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Parents > United States > West Virginia > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline May 08, 2006 - 04:00pm Central
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 09:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 07:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End June 28, 2010 - 02:00am
ContributorJohn
Last ModifiedImperator June 28, 2010 05:18am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameRobert C. Byrd Votes469,215 (77.75%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2007 Margin347,580 (+57.60%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won07/16/2010
NameCarte Goodwin Votes1 (100.00%)
Term07/20/2010 - 11/15/2010 Margin1 (+100.00%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
May 09, 2006 WV US Senate - D Primary
Robert C. Byrd
D 185,763
May 09, 2006 WV US Senate - R Primary
John Raese
R 79,559
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
05/08/2004 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Robert C. Byrd 4 6 7 56
John Raese 2 ------
Leaning Call: Robert C. Byrd (99.24%)
Weighted Call: Robert C. Byrd (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

02/19/2006 09/05/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) President Pro Tempore Emeritus Robert C. Byrd John Raese Jesse C. Johnson  
PartyDemocratic Republican Mountain  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 296,276 (64.42%) 155,043 (33.71%) 8,565 (1.86%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -141,233 (-30.71%) -287,711 (-62.56%)  
Predict Avg.62.60% 36.80% 0.75%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2005 00/00/2006 --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (4 from 1 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg62.58%-- 28.43%-- 0.00%--  
Rasmussen Reports 
09/05/06-09/05/06		 63.00% 7.0 30.00% 1.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
08/01/06-08/01/06		 56.00% 1.0 31.00% 3.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
04/25/06-04/25/06		 57.00% 1.0 34.00% 2.0 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
02/19/06-02/19/06		 58.00% -- 32.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Jason
D Ashley
D Homegrown Democrat
D PaGuy
D Tsongas Democrat
Veg Thomas Walker
IND Monsieur
D GavinBrown
D Homegrown Democrat
R CincinnatiReds1990
R ...
R PAVictory06
R TurnerforCongress
R SC Moose
R CAGOP
R ...
I User 13
I E Pluribus Unum
IS Sesel
AENM Angry Russian
LBR Old LW
IndP 6921
Laf-W Craverguy
REFS Servo
G BR_Green
 


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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 03, 2005 09:00am News Capito Wont Challenge Byrd  Article GavinBrown 
Sep 08, 2005 11:00am Poll Recent RMS [WV] Poll: [Sen] Byrd Favored over [Rep] Capito for Senate  Article ArmyDem 
Aug 04, 2005 01:00am News New GOP candidate [Snuffer] to challenge Byrd  Article J.R. 
Jul 28, 2005 09:00pm News GOP puts up first [WV] Senate campaign ad  Article User 13 
Apr 14, 2005 10:00am Commentary The Republicans poll; Democrats plead [WV US Senate]  Article Tony82 
Mar 18, 2005 08:00pm News Possible Byrd-Capito matchup has people talking  Article Tony82 

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