2006 Election Summary Sheet

House

• Republicans lost 30 seats in the House
• The breakdown is 232 D and 201 R with 2 open seats
• Republican incumbents defeated:  AZ 5 Hayworth, CA 11 Pombo, CT 2 Simmons, CT 5 Johnson, FL 22 Shaw, IN 2 Chocola, IN 8 Hostettler, IN 9 Sodrel, IA 2 Leach, KS 2 Ryun, KY 3 Northup, MN 1 Gutknecht, NH 1 Bradley, NH 2 Bass, NY 19 Kelly, NY 20 Sweeney, NC 11 Taylor, PA 4 Hart, PA 8 Fitzpatrick, PA 7 Weldon, PA 10 Sherwood, TX 23 Bonilla
• Republican open seats lost:  AZ 8 Kolbe, CO 7 Beauprez, FL 16 Foley, IA 1 Nussle, NY 24 Boehlert, OH 18 Ney, TX 22 DeLay, WI 8 Green
• The freshman class will have 55 members. 42 D, 13 R
• Current open seats: Juanita Millender-McDonald (D CA 37) and Charles Norwood (R GA 10) died of cancer

Senate

• Republicans lost 6 seats in the Senate
• The breakdown is 51 D, 49 R
• Republican incumbents defeated:  MO Talent, OH DeWine, PA Santorum, RI Chafee, MT Burns, and VA Allen
• No open Senate seat changed hands
• The freshman class will have 10 members, with only 1 Republican

Governor

• New breakdown: 22 R, 28 D
• Republicans lost 6 states
• Incumbent Republican defeated:  MD Ehrlich
• Open Republican seats lost:  AR Huckabee, CO Owens, MA Romney, NY Pataki, OH Taft