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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
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
Graph MoE
Ignore Pollsters:
Elway
Mason-Dixon
Polimetrix
Rasmussen Reports
Strategic Vision (R)
Survey USA
Washington Poll (University of Washington)
Zogby Interactive

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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