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Parents > United States > Washington > Senate Class I
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 04:00pm
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 09:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 07:00pm
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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 19, 2006 WA US Senate - D Primary Maria Cantwell
Sep 19, 2006 WA US Senate - R Primary Mike McGavick
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.1667003632 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Maria Cantwell
Safe 1
Strong 24
Lean 27
Slight 8
Mike McGavick
Strong 1
Slight 3
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

11/10/2005 11/05/2006

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Sen. Maria Cantwell Mike McGavick Bruce Guthrie Party Leader Aaron Dixon Robin Adair
PartyDemocratic Republican Libertarian Green Independent
Votes1,184,659 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $7,488.00 $10,334.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Polimetrix 
10/27-11/05
57.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
11/02-11/04
53.00% (+1.0) 42.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/31-11/02
54.00% (+2.0) 38.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Washington Poll (University of Washington) 
10/25-10/31
53.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/27-10/29
54.00% (+3.0) 41.00% (-2.0) 2.00% (+1.0) 1.00% (+0.0) 1.00% (+0.0)
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/27-10/29
52.00% (+1.0) 44.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  NARAL Pro-Choice Washington
  Washington State Labor Council
  Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  Olympian
R ...
  King County Journal
  Spokane Spokesman-Review
  Seattle Times
R CincinnatiReds1990
CPW Ralphie
I Charlotte Rose
IS Sesel
MFL The Oncoming Storm
D TJ Johnson [L]

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 P-I Endorsement: Re-elect Cantwell  Article Ralphie 
Oct 22, 2006 04:00pm Endorsement Mike McGavick for U.S. Senate  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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