2006 United States elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2006_United_States_elections
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:politics
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 7, 2006
gptkbp:Democratic_House_leader gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:Democratic_net_gain_in_governorships 6
gptkbp:Democratic_net_gain_in_House 31 seats
gptkbp:Democratic_net_gain_in_Senate 6 seats
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_leader gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:Democratic_Senate_leader gptkb:Harry_Reid
gptkbp:first_female_Speaker_of_the_House gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:2008_United_States_elections
gptkbp:governorships_contested 36
gptkbp:House_seats_contested 435
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2006 United States elections
gptkbp:mainEvent gptkb:2006_United_States_Senate_elections
gptkb:2006_United_States_gubernatorial_elections
2006 United States House of Representatives elections
2006 United States state legislative elections
gptkbp:notable_defeated_incumbents gptkb:Rick_Santorum
gptkb:Conrad_Burns
gptkb:George_Allen
gptkb:Jim_Talent
gptkb:Lincoln_Chafee
gptkb:Mike_DeWine
gptkbp:notable_new_Speaker_of_the_House gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:notable_third_parties gptkb:Green_Party
gptkb:Libertarian_Party
Independent
gptkbp:notableAchievement Democratic Party gained control of the House of Representatives
Democratic Party gained control of the Senate
Democratic Party gained six governorships
Democratic Party gained state legislatures
gptkbp:notableEvent Resignation of Donald Rumsfeld after election
gptkbp:part_of midterm elections
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:2004_United_States_elections
gptkbp:president gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkbp:Republican_House_leader gptkb:Dennis_Hastert
gptkbp:Republican_Party_leader gptkb:Dennis_Hastert
gptkbp:Republican_Senate_leader gptkb:Bill_Frist
gptkbp:Senate_seats_contested 33
gptkbp:significant_issue gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:business
health care
immigration
corruption scandals
gptkbp:type legislative
local
gubernatorial
gptkbp:voterTurnout midterm average
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:fifty-state_strategy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7