2006 United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus leadership election
A leadership election was held by the United States House of Representatives Democratic Caucus on November 17, 2006. The election determined who would be nominated by the caucus for Speaker of the House as well as who would occupy other leadership positions within the House Democratic Caucus in the 110th United States Congress. The following positions were nominated or elected on November 29: Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, House Majority Leader, House Majority Whip, House Assistant Majority Leader, Democratic Caucus Chair, and Democratic Caucus vice-Chair.
Nominee for Speaker
Candidates
- Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), House Minority Leader later became Speaker
Democratic Majority Leader
Candidates
- Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Minority Whip later became Majority Leader[1]
- Rep. John Murtha (D-PA)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Steny Hoyer | 149 | 63.4% | |
Democratic | John Murtha | 86 | 36.6% | |
Total votes | 235 | 100% |
Democratic Majority Whip
Candidates
- Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), House Caucus Chair later became Majority Whip[2]
Withdrew
- Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), Chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (withdrew to run for Caucus Chair)
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Clyburn | Acclamation | 100% | |
Democratic | Absent | 1 | 0.42% | |
Total votes | 239 | 100% |
Democratic Caucus Chair
Candidates
- Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), DCCC Chair[3]
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Rahm Emanuel | Acclamation | 100% | |
Total votes | 239 | 100% |
Democratic Caucus Vice-Chair
Candidates
- Rep. John Larson (D-CT), Incumbent Vice-Chair
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | John Larson | Acclamation | 100% | |
Total votes | 239 | 100% |
References
- ^ Hulse, Carl (November 16, 2006). "Hoyer Beats Pelosi's Pick in Race for No. 2 House Post". The New York Times.
- ^ M. Owens, Donna (April 1, 2020). "Jim Clyburn changed everything for Joe Biden's campaign. He's been a political force for a long time". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Paging Rahm: House Dems revive 2006 playbook for 2018". POLITICO. 2017-05-22. Retrieved 2024-02-03.
- v
- t
- e
Democratic Party
- History
- Second Party System
- Third Party System
- Fourth Party System
- Fifth Party System
- Sixth Party System
conventions,
presidential
tickets,
and
presidential
primaries
- 1828 (None): Jackson/Calhoun
- 1832 (Baltimore): Jackson/Van Buren
- 1835 (Baltimore): Van Buren/R. Johnson
- 1840 (Baltimore): Van Buren/None
- 1844 (Baltimore): Polk/Dallas
- 1848 (Baltimore): Cass/Butler
- 1852 (Baltimore): Pierce/King
- 1856 (Cincinnati): Buchanan/Breckinridge
- 1860 (Charleston/Baltimore): Douglas/H. Johnson (Breckinridge/Lane, SD)
- 1864 (Chicago): McClellan/Pendleton
- 1868 (New York): Seymour/Blair
- 1872 (Baltimore): Greeley/Brown
- 1876 (Saint Louis): Tilden/Hendricks
- 1880 (Cincinnati): Hancock/English
- 1884 (Chicago): Cleveland/Hendricks
- 1888 (Saint Louis): Cleveland/Thurman
- 1892 (Chicago): Cleveland/Stevenson I
- 1896 (Chicago): W. Bryan/Sewall
- 1900 (Kansas City): W. Bryan/Stevenson I
- 1904 (Saint Louis): Parker/H. Davis
- 1908 (Denver): W. Bryan/Kern
- 1912 (Baltimore): Wilson/Marshall
- 1916 (Saint Louis): Wilson/Marshall
- 1920 (San Francisco): Cox/Roosevelt
- 1924 (New York): J. Davis/C. Bryan
- 1928 (Houston): Smith/Robinson
- 1932 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Garner
- 1936 (Philadelphia): Roosevelt/Garner
