U.S. mayoral elections, 2006

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Category: 2006 elections

Coming Elections

Anaheim

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Columbia

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Fort Lauderdale

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Lexington

Incumbent - Teresa Isaac (D) is/is not seeking reelection
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Little Rock

Incumbent - Jim Dailey (D) is/is not seeking reelection
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Long Beach

Incumbent - Beverly O'Neill (D) is not seeking reelection
Candidates - Bob Foster (D); Doug Drummond (D); Frank Colonna (R)
Election - June 6
Outlook - Former President of Southern California Edison Bob Foster has won the endorsements of the Police and Firefighters Unions, as well as that of the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. Drummond is a former city council member and Vice Mayor. Three-term Mayor O'Neill is term-limited.
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Frank Colonna

Louisville

Incumbent - Jerry E. Abramson (D) is seeking reelection
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Election - November 7
Outlook - Mayor Abramson served three terms as mayor of Louisville and one term as mayor of the merged Louisville-Jefferson County government. He is favored to win again.
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Providence

Incumbent - David Cicilline (D) is seeking reelection
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Reno

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Richmond

Incumbent - L. Douglas Wilder (D) is/is not seeking reelection
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San Jose

Incumbent - Ron Gonzales (D) is not seeking reelection
Candidates - Cindy Chavez; Chuck Reed
Former Candidates - David Cortese; David Pandori; Michael Mulcahy
Election - Runoff November 7
Outlook - It looks to be a close race in the November runoff between Councilman Reed and Vice Mayor Chavez, who finished 1-2 in a five-way June primary. Two-term Mayor Gonzales, under scrutiny for a campaign contributions scandal, is term-limited and not seeking reelection.
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Chuck Reed
Cincy Chavez

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Shreveport

Incumbent - Keith Hightower (D) - Unable to run due to term limits
Challengers -Arlena Acree (R); Vernon Adams (R); Ed Bradley (D); Cedric Glover (D); Jerry Jones (R)
Election - Primary - Sept. 30; General - Nov 7
Synopsis - A sixth candidate, former news anchor Liz Swaine, is expected to announce before the August 30th deadline. She will run as a Democrat and will be one of the front runners to make the runoff.

In Louisiana, voting is an open primary. All candidates will be on the ballot for the September 30th election. If no candidate receives 50% of the vote, the top two candidates will make the runoff, regardless of party affiliation.

Washington

Incumbent - Anthony Williams (D) is not seeking reelection
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Completed Elections

Anchorage

Winner - Mark Begich (D)
Other Candidates - Jack Frost (R)
Synopsis - Talk show host Frost tried to make taxes and what he considered to be excessive municipal spending an issue in the rate, but Mayor Begich easily beat back the challenge and won the April election with 55% of the vote. The next election is in 2009.

Austin

Winner - Will Wynn (D)
Other Candidates - Danny Thomas
Synopsis - Wynn easily won a second term with 78% of the vote.

New Orleans

Winner - C. Ray Nagin (D)
Other Candidates - Mitch Landrieu (D); Ron Forman (D)
Synopsis - Despite controversial remarks, including his concerns that New Orleans not be "overrun with Mexican workers" and his desire that New Orleans be a "chocolate city" again, Mayor C. Ray Nagion was reelected by the voters and, in his second term, will have the opportunity to oversee the recovery of the city of New Orleans from the ravages of Hurricane Katrina. Nagin finishd first in the April primary, and then defeated Mitch Landrieu, the Louisiana Lieutenant Governor and brother of Senator Mary Landrieu, in the runoff. Two thirds of the city, including much of its African-American population, was still displaced at the time of the election, in which many evacuated New Orleans residents voted by absentee ballot.

Norfolk

Winner - Paul D. Fraim (D)
Other Candidates - Daniel Montague
Synopsis - This was first time in 90 years that Norfolk has directly elected its mayor. Fraim, the imcumbent mayor, having been first appointed by the city council in 1994, easily won his first test before the voters.

Oakland

Winner - Ron Dellums (D)
Other Candidates - Ignacio de la Fuente (D); Nancy Nadel (D); Gregory Hodge; Dan Siegel
Outlook - Former 14-term congressman Ron Dellums won the June 6 primary with just greater than 50% of the vote, averting the need for a November runoff against second-placed city councilmember Ignacio de la Fuente. Mayor Jerry Brown was term-limited and ran for California Attorney General.

Tulsa

Winner - Kathy Taylor (D)
Other Candidates - Bill LaFortune (R); Chris Medlock (R); Randi Miller (R); Don McCorkell (D)
Synopsis - Democrat and Oklahoma Commerce Secretary Kathy Taylor narrowly defeated Republican first term incumbent Mayor Bill LaFortune 51-47 in the April general election. Each had won their respective party's primary in March, although LaFortune narrowly held on to the Republican nomination, garnering just over 40% of the vote while, in contrast, Taylor won the Democratic nod in a landslide, with 2/3 of the vote.