2006 Tennessee elections#State Senate

{{main|2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee}}

[[File:2006 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{collapsible list

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Incumbent Republican senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, retired after two terms in office. The open seat was narrowly won by Republican nominee Bob Corker, who defeated Democratic nominee Harold Ford Jr.

{{Election box begin|title=United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2006{{cite web|url=http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/results/2006-11/en4uss.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418150855/http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/results/2006-11/en4uss.pdf|archivedate=2012-04-18|title=General Election - United States Senate|date=November 7, 2006|website= Tennessee State Government}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Bob Corker|votes=929,911|percentage=50.71%|change=-14.39}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Harold Ford, Jr.|votes=879,976|percentage=47.99%|change=+15.78}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ed Choate|votes=10,831|percentage=0.59%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=David Gatchell|votes=3,746|percentage=0.20%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Emory "Bo" Heyward|votes=3,580|percentage=0.20%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=H. Gary Keplinger|votes=3,033|percentage=0.17%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Green Party (United States)|candidate=Chris Lugo|votes=2,589|percentage=0.14%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Write-in|candidate=|votes=29|percentage=0.00%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=49,935|percentage=2.72%|change=}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,833,695|percentage=47.49%|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=Democratic Party (United States)|swing=-14.39}}

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August 3, 2006 primary results

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic primary results}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Harold Ford Jr.|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=333,789|percentage=79.10%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Gary Gene Davis|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=41,802|percentage=9.91%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=John Jay Hooker|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=27,175|percentage=6.44%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles Smith|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=14,724|percentage=3.49%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Alvin Strauss|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=4,410|percentage=1.05%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=421,900|percentage=100}}

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[[File:2006 United States Senate Republican primary election in Tennessee results map by county.svg|thumb|300px|Republican primary results by county

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{{Election box begin no change

| title = Republican primary results

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Bob Corker

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 231,541

| percentage = 48.13%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Ed Bryant

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 161,189

| percentage = 33.50%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Van Hilleary

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 83,078

| percentage = 17.27%

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Tate Harrison

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 5,309

| percentage = 1.10%

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 481,117

| percentage = 100

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{{Main|2006 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee}}

[[File:2006 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.svg|alt=District results|thumb|350x350px|District results:{{collapsible list

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Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|50.18}}

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|46.61}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|3.21}}}}{{bar box|title=House seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|55.56}}

{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|44.44}}}}

{{main|2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election}}

[[File:2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|alt=Final results by county|thumb|350x350px|Final results by county:{{collapsible list

| title = {{legend|#3233fd|Bredesen}}|{{legend|#7996e2|50–60%}}|{{legend|#6674de|60–70%}}|{{legend|#584cde|70–80%}}|{{legend|#3933e5|80–90%}}

}}]]Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen was re-elected to a second term with 68.6% of the vote, defeating his Republican challenger Jim Bryson. Improving on his performance from 2002, Bredesen also carried every county in the state.

{{Election box begin|title=2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-11/RptNovGov.pdf|title=November 7, 2006, General Election: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213305/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-11/RptNovGov.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Phil Bredesen (incumbent)|votes=1,247,491|percentage=68.60%|change=+17.95%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jim Bryson|votes=540,853|percentage=29.74%|change=-17.85%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carl Two Feathers Whitaker|votes=11,374|percentage=0.63%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=George Banks|votes=7,531|percentage=0.41%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Charles E. Smith|votes=4,083|percentage=0.22%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Howard W. Switzer|votes=2,711|percentage=0.15%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=David Gatchell|votes=2,385|percentage=0.13%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Marivuana Stout Leinoff|votes=2,114|percentage=0.12%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box write-in with party link||votes=7|percentage=0.00%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=706,638|percentage=38.86%|change=+35.80%}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,818,549|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)|swing=}}

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August 3, 2006 primary results

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic Party primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/governordem.pdf|title=August 3, 2006, Democratic Primary: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017204953/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/governordem.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Phil Bredesen (incumbent)|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=393,004|percentage=88.50}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=John Jay Hooker|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=31,933|percentage=7.19}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Tim Sevier|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=11,562|percentage=2.60}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Walt Ward|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=7,555|percentage=1.70}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=444,054|percentage=100.00}}

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| title = Republican primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/GovernorRep.pdf|title=August 3, 2006, Republican Primary: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213325/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/GovernorRep.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Jim Bryson

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 160,786

| percentage = 50.03

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = David M. Farmer

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 50,900

| percentage = 15.84

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Joe Kirkpatrick

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 34,491

| percentage = 10.73

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Mark Albertini

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 29,184

| percentage = 9.08

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Wayne Thomas Bailey

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 24,273

| percentage = 7.55

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Wayne Young

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 11,997

| percentage = 3.73

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change

| candidate = Timothy Thomas

| party = Republican Party (United States)

| votes = 9,747

| percentage = 3.03

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{{Election box total no change

| votes = 321,378

| percentage = 100.00

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{{main|2006 Tennessee Senate election}}

{{see also|Tennessee General Assembly}}Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 7, 2006.

After this election, Republicans had 17 seats while Democrats had 16 seats. Both parties maintained their respective number of seats.

