Here is a list of the 2006 canidates for office for the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.

Here is a PDF file from the Secretary of State of the official canidates of the ballot statewide.
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/2006gensby.htm

Find out your districts here;
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/fyi/fyi.htm

Senate race summary

District 1
Kevin P. Eltife, Republican (i)
Jason Albers, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 2
Bob Deuell, Republican (i)
Dennis Kaptain, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 3
Robert Nichols, Republican
Uncontested.

District 5
Steve Ogden, Republican (i)
Stephen Wyman, Democrat
Darrell R. Grear, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 7
Dan Patrick, Republican
F. Michael Kubosh, Democrat
Open seat, solid Republican.

District 8
Florence Shapiro, Republican (i)
Cliff Mathews, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 12
Jane Nelson, Republican (i)
Dwight B. Fulllingim, Democrat
Morgan Ware, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 13
Rodney Ellis, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 14
Kirk Watson, Democrat
Robert “Rock” Howard, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 15
John Whitmire, Democrat (i)
Angel DeLaRosa, Republican
Open seat, solid Democratic.

District 17
Kyle Janek, Republican (i)
Phil Kurtz, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 18
Glenn Hegar, Republican
Henry Boehm, Jr., Democrat
Roy O. Wright, II, Libertarian
Open seat, solid Democratic.

District 19
Dick Bowen, Republican
Carlos I. Uresti, Democrat
Open seat, leans Democratic.

District 22
Kip Averitt, Republican (i)
Phil Smart, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 25
Jeff Wentworth, Republican (i)
Kathleen "Kathi" Thomas, Democrat
James R. “Bob” Thompson, Libertarian
Seat drawn to dilute Democratic stronghold of Travis county, concerted effort to unseat Wentworth, will it be enough?

District 29
Eliot Shapleigh, Democrat (i)
Donald R. "Dee" Margo, Republican
Solid Democratic.

House of Representatives

In the Texas House of Representatives, 117 of the 150 seats will be contested in the November 2006 election. Thirty-two races are uncontested after the primary elections on 7 March 2006, while the remaining two were determined in the primary runoffs on 11 April 2006. One previously uncontested race came back into play with the withdrawl of the incumbent, thus allowing a new nomination process by both major parties.

There will be at least 20 new members of the House of Representatives. Two Democratic and five Republican incumbents were defeated in the primaries. These current representatives will not be back:

District 9, Roy Blake Jr., Republican, lost primary; District 16, Ruben Hope Jr., Republican, did not run; District 28, Glenn Hegar, Republican, running for Texas Senate, District 18; Vilma Luna, Democrat, withdrew from race after nomination; District 38, Jim Solis, Democrat, did not run; District 47 Terry Keel, Republican, unsucessful run for Texas Court of Criminal Appeal, Place 8; District 54, Suzanna Gratia Hupp, Republican, did not run; District 63, Mary Denny, Republican, did not run; District 71 Bob Hunter, Republican, did not run; District 72, Scott Campbell, Republican, lost primary; District 73, Carter Casteel, Republican, lost primary; District 85, Pete Laney, Democrat, did not run; District 91, Bob E. Griggs, Republican, did not run; District 94, Kent Grusendorf, Republican, lost primary; District 101, Elvira Reyna, Republican, lost primary; District 110, Jesse W. Jones, Democrat, lost primary; District 118, Charlie Uresti, Democrat, running for Texas Senate, District 19; District 126, Peggy Hamric, Republican, unsuccessful bid for Texas Senate, District 7; District 133, Joe Nixon, Republican, unsuccessful bid for Texas Senate, District 7; District 146, Al Edwards, Democrat, lost primary.

District 1
Stephen J. Frost, Democrat (i)
Tim Eason, Libertarian
Solid Democrat.

District 2
Dan Flynn, Republican (i)
Scott Cornuaud, Democrat
Dawn M. Childs, Libertarian

District 3
Mark S. Homer, Democrat (i)
Kirby Hollingsworth, Republican

District 4
Betty Brown, Republican (i)
K.J. "Bear" Gleason, Democrat
Rick E. Carter, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 5
Bryan Hughes, Republican (i)
Tim Carmichael, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 6
Leo Berman, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 7
Tommy Merritt, Republican (i)
Patrick Franklin, Democrat
Jonathan A. Rasco, Libertarian
Soild Republican.

