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| UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY January—June 2006 | |||||
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| Matt Santos | Bob Russell | John Hoynes | |||
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| Texas | Colorado | Texas | |||
| VOTES | |||||
| delegates | |||||
| 1,599 | 1,677 | 956 | |||
| contests | |||||
| 12 | 25 + DC | 13 | |||
| popular | |||||
| n/a | n/a | n/a | |||
| PERCENTAGE | |||||
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The 2006 Democratic Presidential Primaries were held to determine the Democratic Party's nominee for the 2006 United States Presidential Election. President Bartlet's two-term presidency left a lack of strong candiates to retain the White House. Early front runner Pennsylvania Governor Eric Baker declined to run, giving Vice President Russell front runner status, winning 25 states during the primaries ("2162 Votes"). Leo McGarry, a prominent Democratic politician and then-counselor to Josiah Bartlet, believed, after Senator Arnold Vinick became the front runner for the Republican Nomination, that the Democrats had no one who could beat him.
Contents
Candidates
DECLARED
- Vice President Bob Russell of Colorado
- Former Vice President John Hoynes of Texas
- Congressman Matt Santos of Texas
- Senator Ricky Rafferty
- Clarkson
- Hogan
- Atkins - an African-American and left-wing fringe candidate
- 1 other
Potential
- Senator Minority Leader Wendell Tripplehorn[1]
Iowa Caucus
AHEAD OF CAUCUS
Russell was the frontrunner with Hoynes second and the other candidates polling very low (Santos is said to be polling at 3%)
RESULTS
Vice President Robert Russell won the caucus.
New Hampshire Primary
BEFORE THE PRIMARY
- Seven candidates are on the ballot (Amy Gardner calls them the "Seven Dwarves")
- Russell and Hoynes are the only candidates to poll at over 20%
- Russell and Hoynes hit each other hard with a ton of negative ads with Russell highlighting Hoynes' pro-gun voting record when he was Senator, while Hoynes attacked Russell for being coy with the mining industry
RESULTS
Vice President Robert Russell won the New Hampshire Primary. Santos came in third with 19%.
South Carolina Primary
Former Vice President John Hoynes likely won this contest. It is likely Ricky Rafferty dropped out of the primary election after this one.
Arizona Primary
Little is known about it, apart from the fact Matt Santos won it ("A Good Day")
New Mexico Primary
Little is known about it, apart from the fact Matt Santos won it ("A Good Day")
Super Tuesday
RESULTS
Matt Santos wins California ("La Palabra")
Bob Russell wins in New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Vermont ("La Palabra")
Texas Primary
Santos won the Texas Primary. ("2162 Votes")
Florida Primary
Santos won the Florida Primary. ("2162 Votes")
Pennsylvania Primary
Santos won the Pennsylvania Primary. ("2162 Votes")
Illinois Primary
Santos won the Illinois Primary. ("2162 Votes")
New Jersey Primary
This was the last primary of the cycle. Santos won it by less than 1% over Russell ("In God We Trust")
| PREDECESSOR 2002 |
Democratic Presidential Primary Elections 2006 |
SUCCESSOR - |
- ↑ Triplehorn was previously established as a likely 2006 candidate in Swiss Diplomacy. However, while a leaked script of Opposition Research references him as a candidate and donor to a New Hampshire state senator, the final episode instead mentions Clarkson and he is not mentioned as a candidate during the 2006 primary episodes[1]
