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2006 Senate Election Results: Democrats Won Control ✓

U.S. Senate elections were held for 33 U.S. Senate seats on November 7, 2006. Following the elections, Democrats won control of the Senate after flipping seats in Missouri, Montana, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Virginia.

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51 ✓
Democrats

49
Republicans

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Key race alerts

Missouri U.S. Senate Election

✓ Claire McCaskill (DEM) won the Senate election in Missouri, flipping the seat to Democrats.

Montana U.S. Senate Election

✓ Jon Tester (DEM) won the Senate election in Montana, flipping the seat to Democrats.

Ohio U.S. Senate Election

✓ Sherrod Brown (DEM) won the Senate election in Ohio, flipping the seat to Democrats.

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All U.S. Senate Elections
Arizona U.S. Senate Election
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Jon Kyl (REP) ✓
Votes: 814,398
 
Jim Pederson (DEM) 
Votes: 664,141

Delaware U.S. Senate Election
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Tom Carper (DEM) ✓
Votes: 170,567
 
Jan Ting (REP)         
Votes: 69,734

Indiana U.S. Senate Election
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Richard Lugar (REP) ✓            
Votes: 1,171,553
 
Steve Osborn (LIB)           
Votes: 168,820

Massachusetts U.S. Senate Election
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Ted Kennedy (DEM) ✓          
Votes: 1,500,738
 
Kenneth Chase (REP)           
Votes: 661,532

Mississippi U.S. Senate Election
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Trent Lott (REP) ✓
Votes: 388,399
 
Erik Fleming (DEM)                 
Votes: 213,000

Nebraska U.S. Senate Election
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Ben Nelson (DEM) ✓
Votes: 378,388
 
Pete Ricketts (REP)               
Votes:  213,928

New Mexico U.S. Senate Election
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Jeff Bingaman (DEM) ✓         
Votes: 394,365
 
Allen McCulloch (REP)          
Votes: 163,826

Ohio U.S. Senate Election
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Sherrod Brown (DEM) ✓         
Votes: 2,257,369
 
Mike DeWine (REP)              
Votes: 1,761,037

Tennessee U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Corker (REP) ✓
Votes: 929,911
 
Harold Ford Jr. (DEM)            
Votes: 879,976

Vermont U.S. Senate Election
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Bernie Sanders (IND) ✓        
Votes: 171,638

Richard Tarrant (REP)          
Votes: 84,924

West Virginia U.S. Senate Election
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Robert Byrd (DEM) ✓              
Votes: 159,154
 
John Raese (REP)
Votes: 47,408

California U.S. Senate Election
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Dianne Feinstein (DEM) ✓       
Votes: 5,076,289
 
Dick Mountjoy (REP)             
Votes: 2,990,822

Florida U.S. Senate Election
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Bill Nelson (DEM) ✓  
Votes: 2,890,548
 
Katherine Harris (REP)        
Votes: 1,826,127

Maine U.S. Senate Election
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Olympia Snowe (REP) ✓ 
Votes: 405,596
 
Jean Hay Bright (DEM)          
Votes: 113,131

Michigan U.S. Senate Election
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Debbie Stabenow (DEM) ✓    Votes: 2,151,278
 
Mike Bouchard (REP)
Votes: 1,559,597

Missouri U.S. Senate Election
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Claire McCaskill (DEM) ✓       
Votes: 1,055,255
 
Jim Talent (REP)      
Votes: 1,006,941

Nevada U.S. Senate Election
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John Ensign (REP) ✓
Votes: 322,501
 
Jack Carter (DEM)  
Votes: 238,796

New York U.S. Senate Election
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Hillary Clinton (DEM) ✓          
Votes: 2,698,931
 
John Spencer (REP)               
Votes: 1,212,902

Pennsylvania U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Casey (DEM) ✓
Votes:2,392,984
 
Rick Santorum (REP)             
Votes: 1,684,778

Texas U.S. Senate Election
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Kay Bailey Hutchison (REP) ✓   Votes: 2,661,789
 
Barbara Ann Radnofsky (DEM)
Votes: 1,555,202

Virginia U.S. Senate Election
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Jim Webb (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 1,175,606
 
George Allen (REP)                
Votes: 1,166,277

Wisconsin U.S. Senate Election
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Herb Kohl (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 1,439,214
 
Robert Lorge (REP)                
Votes: 630,299

Connecticut  U.S. Senate Election
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Joe Lieberman (IND) ✓       
Votes: 564,095

Ned Lamont (DEM)                 
Votes: 450,844

Hawaii U.S. Senate Election
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Daniel Akaka (DEM) ✓             
Votes:  210,330
 
Cynthia Thielen (REP)
Votes: 126,097

Maryland  U.S. Senate Election
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Ben Cardin (DEM) ✓   
Votes: 965,477
 
Michael Steele (REP)            
Votes: 787,182

Minnesota U.S. Senate Election
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Amy Klobuchar (DEM) ✓          
Votes: 1,278,849 
 
Mark Kennedy (REP)             
Votes: 835,653

Montana U.S. Senate Election
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Jon Tester (DEM) ✓ 
Votes: 199,845
 
Conrad Burns (REP)               
Votes: 196,283

New Jersey U.S. Senate Election
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Bob Menendez (DEM) ✓          
Votes: 1,200,843
 
Thomas Kean Jr. (REP)         
Votes: 997,775

North Dakota U.S. Senate Election
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Kent Conrad (DEM) ✓           
Votes: 150,146
 
Dwight Grotberg (REP)         
Votes: 64,417

Rhode Island U.S. Senate Election
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Sheldon Whitehouse (DEM) ✓ Votes: 206,043
 
Lincoln Chafee (REP)            
Votes: 178,950

Utah U.S. Senate Election
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Orrin Hatch (REP) ✓
Votes: 356,238
 
Pete Ashdown (DEM)             
Votes: 177,459

Washington U.S. Senate Election
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Maria Cantwell (DEM) ✓        
Votes: 1,184,659
 
Mike McGavick (REP)           
Votes: 832,106

Wyoming U.S. Senate Election
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Craig Thomas (REP) ✓              
Votes: 135,174
 
Dale Groutage (DEM)             
Votes: 57,671

Notes:

  • Joe Lieberman (IND) caucused with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate.   

  • Bernie Sanders (IND) caucused with the Democrats in the U.S. Senate.   

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