United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2006

United States Senate election in Mississippi, 2006
Mississippi
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Trent Lott Erik R. Fleming
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 388,399 213,000
Percentage 63.6% 34.9%

County results
U.S. Senator before election

Trent Lott
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Trent Lott
Republican

The 2006 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Trent Lott won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Erik R. Fleming 46,185 44.07
Democratic Bill Bowlin 23,175 22.11
Democratic James O'Keefe 20,815 19.86
Democratic Catherine Starr 14,629 13.96
Total votes 104,804 100
Democratic primary runoff results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Erik R. Fleming 19,477 64.99
Democratic Bill Bowlin 10,490 35.01
Total votes 29,967 100

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Lott ran for re-election without facing any opposition in his party's primary. While it had been speculated that Lott might retire after his home was destroyed in Hurricane Katrina, he instead chose to run for re-election. Fleming is an African American, which represents 37% of the state's population. However, no African American has ever been elected to statewide office. The last black U.S. Senator was Hiram Revels, who was appointed and took office in 1870. Fleming got little help from the DSCC, which only donated $15,000 to his campaign.[3]

Results

General election results
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican Trent Lott (inc.) 388,399 63.58
Democratic Erik R. Fleming 213,000 34.87
Libertarian Harold Taylor 9,522 1.56
Majority 175,399 28.71
Turnout 591,178
Republican hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ State Rec
  2. ↑ Our Campaigns - MS US Senate-D Primary Run-Off Race - Jun 27, 2006
  3. ↑ FOXNews.com - Fleming runs low-budget Miss. challenge of Cochran - Politics | Republican Party | Democratic Party | Political Spectrum

Further reading

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