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Parents > United States > Washington > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 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 January 03, 2013 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedRalphie December 22, 2006 08:57am
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameMaria Cantwell Votes1,199,437 (48.73%)
Term01/03/2001 - 01/03/2007 Margin2,229 (+0.09%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/06/2012
NameMaria Cantwell Votes1,855,493 (60.45%)
Term01/03/2013 - 01/03/2019 Margin641,569 (+20.90%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 19, 2006 WA US Senate - D Primary
Maria Cantwell
D 628,751
Sep 19, 2006 WA US Senate - R Primary
Mike McGavick
R 245,695
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
04/04/2004 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Maria Cantwell 8 27 24 1
Mike McGavick 3 --1 --
Leaning Call: Maria Cantwell (95.83%)
Weighted Call: Maria Cantwell (99.99%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

11/10/2005 11/05/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Maria Cantwell Mike McGavick Bruce Guthrie Party Leader Aaron Dixon Robin Adair  
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Green Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,184,659 (56.85%) 832,106 (39.93%) 29,331 (1.41%) 21,254 (1.02%) 16,384 (0.79%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -352,553 (-16.92%) -1,155,328 (-55.45%) -1,163,405 (-55.83%) -1,168,275 (-56.07%)  
Predict Avg.51.70% 45.80% 1.19% 1.38% 0.21%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- 6/30 $7,488.00 6/30 $10,334.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2006 00/00/2006 00/00/2006 00/00/2006 00/00/2006  
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MATCHUP POLLS (38 from 8 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg53.17%-- 40.82%-- 0.70%-- 0.04%-- -0.62%--  
Polimetrix 
10/27/06-11/05/06		 57.00% -- 43.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
11/02/06-11/04/06		 53.00% 1.0 42.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/31/06-11/02/06		 54.00% 2.0 38.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Washington Poll (University of Washington) 
10/25/06-10/31/06		 53.00% -- 41.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/27/06-10/29/06		 54.00% 3.0 41.00% 2.0 2.00% 1.0 1.00% -- 1.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/27/06-10/29/06		 52.00% 1.0 44.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
  Washington State Labor Council
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Olympian
D Qbanito
D Some say...
D Homegrown Democrat
D GavinBrown
R ...
  King County Journal
  Spokane Spokesman-Review
  Seattle Times
R CAGOP
R ...
R CincinnatiReds1990
CPW Ralphie
I Charlotte Rose
IS Sesel
MFL The Oncoming Storm
D TJ Johnson 🔗
G-R TONY
G BR_Green
G Joseph Szwaja 🔗
PRG Gentry Lange 🔗
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 02, 2006 02:00pm Advertisement Dan Evans Endorses McGavick In New Ad  Article Ralphie 
Oct 26, 2006 09:00am Advertisement Libertarian [Bruce Guthrie] launches TV campaign  Article Ralphie 
Oct 22, 2006 04:00pm Endorsement Mike McGavick for U.S. Senate  Article Ralphie 
Oct 22, 2006 04:00pm Endorsement P-I Endorsement: Re-elect Cantwell  Article Ralphie 
Oct 21, 2006 09:00am News GOP not buying airtime for McGavick  Article Buddy 
Oct 18, 2006 12:00pm News U.S. Senate candidate arrested at debate  Article Ralphie 

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