District 8
Byron Cook, Republican (i)
Sharon Cade Davis, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 9
Wayne Christian, Republican
Christian, one of the Leininger Five defeats incumbent Roy Blake, Jr.
Unopposed, Blake paid the price for voting against the wishes of school-voucher proponent Leiniger with his seat.

District 10
Jim Pitts, Republican (i)
Kerry L. Horn, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 11
Chuck Hopson, Democrat (i)
Larry K. Durrett , Republican
Paul “Blue” Story, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 12
Jim McReynolds, Democrat (i)
Jody Anderson, Republican
Donald B. Keith, Libertarian
Soild Democratic.

District 13
Lois W. Kolkhorst, Republican (i)
Charles Stigall, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 14
Fred Brown, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 15
Rob Eissler, Republican (i)
Sammie Miller, Democrat
Brian J. Drake, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 16
C. Brandon Creighton, Republican
Pat Poland, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 17
Robby Cook, Democrat (i)
Tim Kleinschmidt, Republican
Roderick “Rod” Gibbs, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 18
John Otto, Republican (i)
Kris Overstreet, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 19
Mike “Tuffy” Hamilton, Republican (i)
Paul Clayton, Democrat
Leans Republican, can Clayton run an effective campaign?

District 20
Dan M. Gattis, Republican (i)
Jim Stauber, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 21
Allan B. Ritter, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 22
Joe Deshotel, Democrat (i)
Judith Cobbett, Libertarian
Solid Democrat.

District 23
Craig Eiland, Democrat (i)
Raymond Lloyd, Libertarian
Solid Democrat.

District 24
Larry Taylor, Republican (i)
Brady Lee Hutchison, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 25
Dennis Bonnen, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 26
Charles F. “Charlie” Howard, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 27
Dora Olivo, Democrat (i)
Ken Bryant, Republican
Solid Democratic.

District 28
John Zerwas, Republican
Dorothy Bottos, Democrat
Solid Republican district if GOP base turns out, no incumbent could put district into play, but not likely.

District 29
Glenda Dawson, Republican (i)
Anthony A. Dinovo, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 30
Geanie W. Morrison, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 31
Ryan Guillen, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 32
Gene Seaman, Republican (i)
Juan M. Garcia, Democrat
Lenard L. Nelson, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 33
Solomon P. Ortiz, Jr., Democrat
Joe McComb, Republican
Incumbent Vilma Luna was unopposed in Democratic primary and was to be unopposed in the fall, but she withdrew from the race, allowing the Democratic Party a new nomination process and giving the Republican Party the chance to make its own nomination.

District 34
Abel Herrero, Democrat (i)
Bradley Moore, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 35
Yvonne Gonzalez Toureilles, Democrat (i)
Michael Esparza, Republican
Edward Elmer, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 36
Ismael “Kino” Flores, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 37
Rene O. Oliveira, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 38
Luis Cavazos, Republican
Eddie Lucio III, Democrat
Jim Fuller, Libertarian
Solid Democratic, no incumbent tightens race, but not enough for Cavazos to win.

District 39
Armando "Mando" Martinez, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 40
Aaron Pena, Jr., Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 41
Veronica Gonzales, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 42
Richard Raymond, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 43
Juan Manuel Escobar, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 44
Edmund Kuempel, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 45
Patrick Rose, Democrat (i)
Jim Neuhaus, Republican
Tom Gleinser, Libertarian
Rose won this bitterly contested seat last election, expect another nasty campaign, Rose however should hold on to his seat by a larger margin this time around.

District 46
Dawnna Dukes, Democrat (i)
Richard Wedeikes, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 47
Bill Welch, Republican
Valinda Bolton, Democrat
Yvonne Schick, Libertarian
Toss-up. Bolton has raised substaintially and is a serious cahllenge to the incumbent in this swing district, if Bolton wins, Travis county will become closer to the Democratic stronghold that it actually is.

