Massachusetts general election, 2006

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A Massachusetts general election was held on November 7, 2006 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The election included:

statewide elections for U.S. Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, and Auditor;

district elections for U.S. Representatives, State Representatives, State Senators, and Governor's Councillors; and

ballot questions at the state and local levels.

United States Senator

Democratic incumbent Ted Kennedy was re-elected over his Republican challenger Kenneth Chase.

Governor & Lieutenant Governor

Democrats Deval Patrick and Tim Murray were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Green-Rainbow candidates Grace Ross and Martina Robinson, independent candidates Christy Mihos and John J. Sullivan, and Republican candidates Kerry Healey and Reed Hillman. Patrick and Murray were nominated over gubernatorial candidates Chris Gabrieli and Tom Reilly, and lieutenant candidates Deb Goldberg and Andrea Silbert.

Attorney General

Martha Coakley (D), the outgoing Middlesex District Attorney who gained national prominence for her role as prosecutor in the Neil Entwistle murder case, was elected Attorney General, defeating Larry Frisoli (R), a trial attorney from Belmont who was known for his handling of the Jeffery Curley case against NAMBLA and was a former Vice Mayor of Cambridge and Norfolk County District Attorney.

Secretary of the Commonwealth

Democratic incumbent William F. Galvin was re-nominated over challenger John C. Bonifaz, a voting-rights activist who founded the National Voting Rights Institute, and defeated Green-Rainbow nominee Jill Stein, a medical doctor and community activist who ran for governor in 2002.

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Democratic incumbent Timothy P. Cahill was re-elected over Green-Rainbow candidate James O'Keefe, who also ran in 2002. Republican Ronald K. Davy, a financial analyst and Hull selectman, was nominated but failed to reach signature requirement to qualify for the ballot.

Auditor

Democratic incumbent and former professional boxer Joe DeNucci was re-elected for a sixth term over Working Families nominee Rand Wilson, a union organizer and labor communicator. Republican nominee Earle Stroll, a 52-year-old small-business consultant from Bolton, also failed to reach signature requirement to qualify for the ballot, and Green-Rainbow candidate Nathanael Fortune, a physicist from Smith College and a Whatley School Committee member, dropped out of the race for personal reasons in late March 2006.

U.S. House of Representatives

see Massachusetts United States House election, 2006

State House of Representatives

see Massachusetts House election, 2006

State Senate

see Massachusetts Senate election, 2006

Governor's Council

See Massachusetts Governor's Council election, 2006

Ballot questions

There were three statewide ballot questions, all initiatives, which the Massachusetts voters voted on this election, and all were defeated. There were also various local ballot questions around the state.

Statewide Questions:

Question 1 - Sale of Wine by Food Stores. A law to allow local authorities to license stores selling groceries to sell wine.

Question 2 - Nomination of Candidates for Public Office. A law to create "more ballot choices" by allowing for fusion voting.

Question 3 - Family Child Care Providers. A law to allow home-based family child care providers providing state-subsidized care to bargain collectively with the state government.

References

Massachusetts general election, 2006 Wikipedia

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