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 a fourth term in a landslide. [1]

2006 United States Senate election in Wisconsin
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Herb Kohl Robert Lorge
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,439,214 630,299
Percentage 67.3% 29.5%
County results
Kohl:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
U.S. senator before election

Herb Kohl
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Herb Kohl
Democratic

Elections in Wisconsin

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results
Democratic primary results
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

Candidates
  • Robert Lorge, attorney

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

General election

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

Polling
Source Date Herb
Kohl (D)		 Robert
Lorge (R)
Strategic Vision (R) March 8, 2006 59% 27%
Strategic Vision (R) April 12, 2006 61% 25%
Strategic Vision (R) May 3, 2006 63% 25%
Strategic Vision (R) June 8, 2006 65% 25%
University of Wisconsin July 5, 2006 63% 14%
Rasmussen July 20, 2006 60% 27%
Rasmussen August 20, 2006 59% 31%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 2006 51% 33%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 2006 50% 35%
Rasmussen September 25, 2006 60% 33%
Rasmussen October 29, 2006 64% 25%
University of Wisconsin October 30, 2006 73% 16%

Results
2006 United States Senate election, Wisconsin
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

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.[2]

See also

References
  1. http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=114326
  2. Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections
Official campaign websites (Archived)
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