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2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin

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] As of 2024, this is the most recent state-wide election where any candidate won every county in Wisconsin.

2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
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Nominee Herb Kohl Robert Lorge
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,439,214 630,299
Percentage 67.31% 29.48%
Kohl:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Lorge:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%      50%      No data
U.S. senator before election

Herb Kohl
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Herb Kohl
Democratic

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results [1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Herb Kohl (incumbent) 308,178 85.66%
Democratic Ben Masel 51,245 14.24%
Democratic Write ins 335 0.09%
Total votes 359,758 100%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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  • Robert Lorge, attorney

Results

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Republican primary results [2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Lorge 194,633 99.73%
Republican Write ins 530 0.27%
Total votes 195,163 100%

General election

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Candidates

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  • Robert Lorge (R), attorney
  • Herbert Kohl (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Rae Vogeler (G), community organizer

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Solid D November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] Safe D November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[4] Safe D November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[5] Safe D November 6, 2006

Polling

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Source Date Herb
Kohl (D) 		Robert
Lorge (R)
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

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2006 United States Senate election, Wisconsin [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Herb Kohl (incumbent) 1,439,214 67.31 +5.8
Republican Robert Lorge 630,299 29.48 −7.5
Green Rae Vogeler 42,434 1.98 n/a
Independent Ben Glatzel 25,096 1.17 n/a
Other Scattered 1,254 0.06 n/a
Majority 808,915 37.83
Turnout 2,138,297 50.86
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic

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Analysis

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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

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References

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  1. ^ "WI US Senate". Archived from the original on November 20, 2020. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ^ Strategic Vision (R)
  7. ^ Strategic Vision (R)
  8. ^ Strategic Vision (R)
  9. ^ Strategic Vision (R)
  10. ^ University of Wisconsin Archived September 29, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ Rasmussen
  12. ^ Rasmussen
  13. ^ Zogby/WSJ
  14. ^ Zogby/WSJ
  15. ^ Rasmussen
  16. ^ Rasmussen
  17. ^ University of Wisconsin
  18. ^ Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
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Official campaign websites (Archived)

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