The 2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Herb Kohl won re-election to his fourth and final term in a landslide.[ 1]
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
General election
Candidates
Robert Lorge (R), attorney
Herbert Kohl (D), incumbent U.S. SenatorRae Vogeler (G), community organizer
Predictions
Polling
Source
Date
Herb
Robert
Strategic Vision (R) [ 6] March 8, 2006
59%
27%
Strategic Vision (R) [ 7] April 12, 2006
61%
25%
Strategic Vision (R) [ 8] May 3, 2006
63%
25%
Strategic Vision (R) [ 9] June 8, 2006
65%
25%
University of Wisconsin [ 10] July 5, 2006
63%
14%
Rasmussen [ 11] July 20, 2006
60%
27%
Rasmussen [ 12] August 20, 2006
59%
31%
Zogby /WSJ [ 13] August 28, 2006
51%
33%
Zogby /WSJ [ 14] September 11, 2006
50%
35%
Rasmussen [ 15] September 25, 2006
60%
33%
Rasmussen [ 16] October 29, 2006
64%
25%
University of Wisconsin [ 17] October 30, 2006
73%
16%
Results
Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic
Analysis
Kohl won every county in the state. Kohl's weakest performance in the state was suburban Washington County, Wisconsin , which Kohl won with just 49.6%. Kohl's strongest performance was in rural Menominee County , where he won with over 90% of the vote. Vogeler's best performance was in Dane County , where she came in third place with over 5%, a county where Lorge had his second weakest performance.[ 18]
See also
References
^ "WI US Senate" . Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021 .^ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF) . The Cook Political Report . Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021 .^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS" . Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved June 25, 2021 .^ "2006 Senate Ratings" . Senate Ratings . The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .^ "Election 2006" . Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021 .^ Strategic Vision (R) ^ Strategic Vision (R) ^ Strategic Vision (R) ^ Strategic Vision (R) ^ University of Wisconsin Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine ^ Rasmussen ^ Rasmussen ^ Zogby/WSJ ^ Zogby/WSJ ^ Rasmussen ^ Rasmussen ^ University of Wisconsin ^ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
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