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2006-11-07 U.S. House Election Results for Texas (District 17)

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Election Year:
Election Type:
Runoff Election: No Yes
State:
Congressional District:
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Map Data to Display: Vote Margin
Winner
Vote Margin %
Total Votes
District Boundaries



 
County Chet Edwards*
(D)
Van Taylor
(R)
Guillermo Acosta
(Libertarian)
Other Margin TOTAL
Bosque County3,44761.2%2,08837.1%931.7%00.0%1,359 5,628
Brazos County17,09956.8%12,30740.9%6842.3%00.0%4,792 30,090
Burleson County (pt.)63461.6%37836.7%181.7%00.0%256 1,030
Grimes County3,15559.8%1,99437.8%1282.4%00.0%1,161 5,277
Hill County5,52960.6%3,43337.7%1551.7%00.0%2,096 9,117
Hood County6,32945.6%7,31052.7%2341.7%00.0%-981 13,873
Johnson County14,54248.9%14,54949.0%6172.1%00.0%-7 29,708
Limestone County (pt.)1,68165.9%84333.0%281.1%00.0%838 2,552
Madison County1,66758.5%1,13739.9%471.6%00.0%530 2,851
McLennan County (pt.)34,26564.7%18,25934.5%4140.8%00.0%16,006 52,938
Robertson County (pt.)2,71876.0%82523.1%341.0%00.0%1,893 3,577
Somervell County1,41256.9%1,01941.0%522.1%00.0%393 2,483
TOTAL 92,47858.1% 64,14240.3% 2,5041.6% 00.0% 28,336 159,124
Total R vote: 64,142 (40.3%)      Total D vote: 92,478 (58.1%)      Total Other vote: 2,504 (1.6%)
* incumbent
Campaign finance data for this election**:
Total Disbursements: $3,138,220 $2,515,532 $0
Total Receipts: $3,194,169 $2,589,368 $0
Cash on Hand: $60,561 $73,836 $0
Contributions by Candidate: $0 $325,000 $0
Loans by Candidate: $0 $695,000 $0
Total Individual Contributions: $1,572,889 $1,308,246 $0
Party Contributions: $2,000 $14,082 $0
Other Committee Contributions: $1,493,324 $233,845 $0
Transfers from Other Committees: $50,242 $0 $0
Independent Expenditures Supporting: $109,999 $54,709 $0
Independent Expenditures Opposing: $6,246 $108,854 $0
Net Independent Expenditures: $103,753 $-54,145 $0
Net Spending: $3,241,973 $2,461,387 $0

**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/TX/17/2006

Campaign finance data for this election**:

Chet Edwards*
Total Disbursements: $3,138,220
Total Receipts: $3,194,169
Cash on Hand: $60,561
Candidate Contributions: $0
Candidate Loans: $0
Individual Contributions: $1,572,889
Party Contributions: $2,000
Other Committee Contributions: $1,493,324
Other Committee Transfers: $50,242
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $109,999
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $6,246
Net Independent Expenditures: $103,753
Net Spending: $3,241,973



Van Taylor
Total Disbursements: $2,515,532
Total Receipts: $2,589,368
Cash on Hand: $73,836
Candidate Contributions: $325,000
Candidate Loans: $695,000
Individual Contributions: $1,308,246
Party Contributions: $14,082
Other Committee Contributions: $233,845
Other Committee Transfers: $0
Indep. Expenditures Supporting: $54,709
Indep. Expenditures Opposing: $108,854
Net Independent Expenditures: $-54,145
Net Spending: $2,461,387



**Financial data shown here takes into account all elections for this office during this cycle, including primary, special and runoff elections, if any.
Source: https://www.fec.gov/data/elections/house/TX/17/2006


Republican Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Van Taylor 17,291 54.0% $2,515,532
2   Tucker Anderson 14,712 46.0% $378,754
TOTAL VOTES 32,003    


Democrat Primary
Pos Candidate Votes % $**
1   Chet Edwards* 11,913 100.0% $3,138,220
TOTAL VOTES 11,913