Arkansas state elections, 2006

Elections in Arkansas

Arkansas's 2006 state elections were held November 7, 2006. Primaries were held May 23 and runoffs, if necessary, were held June 13. Arkansas elected seven constitutional officers, 17 of 35 state senate seats, all 100 house seats and 28 district prosecuting attorneys, and voted on one constitutional amendment and one referred question. Non-partisan judicial elections were held the same day as the party primaries for four Supreme Court justices, four appeals circuit court judges, and eight district court judges.

Constitutional Officers

Governor

Democrat

Republican

Green Party

Third Parties

Lieutenant Governor

Democratic Primary

Halter came in first in the Democratic primary: [1]

Lt. Governor - Democratic Primary
Candidate Votes %
Bill Halter 110,797 40
Tim Wooldridge 73,718 26.6
Mike Hathorn 68,531 24.7
Jay Martin 24,174 8.7

Democratic Run-off

Halter also won the run-off:[2]

Lt. Governor - Democratic Run-off
Candidate Votes %
Bill Halter 97,279 56.5
Tim Wooldridge 74,906 43.5

Republican Primary

Holt won the primary:[3]

Lt. Governor - Republican Primary
Candidate Votes %
Jim Holt 35,309 56.2
Charles Banks 15,722 25
Douglas Jay Matayo 11,837 18.8

Secretary of State

Democrat

Republican

Green Party

Attorney General

Democratic Primary

McDaniel came in first:[4]

Attorney General - Democratic Primary
Candidate Votes %
Dustin McDaniel 104,328 38.4
Paul Suskie 87,017 32
Robert Leo Herzfeld 80,437 29.6

Democratic Run-off

McDaniel also won the run-off, with exactly 87,000 votes:[5]

Attorney General - Democratic Run-off
Candidate Votes %
Dustin McDaniel 87,000 50.8
Paul Suskie 84,334 49.2

Republican

Green Party

Rebekah Kennedy - civil rights attorney and Public Relations chair for the Green Party of Arkansas

Auditor of State

Democrat

Green Party

State Treasurer

Democratic Primary

Shoffner lead solidly, but not enough to avoid a run-off:[6]

State Treasurer - Democratic Primary
Candidate Votes %
Martha Shoffner 115,582 43.8
Mac Campbell 94,826 35.9
Don House 53,526 20.3

Democratic Run-off

Shoffner won the run-off:[7]

State Treasurer - Democratic Run-off
Candidate Votes %
Martha Shoffner 91,081 54.1
Mac Campbell 77,293 45.9

Republican

Green Party

Commissioner of State Lands

Democrat

Green Party

Judicial Elections

Judicial elections are nonpartisan.

Supreme Court

Four Supreme Court associate justices were up for reelection to eight-year terms.

Position 2

Supreme Court Position 2 Results Votes
 Percentage
  Donald Louis Corbin 193,625 62.8
  Roger Harrod 114,957 37.3
 Total
 308,582 100

Position 5

Supreme Court Position 5 Results Votes
 Percentage
  Paul Danielson 177,406 57.2
  Wendell Griffen 132,789 42.8
 Total
 310,195 100

Position 6

Position 7

Court of Appeals

Elections were held on primary election day for four appeals judges to new eight-year terms. All candidates stood unopposed and were reelected by acclamation:

Circuit Courts

Elections were also held on primary election day for eight district court judges, for six-year terms. Necessary run-offs will be held with the general election.

District 2, Division 7, At-Large Votes
 Percentage
  Barbara Halsey 15,417 48.5
  Raymond Spruell 8,476 26.7
  Alan Seagrave 7,881 24.8
 Total
 31,774 100
District 8-North, Division 1 Votes
 Percentage
  William Randal Wright 4,094 66
  Mark Gunter 2,108 34
 Total
 6,202 100
District 11-West, Division 2 Votes
 Percentage
  Robert Wyatt 4,874 50.2
  Wilson Bynum 4,840 49.8
 Total
 9,714 100
District 18-East, Division 4 Votes
 Percentage
  Judge Marcia Renaud Hearnsberger 6,884 53.9
  Latt Bachelor 5,887 46.1
 Total
 12,771 100

General Assembly Elections

State Senate

17 senators are up for reelection to four-year terms.

Arkansas State Senate Members
  Republican-Held 8
  Democrat-Held 27
Elections, 2006
  Republican Held and Uncontested 8
  Contested 3
  Democratic Held and Uncontested 24
 Total
 35

State House

All 100 House seats are up for re-election.

Arkansas State House Members
  Republican-Held 29
  Democrat-Held 71
Elections, 2006
  Uncontested Republican 20
  Contested 32
  Uncontested Democratic 48
 Total
 100

Referendums

Amendment 1 would amend the Arkansas Constitution to lift prohbitions against gambling from bingos and lotteries conducted by authorized nonprofit organizations, such as churches or volunteer fire organizations.

Question 1 would allow the state to issue no more than $250 million in bonds to finance the development of technology and facilities for state institutions of higher education.

See also

References

  1. ↑ 2006 Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial General Election, Statewide Results by Contest, Lieutenant Governor - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  2. ↑ 2006 General Primary Runoff, Statewide Results by Contest, Lieutenant Governor - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  3. ↑ 2006 Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial General Election, Statewide Results by Contest, Lieutenant Governor - Republican - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  4. ↑ 2006 Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial General Election, Statewide Results by Contest, Attorney General - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  5. ↑ 2006 General Primary Runoff Statewide Results by Contest, Attorney General - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  6. ↑ 2006 Preferential Primary and Non-Partisan Judicial General Election, Statewide Results by Contest, State Treasurer - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
  7. ↑ 2006 General Primary Runoff Statewide Results by Contest, State Treasurer - Democrat - Certified, found at Vote Naturally at the Arkansas Secretary of State's website. Accessed November 15, 2010.
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