District 48
Donna Howard, Democrat (i)
Ben Easton, Libertarian
Ben Bentzin, , withdrew from the race and so will not have a rematch of the February 14, 2006 special election runoff against Howard. As there was an opposing nomination, the Republican Party cannot replace him on the ballot.
Solid Democrat

District 49
Elliott Naishtat, Democrat (i)
Lisa McKay, Libertarian
Solid Democrat.

District 50
Mark Strama, Democrat (i)
Jeff Fleece, Republican
Jerry Chandler, Libertarian
Strama won one of the most contested elections of the last cycle, expect a solid turnout for Strama and a larger margin of victory.

District 51
Eddie Rodriguez, Democrat (i)t
Arthur DiBianca, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 52
Mike Krusee, Republican (i)
Karen Felthauser, Democrat
Lillian Simmons, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 53
Harvey Hilderbran, Republican (i)
B.W. Holk, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 54
Jimmie Don Aycock, Republican
Edward Lindsay, Democrat
Nicolaas Kramer, Libertarian
Leans Republican, lack of incumbent tightens race, depending on effectiveness of Democratic campaign, could move to toss-up.

District 55
Dianne White Delisi, Republican (i)
Bill Smith, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 56
Charles “Doc” Anderson, Republican (i)
Tom Kilbride, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 57
Jim Dunnam, Democrat (i)
Neill Snider, Libertarian
Solid Democratic, Dunnam proved a formidable legislature last session, expect more of the same.

District 58
Rob Orr, Republican (i)
Greg A. Kauffman, Democrat
Tom Stewart, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 59
Sid Miller, Republican (i)
Ernie Casbeer, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 60
James L. “Jim” Keffer, Republican (i)
Robert McKelvain, Democrat
Al Barrera, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 61
Phil King, Republican (i)
Richard Forsythe Jr., Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 62
Larry Phillips, Republican (I)
Peter "Pete" Veeck, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 63
Tan Parker, Republican
Unopposed.

District 64
Myra Crownover, Republican (i)
John McLeod, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 65
Burt Solomons, Republican (i)
John E. Shuey, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 66
Brian McCall, Republican (i)
Benjamin Westfried, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 67
Jerry Madden, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 68
Richard L. ”Rick“ Hardcastle, Republican (i)
Unopposed

District 69
David Farabee, Democrat (i)
Shirley Craft, Republican
Richard Brown, Libertarian
Re-match of last election where Farabee carried 53% of the vote, expect him to increase that margin this election. Solid Democratic.

District 70
Ken Paxton, Republican (i)
Rick Koster, Democrat
Robert R. Virasin, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 71
Susan King, Republican
Mel Hailey, Democrat
Vanessa Nicole Harris, Libertarian
Solid Republican, unless Hailey can mobilize the Democratic base.

District 72
Drew Darby, Republican
Dennis Higgins, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 73
Nathan Macias, Republican
Charles B. Ellis, Libertarian
Macias, a Leininger Five candidate, edges incumbent Carter Casteel by 44 votes. On March 31, 2006 Casteel conceded, the Leininger campaign against her worked, an honorable and effective legilsator will be missed on the floor.

District 74
Pete P. Gallego, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 75
Chente Quintanilla, Democrat (i)
Paul Johnson, Jr., Republican
Solid Democratic.

District 76
Norma Chavez, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 77
Paul C. Moreno, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 78
Patrick B. Haggerty, Republican (i)
Leon Schydlower, Democrat
Election night returns showed that Republican incumbent Haggerty defeated challenger Lorraine O'Donnell by 106 votes. On 13 March 13, 2006, O’Donnell requested a recount, which Haggerty won.

District 79
Joe C. Pickett, Democrat
Unopposed.

District 80
Tracy O. King, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 81
G.E. "Buddy" West, Republican (i)
Billy Grimes, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 82
Tom Craddick, Republican (i)
Current Speaker is running unopposed.