- 1940 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Wallace
- 1944 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Truman
- 1948 (Philadelphia): Truman/Barkley
- 1952 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Sparkman
- 1956 (Chicago): Stevenson II/Kefauver
- 1960 (Los Angeles): Kennedy/L. Johnson
- 1964 (Atlantic City): L. Johnson/Humphrey
- 1968 (Chicago): Humphrey/Muskie
- 1972 (Miami Beach): McGovern/(Eagleton, Shriver)
- 1976 (New York): Carter/Mondale
- 1980 (New York): Carter/Mondale
- 1984 (San Francisco): Mondale/Ferraro
- 1988 (Atlanta): Dukakis/Bentsen
- 1992 (New York): B. Clinton/Gore
- 1996 (Chicago): B. Clinton/Gore
- 2000 (Los Angeles): Gore/Lieberman
- 2004 (Boston): Kerry/Edwards
- 2008 (Denver): Obama/Biden
- 2012 (Charlotte): Obama/Biden
- 2016 (Philadelphia): H. Clinton/Kaine
- 2020 (Milwaukee/other locations): Biden/Harris
- 2024 (Chicago): Biden/Harris (presumptive)
administrations
- Jackson (1829–1837)
- Van Buren (1837–1841)
- Polk (1845–1849)
- Pierce (1853–1857)
- Buchanan (1857–1861)
- A. Johnson (1868–1869)
- Cleveland (1885–1889; 1893–1897)
- Wilson (1913–1921)
- Roosevelt (1933–1941; 1941–1945)
- Truman (1945–1953)
- Kennedy (1961–1963)
- L. B. Johnson (1963–1969)
- Carter (1977–1981)
- Clinton (1993–2001)
- Obama (2009–2017)
- Biden (2021–)
leaders,
Speakers,
and
Caucus
chairs
- A. Stevenson (1827–1834)
- Bell (1834–1835)
- Polk (1835–1839)
- J. W. Jones (1843–1845)
- Davis (1845–1847)
- Cobb (1849–1851)
- Boyd (1851–1855)
- G. W. Jones (1855–1857)
- Orr (1857–1859)
- Houston (1859–1861)
- Niblack/Randall (1869–1871)
- Niblack (1873–1875)
- Kerr (1875–1876)
- Randall (1876–1881)
- Carlisle (1883–1889)
- Holman (1889–1891)
- Crisp (1891–1895)
- D. B. Culberson (1895–1897)
- Richardson (1897–1903)
- Williams (1903–1909)
- Clark (1909–1921)
- Kitchin (1921–1923)
- Garrett (1923–1929)
- Garner (1929–1933)
- Rainey (1933–1934)
- Byrns (1935–1936)
- Bankhead (1936–1940)
- Rayburn (1940–1961)
- McCormack (1962–1971)
- Albert (1971–1977)
- O'Neill (1977–1987)
- Wright (1987–1989)
- Foley (1989–1995)
- Gephardt (1995–2003)
- Pelosi (2003–2023)
- Jeffries (2023–)
leaders
and
Caucus
chairs
- J. W. Stevenson (1873–1877)
- Wallace (1877–1881)
- Pendleton (1881–1885)
- Beck (1885–1890)
- Gorman (1890–1898)
- Turpie (1898–1899)
- J. K. Jones (1899–1903)
- Gorman (1903–1906)
- Blackburn (1906–1907)
- C. A. Culberson (1907–1909)
- Money (1909–1911)
- Martin (1911–1913)
- Kern (1913–1917)
- Martin (1917–1919)
- Hitchcock (1919–1920)
- Underwood (1920–1923)
- Robinson (1923–1937)
- Barkley (1937–1949)
- Lucas (1949–1951)
- McFarland (1951–1953)
- Johnson (1953–1961)
- Mansfield (1961–1977)
- Byrd (1977–1989)
- Mitchell (1989–1995)
- Daschle (1995–2005)
- Reid (2005–2017)
- Schumer (2017–)
the DNC
- Hallett
- McLane
- Smalley
- Belmont
- Schell
- Hewitt
- Barnum
- Brice
- Harrity
- Jones
- Taggart
- Mack
- McCombs
- McCormick
- Cummings
- White
- Hull
- Shaver
- Raskob
- Farley
- Flynn
- Walker
- Hannegan
- McGrath
- Boyle
- McKinney
- Mitchell
- Butler
- Jackson
- Bailey
- O'Brien
- Harris
- O'Brien
- Westwood
- Strauss
- Curtis
- White
- Manatt
- Kirk
- Brown
- Wilhelm
- DeLee
- Dodd/Fowler
- Romer/Grossman
- Rendell/Andrew
- McAuliffe
- Dean
- Kaine
- Wasserman Schultz
- Perez
- Harrison
territorial
parties
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- American Samoa
- District of Columbia
- Guam
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- Virgin Islands
- Democrats Abroad
groups
Congress | |
---|---|
Fundraising | |
Sectional |
- Primaries
- Presidential candidates
- Debates
- Superdelegate
- 2005 chairmanship election
- 2017 chairmanship election
- 2006 House Caucus leadership election
- 2018 House Caucus leadership election
- Weekly Democratic Address