2006 United States Senate election 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 67.3% 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

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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[]

• Herb Kohl, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Ben Masel

Results[]

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[]

Candidates[]

• Robert Lorge, attorney

Results[]

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[]

Candidates[]

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

Predictions[]

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[]

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 [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

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.^[6]

See also[]

• 2006 United States Senate elections
• 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

References[]

External links[]

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• Kohl's Campaign Site
• Lorge's Campaign Site
• Vogeler's Campaign Site