District 83
Delwin Jones, Republican (i)
John E. Miller, Democrat
Jones trounced Miller last election, expect another Jones victory, but by a smaller margin.


District 84
Carl H. Isett, Republican (i)
Pearlie Mayfield, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 85
Jim Landtroop, Republican
Joe Heflin, Democrat
David K. Schumacher, Libertarian
No incumbent, means solid Democratic district could be in play, but more likely strong Democratic win.

District 86
John Smithee, Republican (i)
Bill Glover, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 87
David Swinford, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 88
Warren Chisum, Republican (i)
Timothy Justice, Libertarian
Solid Republican, arguably the most conservative member of the house, wins again in this conservative district.

District 89
Jodie Laubenberg, Republican (i)
Lehman Harris Real, Democrat
Helen Rhine, Libertarian
Re-match of election Laubenberg carried by 75% last election, expect more of the same.

District 90
Lon Burnam, Democrat (i)
Rod Wingo, Libertarian
Solid Democratic, arguably the most liberal member of the house, wins again.

District 91
Kelly Hancock, Republican
Byron Sibbet, Democrat
Garland Franklin, Libertarian
Open seat, leans Republican.

District 92
Todd Smith, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 93
Toby Goodman, Republican (i)
Paula Hightower Pierson, Democrat
Max W. Koch III, Libertarian
Race could be a toss-up, although district leans slightly Republican.

District 94
Diane Patrick, Republican
David Pillow, Democrat
Leslie Herman, Libertarian
Leans Republican, another open seat, race could be tight.

District 95
Marc Veasey, Democrat (i)
John Paul Robinson, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 96
Bill Zedler, Republican (i)
Christopher Youngblood, Democrat
Samuel S. Thomas, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 97
Anna Mowery, Republican (i)
Dan Barrett, Democrat
Carlos M. Garcia, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 98
Vicki Truitt, Republican (i)
Jacob Gregory Glatz, Libertarian

District 99
Charlie Geren, Republican (i)
Sheila Ford, Democrat
John C. Waldowski , Libertarian
Solid Republican, moderate Green should have no problems here.

District 100
Terri Hodge, Democrat (i)
Robert M. Pritchett, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 101
Thomas Latham, Republican
Jeffrey S. Joyner, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 102
Tony Goolsby, Republican (i)
Harriet Miller, Democrat
Thomas Hall, Libertarian
Goolsby is vunerable, Miller polled at 47% last election, if she turns out the base, she could unseat the incumbent.

District 103
Rafael Anchia, Democrat (i)
David R. Mason, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 104
Roberto R. Alonzo, Democrat
Cameron McSpadden, Libertarian
Soild Democratic.

District 105
Linda Harper-Brown, Republican (i)
Bob Romano, Democrat
John Turner, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 106
Kirk England, Republican (i)
Katy Hubener, Democrat
Gene Freeman, Libertarian
Re-match of election England won by 4.5 % last election, Hubener could pull an upset here. Leans Republican.

District 107
Bill Keffer, Republican (i)
Allen Vaught, Democrat
Chris Jones, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 108
Dan Branch, Republican (i)
Jack F. Borden, Democrat
T. Evan Fisher, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 109
Helen Giddings, Democrat (i)
Maurice Dubois, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 110
Barbara Mallory Caraway, Democrat
Unopposed.

District 111
Yvonne Davis, Democrat (i)
Cindy Werner, Republican
Solid Democratic.

District 112
Fred Hill, Republican (i)
Matthew G. Moseley, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 113
Joe Driver, Republican (i)
Eric Brandler, Democrat
Justin Winn, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 114
Will Hartnett, Republican (i)
Phillip Shinoda, Democrat
Edward C. Cormack, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 115
Jim Jackson, Republican
Unopposed.

District 116
Trey Martinez Fischer, Democrat (i)
John T. Tennison, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 117
David McQuade Leibowitz, Democrat (i)
Ted Kenyon, Republican
Leibowitz won this seat by 1.27 % points last election, does Kenyon have the campaign to unseat him? Toss-up.

