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2006 West Virginia Congressional and Statewide Races Filing Deadline: 1/28/06, Primary: 5/9/06, Independent Filing Deadline: 4/9/06, General Election 11/7/06, Last Updated: November 11, 2006
Predictions, Notes, List of State Parties,
Senator, 77.6% in '00, 8^th term, next election in 2006, Polls D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Likely Democrat, Evans & Novack's Outlook: Likely Democratic, New York Times Ratings: Safe Democrat, Roll Call Analysis: Safe Democratic, Rothenberg Political Report: Safe Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Solid Democratic, Chuck Todd: 16th most vulnerable Senator, Scott Rasmussen's Balance of Power: Democrat,
Robert C. Byrd (D) 64.5%,	1984 nominee / businessman John R. Raese (R) 33.6%,	actor / '04 Gov. nominee Jesse Johnson (Mt) 1.8%,
1st Congressional District, 67.8% in '04, 12^th term D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Democrat Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Democratic, Evans & Novack's Outlook: Likely Democratic, New York Times Ratings: Leaning Democrat, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic, Roll Call Analysis: Likely Democratic, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Democratic,
Alan B. Mollohan (D) 64.5%,	St. Del. Christopher Wakim (R) 35.5%,	Bennie Kyle (WI), David Moran (WI),
2nd Congressional District, 57.4% in '04, 3^rd term D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Republican, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Republican Favored, Cook Political Report: Likely Republican, New York Times Ratings: Safe Republican, Roll Call Analysis: Likely Republican, Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball: Likely Republican,
ex-state party chair Michael "Mike" Callaghan (D) 42.8%,	Shelley Moore Capito (R) 57.2%,
3rd Congressional District, 65.2% in '04, 15^th term D.C.'s Political Report's Rating: Democratic, Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard: Safe Democratic, Cook Political Report: Solid Democrat, New York Times Ratings: Safe Democrat, Roll Call Analysis: Safe Democratic,
Nick Joe Rahall II (D) 69.3%,	sheriff Kim Wolfe (R) 30.7%,	Duane Borchers, Sr. (I),

1. Link to Predictions:

D.C.'s Political Report,
Washington Post's Chris Cillizza,
Campaign & Elections: Political Oddsmaker,
Congressional Quarterly's Scorecard,
Cook Political Report,
Larry Sabato's Crystal Ball,
Roll Call Analysis,
National Journal's Chuck Todd,
Rothenberg Political Report,

2. D.C.'s Political Report's stars indicate the rating of the race from 1 star to 5 stars depending on its entertainment value.
The color indicates D.C.'s Political Report's prediction of the winning party.

= Democrat retain control, = Democrats take over control,

= Republican retain control, = Republicans take over control,

= Independent / 3rd Party retains control, = Independent / 3rd Party take over control

Bold indicates incumbent. Yellow district indicates open races.

Light Blue boxes indicates Democrats maintained control. Light Red boxes indicates Republicans maintained control.

Blue boxes indicates Democrats took control. Red boxes indicates Republicans took control.

3. Key to West Virginia Political Parties:
(D) = Democratic Party
(I) = independent candidates (Mt) = Mountain Party
(R) = Republican Party
(WI) = Write-in candidates