Wyoming United States Senate election, 2006

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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of Wyoming was held on November 7, 2006.

Incumbent Senator Craig Thomas was re-elected, defeating Democrat Dale Groutage in the November general election. Neither had an opponent in the August 22, 2006 primary.

1 Candidates
2 Opinion polls
3 Election results
4 Notes
5 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Republicans

Craig Thomas - incumbent Senator

[edit] Democrats

Dale Groutage - research engineer and college professor ^[1].

[edit] Independent

(filing deadline for independent party candidates was August 28, 2006)

William "Greybeard" McPherson

[edit] Opinion polls

Source	Date	Thomas (R)	Groutage (D)
Mason-Dixon	October 16, 2006	67%	26%
Rasmussen	July 20, 2006	59%	32%
Rasmussen	May 8, 2006	64%	25%

[edit] Election results

2006 United States Senate election, Wyoming
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Craig Thomas (incumbent)	135,174	70.0	-3.8
	Democratic	Dale Groutage	57,671	29.9	+7.9
		Write-ins	291	0.1	n/a
Majority			77,503	40.1
Turnout			193,136
	Republican hold		Swing

[edit] Notes

^ Daly, Coralina. "Lander man makes bid for Senate", Lander Journal, January 25, 2006.

[edit] External links

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