District 118
George Antuna, Republican
Joe Farias, Democrat
James L. Thompson, Libertarian
Open seat, solid Democratic.

District 119
Robert R. Puente, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 120
Ruth Jones McClendon, Democrat (i)
Jo Ann Thabet, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 121
Joe Straus, Republican (i)
Barry L. Allison, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 122
Frank J. Corte, Jr., Republican (i)
Larry Dean Stallings, Democrat
Sally Baynton, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 123
Mike Villarreal, Democrat (i)
Daniel P. Ragsdale, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 124
Jose Menendez, Democrat (i)
Richard W. King, Republican
Solid Democratic.

District 125
Joaquin Castro, Democrat (i)
Nelson Balido, Republican
Jeffrey C. Blunt, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 126
Patricia Harless, Republican
Chad Khan, Democrat
Oscar J. Palma, Jr., Libertarian
Open seat, solid Republican.

District 127
Joe Crabb, Republican (i)
Diane Trautman, Democrat
Veal Johnson, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 128
Wayne Smith, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 129
John E. Davis, Republican (i)
Sherrie L. Matula, Democrat
Solid Republican.

District 130
Corbin Van Arsdale, Republican (i)
William B. Gray, Jr., Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 131
Alma A. Allen, Democrat (i)
C. S. Fuller, Libertarian
Soild Democratic.

District 132
Bill Callegari, Republican (i)
Cesar A. De La Canal, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 133
Jim Murphy, Republican
Kristi Thibaut, Democrat
Chris Camero, Libertarian
Open seat, Joe Nixon won with 78 % for the GOP last election, but no Democrat ran, will the GOP hold onto this seat?

District 134
Martha Wong, Republican (i)
Ellen Cohen, Democrat
Mhair S. Dekmezian, Libertarian
Wong is vunerable here. Her district votes with a slight Republican edge, but her insistance on towing the party line may have her in trouble. While the district has typically gone GOP, it has a huge moderate base and Cohen is a moderate and social progressive, should be an interesting race and one to watch to see if urban Republicans pay the price for far right votes.
Leans Republican.

District 135
Gary Elkins, Republican (i)
Unopposed.

District 136
Beverly Woolley, Republican (i)
Scott R. Brann, Democrat
J. W. Stables, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 137
Scott Hochberg, Democrat (i)
Sylvia Spivey, Republican
Solid Democratic.

District 138
Dwayne Bohac, Republican (i)
Mark McDavid, Democrat
Mike Craig, Libertarian
Solid Republican.

District 139
Sylvester Turner, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 140
Kevin Bailey, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 141
Senfronia Thompson, Democrat (i)
Unopposed, strong leader for central Houston is not challenged.

District 142
Harold V. Dutton, Jr., Democrat (i)
Mary Czapla-Fullard, Libertarian
Soild Democratic.

District 143
Ana E. Hernandez, Democrat (i)
Dorothy Olmos, Republican
Joe O. Marcom, Libertarian

District 144
Robert E. Talton, Republican (i)
Janette Padilla Sexton, Democrat
Matthew Kolar, Libertarian
Unltra-conservative will win easily.

District 145
Richard J. “Rick” Noriega, Democrat (i)
Unopposed.

District 146
Borris L. Miles, Democrat
Gerald W. "Jerry" LaFleur, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 147
Garnet F. Coleman, Democrat (i)
Unopposed, Coleman easily defeated two primary challengers, the GOP is not running against this effective legislator from Houston.

District 148
Jessica Cristina Farrar, Democrat (i)
Ray E. Dittmar, Libertarian
Solid Democratic.

District 149
Hubert Vo, Democrat (i)
Talmadge L. Heflin, Republican
Heflin won't go away, the long time Representative from Houston was ousted by Vo during the last election. Despite recounts and an attempt to have the vote voided, thus having himself placed in the seat by the legislature, Heflin had to give up. Vo has a solid base in the Vietnamese community, which makes up a large part of this district.

District 150
Debbie Riddle, Republican, (i)
Dot Nelson-Turnier, Democrat
Solid Republican.