11/13/2006 - 2006 Election Summary

Summary of 2006 Election Results

As everyone knows, the Democrats reclaimed control of both the House and the Senate as a result of the November 7 elections. Below is a chart of the composition of both the Senate and House before and after the elections:

SENATE:

	Before Election	Post Election
Democrats	44	51*
Republicans	55	49
Independent	1	0

*While Senator-elect Bernie Sanders is an Independent by party label, he will caucus with the Democratic party so we have included him in the Democrats category.

HOUSE:

	Before Election	Post Election**
Democrats	201	229
Republicans	232	195
Independents	1	0

Republican Incumbents Defeated:

AZ-05:    Rep. J.D. Hayworth
CA-11:    Rep. Richard Pombo 
CT-05:    Rep. Nancy Johnson
FL-22:     Rep. Clay Shaw
IN-02:     Rep. Chris Chocola
IN-08:     Rep. John Hostettler
IN-09:     Rep. Mike Sodrel 
IA-02:     Rep. Jim Leach 
KS-02:    Rep. Jim Ryun
KY-03:   Rep. Anne Northup
MN-01:   Rep. Gil Gutknecht
NH-01:   Rep. Jeb Bradley
NH-02:   Rep. Charlie Bass
NY-19:   Rep. Sue Kelly 
NY-20:   Rep. John Sweeney
NC-11:   Rep. Charles Taylor
PA-04:    Rep. Melissa Hart
PA-07:    Rep. Curt Weldon
PA-8:      Rep. Mike Fitzpatrick
PA-10:    Rep. Don  Sherwood

Republican Open House Seats that Flipped to Democratic Control:

AZ-08:    Rep. Jim Kolbe – retired
CO-07:   Rep. Bob Beauprez – ran for Governor
FL-16:     Rep. Mark Foley – resigned
IA-01:     Rep. Jim Nussle – ran for Governor
NY-24:   Rep. Boehlert – retired
OH-18:   Rep. Bob Ney – resigned
TX-22:    Rep. Tom DeLay – resigned
WI-08:    Rep. Mark Green – ran for Governor

There are still some races that are undecided because of a “too close to call” margin.

 **These House Races are STILL Undecided (as of 11/9/06):

CT-02:    Rep. Rob Simmons – R
FL-13:     Open Seat (formerly seat of Rep. Katharine Harris – R)
GA-12:    Rep. John Barrow – D
LA-02:    Rep. William Jefferson – D (goes to special election because no candidate received majority of vote on November 7)
NM-01:   Rep. Heather Wilson – R
NC-08:   Rep. Robin Hayes – R 
OH-2:     Rep. Jean Schmidt – R
OH-15:   Rep. Deborah Pryce – R 
TX-23:    Rep. Henry Bonilla – R (goes to special election because no candidate received majority of vote on November 7)
WA-08:   Rep. Dave Reichert – R 
WY-AL: Rep. Barbara Cubin – R

Note:  Republicans currently lead in 8 of these 11 contests and Democrats in 3 (CT-02, GA-12, LA-02). If all the leads
hold up, that would produce a 232-203 Dem majority, precisely the same as the GOP's majority entering the cycle.

Other Election Statistics:

Democratic Senate Incumbents Defeated: 0 
Democratic House Incumbents Defeated: 0
House Members Elected to Senate: 3
House Members Defeated in Senate Races: 3

For profiles on the incoming freshmen Members of Congress, go to:

http://www.thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/110906/members.html

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