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Elections in California

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The 2006 U.S. Senate election for the state of California will be held November 7, 2006. Senator Dianne Feinstein is running for re-election in Democratic-leaning California. She faced token Democratic opposition in the primary on June 6, 2006. Seal of the U.S. Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... This article is becoming very long. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, a position she has held since 1992. ... The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... The examples and perspective in this article do not represent a worldwide view. ... June 6 is the 157th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (158th in leap years), with 208 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Feinstein will face Republican Richard Mountjoy in November. Mountjoy has never held a statewide elected position, but has been a state senator for several years. She will also face Libertarian Michael Metti, Don Grundmann of the American Independent Party, Todd Chretien of the Green Party and Marsha Feinland of the Peace and Freedom Party. The Republican Party (often referred to as the GOP, for Grand Old Party) is one of the two major political organizations in the United States two party system; the Democratic Party is the other. ... This article or section contains information that has not been verified and thus might not be reliable. ... The Libertarian Party is an American political party founded in 1971. ... Michael S. Metti (born May 31, 1953) is the Libertarian nominee to face Senator Dianne Feinstein for her U.S. Senate seat in the 2006 election. ... The American Independent Party is a California political party. ... Todd Chretien (born 1969) is an American activist and political candidate. ... In United States politics, the Green Party has been active as a third party since the 1980s. ... Marsha Feinland was a third-party candidate (Peace and Freedom Party) for President of the United States in the 1996 U.S. presidential election. ... United States Peace and Freedom Party logo The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a United States political party founded in 1967 as a leftist organization opposed to the Vietnam War. ...

Because California is a state that requires a large amount of money to wage a competitive statewide campaign, it is not unusual - as is the case for this race - for a popular incumbent to have no significant opponent. Several prominent Republicans, such as Bill Jones, Matt Fong, and others, have declined to run, and a previous announced challenger, businessman Bill Mundell, withdrew his declaration after determining he would not be a self-funded candidate (like Michael Huffington was in the 1994 election). Bill Jones William Leon Jones (born December 20, 1949) is a U.S. politician who served as the 27th Secretary of State of California Born in Coalinga, California, Jones earned his bachelors degree in agribusiness and plant sciences from California State University, Fresno in 1971. ... Matthew K. Fong (鄺杰靈) is a Republican politican from California. ... Promotional photo of Michael Huffington speaking at the 2004 Log Cabin Republican convention in Palm Springs, California Michael Huffington (born September 3, 1947 in Dallas, Texas) is an American politican and film producer. ...  Republican holds  Republican pickups  Democratic holds  Democratic pickups The U.S. Senate election, 1994 was an election in which the Republican Party was able to take control of the Senate from the Democrats by mobilizing voters discontented with congressional incumbents and the early presidency of Bill Clinton. ...

Candidates

Democratic Party

• Dianne Feinstein - United States Senator

The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, a position she has held since 1992. ...

Republican Party

• Richard Mountjoy - former state senator, former state assemblyman, unsuccessful candidate in 1998 for Republican nomination for lieutenant governor

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American Independent Party

• Don Grundmann - chiropractor

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Green Party

• Todd Chretien - writer [1], endorsed by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan [2]

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• Tian Harter - green activist and a 1992 Congressional nominee
• Kent Mesplay - environmental activist, air quality inspector, and 2004 candidate for Presidential nomination

Libertarian Party

• Michael Metti - businessman and frequent candidate [3]

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Peace and Freedom Party

• Marsha Feinland - state party chair, socialist activist, retired teacher, and frequent candidate [4]

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Controversies

Incorrect name of naval ship on Mountjoy Web site

On September 22, the Los Angeles Times reported that Mountjoy's official biography, as found on his campaign website, falsely asserted that he had served aboard the battleship Missouri during the Korean War -- he'd actually served aboard the heavy cruiser Bremerton. A review of the ships' logs corroborated this and the website was quickly changed to reflect his service aboard the Bremerton rather than the Missouri. September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Radars: AN/SPS-49 Air Search Radar AN/SPS-67 Surface Search Radar Fire control: 4 × Mk 37 Gun Fire Control 2 × Mk 38 Gun Director 1 × Mk 40 Gun Director EW: AN/SLQ-32 Other: AN/SLQ-25 NIXIE Decoy System 8 × Super Rapid Bloom Rocket Launchers (SRBOC) Armor... Combatants UN combatants: Republic of Korea United States United Kingdom Canada Australia The Netherlands France Philippines Communist combatants: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea People’s Republic of China Soviet Union Commanders Syngman Rhee Chung Il Kwon Douglas MacArthur Mark W. Clark Matthew Ridgway Kim Il-sung Choi Yong-kun... USS Bremerton (CA-130), named for the city of Bremerton in Washington state, was a Baltimore-class heavy cruiser laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 1 February 1943, launched on 2 July 1944 by Miss Elizabeth K. McGowan and commissioned on 29...

	I think it was just something that somebody picked up, it didn’t come from me.
	— Richard Mountjoy, [5]

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Opinion polls

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Election results

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See also

• United States Senate elections, 2006

Senate Seats up for election:  Republican incumbent Retiring Republican Democratic incumbent Retiring Democrat Retiring Independent No election Elections for the United States Senate are being held, today, November 7, 2006, with 33 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate being contested. ...

External links

• Feinstein's Campaign Website
• Mountjoy's Campaign Website
• Metti's Campaign Website
• Chretien's Campaign Website
• Election Volunteer - California 2006 US Senate Candidates
• SmartVoter.org page on the California Senate race.