{{main|2006 Tennessee House of Representatives election}}

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 7, 2006.

Democrats won 53 seats, while Republicans won 46 seats. Both parties maintained their respective number of seats.

{{Main|Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment}}{{Infobox referendum|name=Tennessee Marriage Protection Act|country=|date=|location={{Flag|Tennessee}}|question=Shall Article XI of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by adding the following language as a new, appropriately designated section:

SECTION___. The historical institution and legal contract solemnizing the relationship of one man and one woman shall be the only legally recognized marital contract in this state. Any policy or law or judicial interpretation, purporting to define marriage as anything other than the historical institution and legal contract between one man and one woman, is contrary to the public policy of this state and shall be void and unenforceable in Tennessee. If another state or foreign jurisdiction issues a license for persons to marry and if such marriage is prohibited in this state by the provisions of this section, then the marriage shall be void and unenforceable in this state.|yes=1,419,434|no=327,536|total=1,746,970|notes=|map=350px|mapcaption={{col-start}}

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Yes

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{{col-end}}}}The Tennessee Marriage Protection Amendment is a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex unions. The referendum was approved by 81% of voters. It specified that only a marriage between a man and a woman could be legally recognized in the state of Tennessee. This prohibited same-sex marriages within the state, reinforcing previously existing statutes to the same effect{{cite news |last=Howard |first=Kate |date=July 15, 2006 |title=Voters to get say on gay marriage |url=http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006607150338 |work=The Tennessean}} until it was overturned by the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling in June 2015.

{{Clear}}

{{Main|2006 Tennessee Property Tax Relief Amendment}}

{{Infobox referendum|name=Amendment 2|country=|date=|location={{Flag|Tennessee}}|question=Shall Article II Section 28, of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee be amended by inserting the following language immediately after the fourth paragraph:

By general law, the legislature may authorize the following program of tax relief:

(a) The legislative body of any county or municipality may provide by resolution or ordinance that:

(1) Any taxpayer who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older and who owns residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence shall pay taxes on such property in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax on such property imposed at the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted;

(2) Any taxpayer who reaches the age of sixty-five (65) after the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted, who owns residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence, shall thereafter pay taxes on such property in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax on such property imposed in the tax year in which such taxpayer reaches age sixty-five (65); and

(3) Any taxpayer who is sixty-five (65) years of age or older, who purchases residential property as the taxpayer’s principal place of residence after the taxpayer’s sixty-fifth birthday, shall pay taxes in an amount not to exceed the maximum amount of tax imposed on such property in the tax year in which such property is purchased.

(b) Whenever the full market value of such property is increased as a result of improvements to such property after the time the ordinance or resolution is adopted, then the assessed value of such property shall be adjusted to include such increased value and the taxes shall also be increased proportionally with the value.

(c) Any taxpayer or taxpayers who own residential property as their principal place of residence whose total or combined annual income or wealth exceeds an amount to be determined by the General Assembly shall not be eligible to receive the tax relief provided in subsection (a) or (b)?|yes=1,361,682|no=278,130|total=1,639,812|notes=Source: Tennessee Secretary of State{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Amendment Election Results |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results |website=Tennessee Secretary of State |language=en}}|map=File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 2 results 2006.svg|mapcaption={{col-start}}

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Yes

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{{col-end}}}}The Property Tax Relief Amendment allows, but does require, the legislature to implement a program of property tax relief for persons 65 years or older.{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Property Tax Relief, Amendment 2 (2006) |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Tennessee_Property_Tax_Relief,_Amendment_2_(2006) |access-date=2024-02-10 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}

{{Clear}}

All incumbent Tennessee Supreme Court Justices won their retention elections.

{{Referendum

| title = Tennessee Supreme Court Chief Justice, William M. Barker retention election{{cite web |last= |first= |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Judicial retention election results |url=http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2006-08/Retention.pdf |access-date=September 23, 2023 |publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State}}

| yes = 510,261

| yespct = 76.83

| no = 153,895

| nopct = 23.17

| total = 664,156

}}{{Referendum

| title = Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Cornelia A. Clark retention election{{cite web |last= |first= |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Judicial retention election results |url=http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2006-08/Retention.pdf |access-date=September 23, 2023 |publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State}}

| yes = 478,027

| yespct = 74.44

| no = 164,109

| nopct = 25.56

| total = 642,136

}}{{Referendum

| title = Tennessee Supreme Court Associate Justice, Janice Holder retention election{{cite web |last= |first= |date=August 3, 2006 |title=Judicial retention election results |url=http://sharetngov.tnsosfiles.com/sos/election/results/2006-08/Retention.pdf |access-date=September 23, 2023 |publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State}}

| yes = 487,282

| yespct = 75.96

| no = 154,191

| nopct = 24.04

| total = 641,473

}}

{{main|2006 Clarksville mayoral election}}

Incumbent mayor Don Trotter ran for re-election, but came in third place, with Johnny Piper winning the election, receiving 29.0% of the vote.{{Cite web |title=ElectionSummary |url=https://mcgtn.org/storage/departments/election/election-results/November06/MontgomeryElecSumm.htm |access-date=2024-01-27 |website=mcgtn.org}}

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