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  US Senate - National Vote
RACE DETAILS
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OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type Control Indicator
Filing Deadline June 10, 2002 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 06:30pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorChronicler
Last ModifiedChronicler October 16, 2010 05:38pm
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Description The Democratic Party regained control of the U.S. Senate in the election of 2006. The party took six seats from the Republicans. One formerly Democratic seat was won by Joe Lieberman, who had lost the Democratic primary but was re-elected as an Independent Democrat.

Aggregate nationwide totals for U.S. Senate races of 2006:

Democratic 33,487,098 - 53.4 (includes DFL)
Republican 26,393,252 - 42.1
Independent 970,476 - 1.7
Libertarian 627,024 - 1.0
Green 382,854 - 0.6
Independence 231,899 - 0.4 (included with the Reform Party below)
Conservative 179,287 - 0.3
Working Families 148,792 - 0.3
Constitution 133,037 - 0.2
Peace and Freedom 117,764 - 0.2
Write-in candidates 15,373

Aggregate U.S. Senate popular vote of 2000-2004: [Link]

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Name Democratic Party Control Republican Party Control Independent Control Libertarian Party Control Reform Party Control Green Party Control Constitution Party Control
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Libertarian Reform Green Constitution
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Uncertified Votes 94,803,521 (50.48%) 85,679,029 (45.63%) 2,133,946 (1.14%) 2,092,602 (1.11%) 689,746 (0.37%) 644,650 (0.34%) 588,208 (0.31%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -9,124,492 (-4.86%) -92,669,575 (-49.35%) -92,710,919 (-49.37%) -94,113,775 (-50.12%) -94,158,871 (-50.14%) -94,215,313 (-50.17%)
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Name Conservative Party Control Peace and Freedom Party Control Working Families Party Control (W) Unaffiliated Party Control  
PartyConservative Peace & Freedom Working Families Write-In  
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Uncertified Votes 400,247 (0.21%) 361,610 (0.19%) 317,511 (0.17%) 78,376 (0.04%)  
Margin-94,403,274 (-50.27%) -94,441,911 (-50.29%) -94,486,010 (-50.31%) -94,725,145 (-50.44%)  
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