Election Name: | 2006 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
Country: | North Dakota |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Image1: | File:Earl Pomeroy 111th congressional portrait.jpg |
Nominee1: | Earl Pomeroy |
Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
Popular Vote1: | 142,934 |
Percentage1: | 65.7% |
Nominee2: | Matt Mechtel |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 74,687 |
Percentage2: | 34.3% |
Map Size: | 250px |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
Before Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
After Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
After Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
The 2006 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 7, 2006. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his eighth term, defeating Republican candidate Matt Mechtel.
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Matt Mechtel of Fargo, North Dakota. Pomeroy and Mechtel won the primary elections for their respective parties.[1]
Pomeroy increased his margin over his opposition for the third year in a row since 2002. This was because Mechtel was not known well throughout the state, and that the Republican Party itself was beginning to slump.