^ "Dr. Steve Kagen (WI-08) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on November 4, 2006.

External links

Preceded by 2004 elections	United States House elections in Wisconsin 2006	Succeeded by 2008 elections

[1] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[2] "Tammy Duckworth (IL-06) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on January 2, 2007.

[3] "Dr. Steve Kagen (WI-08) | WesPAC". Archived from the original on November 4, 2006.

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