United States Senate election in Maine, 2006

November 2, 2006



Nominee	Olympia Snowe	Jean Hay Bright	Bill Slavick
Party	Republican	Democratic	Independent
Popular vote	402,598	111,984	29,220
Percentage	74.01%	20.59%	5.37%

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The 2006 United States Senate election in Maine was held on November 2, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe won re-election to a third term.

Candidates

Democratic

Jean Hay Bright, activist

Independent

Bill Slavick, activist

Republican

Olympia Snowe, incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Snowe, who had been elected to both of her previous terms by approximately 2 to 1 margins, had never lost an election. The reason why Snowe won by a landslide even when Democrats were winning across the country is because she is a centrist Republican and thus has a very high approval rating in Maine. Meanwhile, her Democratic opponent in the 2006 election, Jean Hay Bright, had never been elected to political office.

Democrats' best hope for taking the seat was that Snowe would retire rather than run in 2006, but there was never any indication that Snowe seriously considered not running for re-election.^[1]

The filing deadline for major party candidates was March 15, 2006. The primary was held on June 13, 2006. Olympia Snowe was unopposed for the Republican nomination; Jean Hay Bright narrowly won the Democratic nod with 50.7% of the vote against Eric Mehnert.

Hay Bright announced her candidacy in May 2005. Hay Bright was previously an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination to the House in 1994 and the Senate in 1996.

The race had been called by FOX News for the Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe 23 minutes after the polls had closed. Snowe won re-election by a greater margin than any U.S. Senator that cycle except Indiana's Richard Lugar, who faced only a Libertarian opponent.

Polling

Source	Date	Snowe (R)	Bright (D)	Slavick (I)
Critical Insights	October 27, 2006	74%	14%	6%
Rasmussen	October 17, 2006	70%	24%
Rasmussen	August 21, 2006	68%	20%
Rasmussen	August 2, 2006	69%	22%
Rasmussen	June 22, 2006	66%	26%

Results

General election results ^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Olympia Snowe (incumbent)	402,598	74.01	+5.5
	Democratic	Jean Hay Bright	111,984	20.59	-10.6
	Independent	Bill Slavick	29,220	5.37	n/a
Majority			290,614	53.42
Turnout			543,802
	Republican hold		Swing

Snowe won in all of Maine's counties, taking at least 60% of the vote in each region.

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