2006 United States midterm elections

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/2006_United_States_midterm_elections
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf United States midterm elections
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date November 7, 2006
gptkbp:Democratic_House_leader gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:Democratic_Party_result gained control of House of Representatives
gained control of Senate
gptkbp:Democratic_Senate_leader gptkb:Harry_Reid
gptkbp:elects gptkb:United_States_House_of_Representatives
gptkb:United_States_Senate
state legislatures
state governorships
gptkbp:governorships_won_by_Democrats 28
gptkbp:governorships_won_by_Republicans 22
gptkbp:House_balance_after_election Democrats 233, Republicans 202
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 2006 United States midterm elections
gptkbp:nextEdition gptkb:2008_United_States_elections
gptkbp:notableEvent first time since 1994 Democrats controlled both chambers of Congress
resignation of Donald Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense
Democratic wave election
gptkbp:number_of_governorships_contested 36
gptkbp:number_of_House_seats_contested 435
gptkbp:number_of_Senate_seats_contested 33
gptkbp:numberOfIssues gptkb:Iraq_War
gptkb:business
immigration
corruption scandals
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:politics
gptkbp:President_during_election gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkbp:previousEdition gptkb:2004_United_States_elections
gptkbp:Republican_House_leader gptkb:Dennis_Hastert
gptkbp:Republican_Party_result lost control of House of Representatives
lost control of Senate
gptkbp:Republican_Senate_leader gptkb:Bill_Frist
gptkbp:resulted_in_first_female_Speaker_of_the_House gptkb:Nancy_Pelosi
gptkbp:Senate_balance_after_election Democrats 51, Republicans 49
gptkbp:type midterm election
gptkbp:voterTurnout 40.4%
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:50-state_strategy
gptkb:Howard_Dean_(as_DNC_Chair)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6