Maine U.S. Senate election, 2006

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1 Olympia Snowe (R)
2 Important Dates
3 Candidates
4 Results
5 Previous Elections
6 Maine Presidential Results
7 Narrative
8 Susan Collins (R)
9 Related Links

Olympia Snowe (R)

Senator: Olympia Snowe
State: ME
Age in '06: 59
Prognosis: Likely GOP- without Snow Lean Dem (04/05)

Important Dates

Filing Deadline (D/R/Greens): March 15, 2006
Filing Deadline (Other Parties & Independents): May 25, 2006
Primary: June 13, 2006

Candidates

Republican candidates:
- Olympia Snowe - incumbent senator. (sw) (cw) Snowe has won the Republican primary.
- Edward "Ted" Libby (cw)
Democratic candidates:
- Jean Hay Bright (cw) Won the Democractic primary.
- Eric Mehnert (cw)
Independent candidate:
- Bill Slavick (cw)

Results

Snowe won 74-21%

Previous Elections

2000: 69% / 31% over Mark W. Lawrence (D)
1994: 60% / 37% over Thomas H Andrews (D) (open seat)

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Maine Presidential Results

2004: Kerry 53% / Bush 45%
2000: Gore 49% / Bush 44%

Narrative

Snowe is hugely popular in Maine. Prospects to flip this seat are slim unless a group like the Club for Growth tries to challenge her in the primary. Still, if she can be linked with the policies of the Bush administration that Maine has twice rejected, a Democrat might have a chance. UPDATE: 11/30. Political gossip in Maine has Snowe retiring and Cong. Tom Allen is running. Snowe has a medical condition and only about 300k in her finance committee. UPDATE: 8/1/2005. A personal friend of mine is close with Governor Baldacci, and the word through that particular grapevine is that Baldacci hated D.C. and would never run for national office if it required living in D.C. for any length of time. I think that a Baldacci run for this Senate seat is highly unlikely, verging on impossible.

Susan Collins (R)

Next Election in 2008.