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21 Jun 06
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<p class="gen"><b>2006 ELECTION OVERVIEW</b><br><br/> <b><font size="4" face="Arial">Incumbent Advantage - All candidates</font></b><br/><br/> </p><p class="gen"><br/> The charts below show the enormous financial advantage enjoyed by<br/> incumbents in the 2006 elections. That's one of the reasons reelection<br/> rates are so high. In 2004, 98 percent of House incumbents were reelected (excluding incumbents facing incumbents),<br/> as were 96 percent of incumbent Senators.<br/><br/> <!--<br/> <FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><br/> <FORM NAME="cyclemenu" onsubmit="gotosite(document.forms[0].url.options[document.forms[0].url.selectedIndex].value);return false"><br/> Election cycle:<br/> <SELECT NAME="url" onchange="gotosite(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)" SIZE=1><br/> <option value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2002">2002</option><br/> <option value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2000">2000</option><br/> </SELECT><br/> <NOSCRIPT><input onsubmit="gotosite(document.forms[0].url.options[document.forms[0].url.selectedIndex].value);return false" type="Submit" value="GO"></NOSCRIPT><br/> </form><br/><br/> <FONT FACE="arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><br/> <FORM NAME="partymenu" onsubmit="gotosite(document.forms[0].url.options[document.forms[0].url.selectedIndex].value);return false"><br/> <SELECT NAME="url" onchange="gotosite(this.options[this.selectedIndex].value)" SIZE=1><br/> <option value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2006&Party=S&Type=A" selected>All candidates</option><br/> <option value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2006&Party=S&Type=G">Current candidates only</option><br/> </SELECT><br/> <NOSCRIPT><input onsubmit="gotosite(document.forms[0].url.options[document.forms[0].url.selectedIndex].value);return false" type="Submit" value="GO"></NOSCRIPT><br/> </form><br/> --><br/><br/> </p><form onsubmit="gotosite(document.forms[0].url.options[document.forms[0].url.selectedIndex].value);return false" name="partymenu"><br/> <p class="gen">Display totals:<br/> <select size="1" name="url"><br/> <option value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2006&Type=A&Party=A">Overall</option><br/> <option selected="selected" value="incumbs.asp?Cycle=2006&Type=A&Party=S">Breakdown by party</option><br/> </select><br/> <noscript><input value="GO" type="Submit"></noscript><br/> <br/><br/> </p><p class="gen"><a rel="nofollow" name="senate"><b>Senate</b></a><br/><br/> <!-- Party Totals --><br/><br/> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><br/> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen"> </p></td><br/> <td align="center" colspan="3"><p class="gen">Democrats</p></td><br/> <td align="center" colspan="3"><p class="gen">Republicans</p></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Type of Candidate</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen"> Total Raised</p></td><br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><p class="gen">Number<br>of Cands</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Avg Raised</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Total Raised</p></td><br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><p class="gen">Number<br>of Cands</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Avg Raised</p></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Incumbent</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$138,599,882</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">16</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$8,662,493</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$98,953,053</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">14</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$7,068,075</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Challenger</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$31,450,078</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">31</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$1,014,519</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$29,039,677</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">33</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$879,990</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Open Seat</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$18,214,726</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">14</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$1,301,052</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$23,140,094</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">13</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$1,780,007</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr bgcolor="#cccc99"><br/> <br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Grand Total</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$188,264,686</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">61</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$3,086,306</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$151,132,824</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">60</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$2,518,880</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> </tbody></table><br/><br/> </p><p class="gen"><a rel="nofollow" name="house"><b>House</b></a><br/><br/> <!-- Party Totals --><br/><br/> <table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0"><br/> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#cccccc"><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen"> </p></td><br/> <td align="center" colspan="3"><p class="gen">Democrats</p></td><br/> <td align="center" colspan="3"><p class="gen">Republicans</p></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/> <tr bgcolor="#cccccc"><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Type of Candidate</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen"> Total Raised</p></td><br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><p class="gen">Number<br>of Cands</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Avg Raised</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Total Raised</p></td><br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center"><p class="gen">Number<br>of Cands</p></td><br/> <td align="center"><p class="gen">Avg Raised</p></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Incumbent</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$117,649,572</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">195</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$603,331</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$172,214,268</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">228</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$755,326</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Challenger</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$36,105,787</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">274</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$131,773</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$20,097,929</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">132</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$152,257</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr><br/> <br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Open Seat</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$27,588,563</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">98</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$281,516</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$32,521,933</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">100</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$325,219</font></td><br/> <br/> </tr><br/><br/> <br/> <tr bgcolor="#cccc99"><br/> <br/> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">Grand Total</font></td><br/> <br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$181,343,922</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">567</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$319,831</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$224,834,130</font></td><br/> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">460</font></td><br/> <td align="right"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica">$488,770</font></td></tr></tbody></table></p></form>
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