Talk:United States congressional elections, 2006

Untitled
This page is simply to list elections and their results, not to analyze them. Let's save the analysis for articles on specific elections, to save space on what is already a long page. Per that philosophy, I've removed the comments about the Nebraska gubernatorial election.--Xinoph 17:41, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Results Box
Following the elections, here's a good results box to use:

!bgcolor=white |Candidate !bgcolor=white |Party !bgcolor=white |Pct
 * bgcolor=#FFB3B3 |Republican Candidate
 * bgcolor=#FFB3B3 | Rep.
 * bgcolor=#FFB3B3 | 00%
 * bgcolor=#B3D9FF |Democratic Candidate
 * bgcolor=#B3D9FF | Dem.
 * bgcolor=#B3D9FF | 00%
 * bgcolor=#B3D9FF | Dem.
 * bgcolor=#B3D9FF | 00%

Note: Incumbent in italics; winner first. Third-party/Independent candidates may be added as necessary. Not all candidates for a given office should be listed here; that should be reserved for the main article about that particular race. But third-party/independent candidates who received a signifigant portion of the votes or who had major impact on the race should be listed here. --Xinoph 23:32, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Merge
Surely there's no need to have both this and United States midterm elections, 2006. What's not common could easily fit in both titles, or with a little bit of leeway.


 * I disagree, Congressional elections are distinct, and only once every four years do they fall on the same date as "Midterm" elections. Also, midterm elections are a much broader subject, encompassing not only the congressional elections, but also most state government elections and thousands of local elections. --JMurphy 00:19, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

Congressional elections always fall on the same day as midterm elections; on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November mid way through a president's term. The only other time congress members are elected is during a Presidential election. These two articles are literally interchangeable.


 * Merge to United States general elections, 2006 or whatever. No need for both if there is also United States House of Representatives elections, 2006 and United States Senate elections, 2006 --Henrygb 14:40, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

I agree - there are now FIVE articles covering the same election (theres the Governer, House, Senate, Congress and Midterm General.) In 2008 there will be six when you include the presidential election. There's no need for that, it gets confusing and is unneccesary. Either combine the house & senate into this article, or move this article to the midterm one.GreenGopher 03:44, 11 November 2006 (UTC)