Election Name: | 2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | legislative |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Seats For Election: | All 9 Missouri seats to the United States House of Representatives |
Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
Last Election1: | 5 |
Seats1: | 5 |
Popular Vote1: | 1,049,346 |
Percentage1: | 50.03% |
Swing1: | 3.58% |
Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Last Election2: | 4 |
Seats2: | 4 |
Popular Vote2: | 992,258 |
Percentage2: | 47.31% |
Swing2: | 2.59% |
Map Size: | 300px |
United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri, 2006[1] | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Republican | 1,049,346 | 50.03% | 5 | - | |
Democratic | 992,258 | 47.31% | 4 | - | |
Libertarian | 47,213 | 2.25% | 0 | - | |
Progressive | 8,452 | 0.40% | 0 | - | |
Independents | 53 | <0.01% | 0 | - | |
Totals | 2,097,322 | 100.00% | 9 | - | |
See also: Missouri's 1st congressional district.
Incumbent Democratic Congressman William Lacy Clay Jr. faced no difficulty in seeking another term in this liberal, St. Louis–based district over Republican Mark Byrne and Libertarian Robb Cunningham.
See also: Missouri's 2nd congressional district.
Though confronted with a powerful Democratic wave, incumbent Republican Congressman Todd Akin easily won a third term over Democrat George Weber and Libertarian Tamara Millay.
See also: Missouri's 3rd congressional district.
Freshman incumbent Congressman Russ Carnahan, a Democrat, had an easy time in winning a second term in this fairly liberal district based in the southern portion of St. Louis.
Election Name: | 2006 Missouri's 4th congressional district election |
Country: | Missouri |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 4 |
Previous Year: | 2004 |
Next Election: | 2008 United States House of Representatives elections in Missouri#District 4 |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Image1: | Ike Skelton, official 109th Congress photo.jpg |
Nominee1: | Ike Skelton |
Party1: | Democratic Party (US) |
Popular Vote1: | 159,303 |
Percentage1: | 67.6% |
Nominee2: | Jim Noland |
Party2: | Republican Party (US) |
Popular Vote2: | 69,254 |
Percentage2: | 29.4% |
Map Size: | 225px |
U.S. Representative | |
Before Election: | Ike Skelton |
Before Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
After Election: | Ike Skelton |
After Party: | Democratic Party (US) |
See also: Missouri's 4th congressional district.
Incumbent Democratic Congressman Ike Skelton, seeking his sixteenth term in this conservative, west-central Missouri–based district, overwhelmed Republican candidate Jim Noland, Libertarian nominee Bryce Holthouse, and Progressive Party candidate Mel Ivey and was victorious.
See also: Missouri's 5th congressional district.
Coming from a surprisingly-close election in 2004, freshman incumbent Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, a Democrat, easily defeated Republican nominee Jacob Turk to win a third term in this fairly liberal district based in Kansas City.
See also: Missouri's 6th congressional district.
In this conservative, northwest Missouri district, incumbent Republican Congressman Sam Graves easily dispatched with Democratic nominee Sara Jo Shettles, Libertarian candidate Erik Buck, and Progressive candidate Shirley Yurkonis to win a fourth term in Congress.
See also: Missouri's 7th congressional district.
Incumbent Republican Congressman Roy Blunt, the House Majority Whip, found no difficulty in winning a sixth term in his very conservative district located in southwest Missouri.
See also: Missouri's 8th congressional district.
In the most conservative district found in Missouri, incumbent Republican Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson coasted to re-election, swamping Democratic nominee Veronica Hambacker and Libertarian nominee Branden McCullough.
See also: Missouri's 9th congressional district.
This district, based in "Little Dixie," located in northeast Missouri, has a strongly conservative bent and incumbent Republican Congressman Kenny Hulshof sought and won a sixth term against several opponents.