2006 United States Senate election in Nevada

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2006 United States Senate election in Nevada
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Nominee John Ensign Jack Carter
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote322,501238,796
Percentage55.36%40.99%
2006 United States Senate election in Nevada results map by county.svg
County results
Ensign:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
U.S. senator before election

John Ensign
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Ensign
Republican

The 2006 United States Senate election in Nevada was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican John Ensign defeated Democratic nominee Jack Carter to win re-election to a second term. This election was the only Senate election in Nevada where the incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected or won re-election since 1980 and the only Senate election in Nevada for this seat where the incumbent Republican Senator was re-elected or won re-election since 1952.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in primary

  • Ed Hamilton, businessman

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Ensign (incumbent) 127,023 90.47
Republican None of these candidates6,7544.81
Republican Ed Hamilton6,6294.72
Total votes140,406 100.00

Democratic primary

Popular Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman had said in January 2006 that he would probably run, [2] but decisively ruled out a run in late April. [3] Going into the 2006 cycle, many top Nevada Democrats such as State Assembly speaker Richard Perkins indicated that the party would put more efforts into the gubernatorial election than into defeating Ensign. [3]

Candidates

Nominee

Defeated in primary

  • Ruby Jee Tun, middle school science teacher [2]

Declined to run

Results

Democratic primary vote [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jack Carter 92,270 78.30
Democratic None of these candidates14,42512.24
Democratic Ruby Jee Tun11,1479.46
Total votes117,842 100.00


General election

Candidates

Campaign

Carter's advantages included his formidable speaking abilities and kinship with a former U.S. President. On the other hand, Ensign was also considered to be an effective speaker and as of the first quarter of 2006, held an approximately 5-1 advantage over Carter in cash-on-hand.

Debates

Endorsements

Jack Carter (D)
Individuals

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [4] Solid RNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [6] Safe RNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [7] Safe RNovember 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [8] Safe RNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateEnsign (R)Carter (D)
Zogby/WSJ March 31, 200652%38%
Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon April 3–5, 200660%27%
Reno Gazette-Journal/News 4 May 12–15, 200652%32%
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 200651%36%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 200650%35%
Rasmussen Archived September 21, 2006, at the Wayback Machine July 31, 200646%39%
Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon August 12, 200654%33%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 200648%45%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 200652%40%
Reno Gazette-Journal/Research 2000 September 15, 200656%35%
Rasmussen September 22, 200650%41%
Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon September 26, 200658%35%
Zogby/WSJ September 28, 200649%42%
Rasmussen October 17, 200650%42%
Zogby/WSJ October 19, 200652%43%
Reno Gazette-Journal/Research 2000 October 29, 200655%41%

Results

General election results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican John Ensign (incumbent) 322,501 55.36% +0.27%
Democratic Jack Carter 238,79640.99%+1.30%
None of These Candidates 8,2321.41%-0.50%
Independent American David K. Schumann7,7741.33%+0.91%
Libertarian Brendan Trainor5,2690.90%+0.01%
Majority83,70514.37%-1.03%
Turnout 582,572
Republican hold Swing

Ensign won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with his lowest percentage at 53%[ citation needed ].

See also

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  2. 1 2 Riley, Brendan (January 3, 2006). "Reid: Las Vegas mayor discusses Senate bid". Las Vegas Sun . Archived from the original on March 29, 2006. Retrieved March 30, 2006.
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  5. ↑ "Jack Carter (Senate NV) | WesPAC". November 4, 2006. Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved April 8, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  7. ↑ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ Miller, Lorraine C. (September 21, 2007). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006". clerk.house.gov. Archived from the original on January 30, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
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