Mississippi U.S. Senate election, 2006

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1 Sen. Trent Lott (R)
2 Important Dates
3 Challengers
4 Results
5 Previous Elections
6 Mississippi presidential results
7 Narrative
8 Sen. Thad Cochran (R)
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Sen. Trent Lott (R)

Senator: Trent Lott
State: MS
Age in '06: 65 (Retirement possible)
Prognosis: Likely GOP (11/04)

Important Dates

Filing Deadline for Partisan Candidates: March 1, 2006
Primary: June 6, 2006
Runoff: June 27, 2006

Challengers

Bill Bowlin (D) (cw)
Erik Fleming (D) (cw) - State Representative.
James O'Keefe (D) (cw)
Catherine Starr (D)
Harold Taylor (Libertarian)

Results

Lott won 64-35%

Previous Elections

2000: 66% / 32% over Troy D. Brown (D)
1994: 69% / 31% over Ken Harper (D)
1988: 53% / 47% over Wayne Dowdy (D)

Mississippi presidential results

2004: Bush 60% / Kerry 40%
2000: Bush 57% / Gore 42%

Narrative

After being forced out of his Senate leadership position, it has been speculated that Lott will retire in '06. If he doesn't, he'll win in a walk, if so, the GOP still has the advantage, though Moore could pull off a victory.

Sen. Thad Cochran (R)

Sen. Thad Cochran (R)
Next Election in 2008.