Tennessee state elections in 2006 were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006.

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s for the

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governorship A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may ...

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, and

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, as well as various

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retention elections, including elections for three

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justices, were held on August 3, 2006. There were also two constitutional amendments to the

Constitution of Tennessee The Constitution of the State of Tennessee defines the form, structure, activities, character, and fundamental rules (and means for changing them) of the U.S. State of Tennessee. The original constitution of Tennessee came into effect on June 1, ...

on the November 7 ballot.

United States Congress

Senate

Incumbent Republican senator

Bill Frist William Harrison Frist (born February 22, 1952) is an American physician, businessman, conservationist and policymaker who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as ...

, the majority leader, retired after two terms in office. The open seat was narrowly won by Republican nominee

Bob Corker Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Rela ...

, who defeated Democratic nominee

Harold Ford Jr. Harold Eugene Ford Jr. (born May 11, 1970) is an American financial managing director, pundit, author, and former U.S. Congressman who served from 1997 to 2007 in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party fro ...

Results

August 3, 2006 primary results 2006 United States Senate Republican primary election in Tennessee results map by county

House of Representatives

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

congressional district Congressional districts, also known as electoral districts in other nations, are divisions of a larger administrative region that represent the population of a region in the larger congressional body. Countries with congressional districts includ ...

Results

Gubernatorial

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Democratic governor

Phil Bredesen Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. (; born November 21, 1943) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he was elected in ...

was re-elected to a second term with 68.6% of the vote, defeating his Republican challenger

Jim Bryson James “Jim” Paul Sean Bryson (born April 30, 1969) is a Canadian singer-songwriter. Briefly a founding member of the band Punchbuggy (band), Punchbuggy, he moved to a musical life under his own name with the release of his debut album, ''Th ...

. Improving on his performance from

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, Bredesen also carried every county in the state.

Results

August 3, 2006 primary results Tennessee Governor R Primary 2006

State legislature

State Senate

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.

State House of Representatives

The election of all 99 seats in the

occurred on November 7, 2006. Democrats won 53 seats, while Republicans won 46 seats. Both parties maintained their respective number of seats.

Ballot measures

Amendment 1

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 Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...

between a man and a woman could be legally recognized in the state of

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. This prohibited

same-sex marriages Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same legal sex. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 38 countries, with a total population of 1.5 billion people (20% ...

within the state, reinforcing previously existing statutes to the same effect until it was overturned by the ''

Obergefell v. Hodges ''Obergefell v. Hodges'', ( ), is a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court which ruled that the fundamental right to marry is guaranteed to same-sex couples by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of th ...

'' ruling in June 2015.

Amendment 2

The Property Tax Relief Amendment allows, but does require, the legislature to implement a program of

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relief for persons 65 years or older.

Supreme Court

Retention elections (August 3, 2006)

All

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Justices won their retention elections.

Local elections

Clarksville

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.

References

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U.S. state constitutional amendments

United States Congress

Senate

Results

House of Representatives

Results

Gubernatorial

Results

State legislature

State Senate

State House of Representatives

Ballot measures

Amendment 1

Amendment 2

Supreme Court

Retention elections (August 3, 2006)

Local elections

Clarksville

See also

References