Texas kicks off the 2006 primary season. Here's the official primary election calendar, who's up, and what's at stake:
March 7 – TEXAS: Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R), Gov. Rick Perry (R), 32 House seats.
March 21 – ILLINOIS: Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D), 19 House seats.
May 2 – INDIANA: Sen. Richard Lugar (R), 9 House seats.
NORTH CAROLINA: 13 House seats.
OHIO: Sen. Mike DeWine (R), open R governorship (Bob Taft term-limited), 18 House seats.
May 9 – NEBRASKA: Sen. Ben Nelson (D), Gov. Dave Heineman (R), 3 House seats.
WEST VIRGINIA: Sen. Robert Byrd (D), 3 House seats.
May 16 – KENTUCKY: 6 House seats.
OREGON: Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D), 5 House seats.
PENNSYLVANIA: Sen. Rick Santorum (R), Gov. Ed Rendell (D), 19 House seats.
May 23– ARKANSAS: Open R governorship (Mike Huckabee term-limited), 4 House seats.
IDAHO: Open R governorship (Dirk Kempthorne term-limited), 2 House seats.
June 6 – ALABAMA: Gov. Bob Riley (R), 7 House seats.
CALIFORNIA: Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R), 53 House seats.
IOWA: Open D governorship (Tom Vilsack retiring), 5 House seats.
MISSISSIPPI: Sen. Trent Lott (R), 4 House seats.
MONTANA: Sen. Conrad Burns (R), 1 House seat.
NEW JERSEY: Sen. Robert Menendez (D), 13 House seats.
NEW MEXICO: Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D), Gov. Bill Richardson (D), 3 House seats.
SOUTH DAKOTA: Gov. Mike Rounds (R), 1 House seat.
June 13 – MAINE: Sen. Olympia Snowe (R), Gov. John Baldacci (D), 2 House seats.
NORTH DAKOTA: Sen. Kent Conrad (D), 1 House seat.
SOUTH CAROLINA: Gov. Mark Sanford (R), 6 House seats.
VIRGINIA: Sen. George Allen (R), 11 House seats.
June 27 – UTAH: Sen. Orrin Hatch (R), 3 House seats.
July 18 – GEORGIA: Gov. Sonny Perdue (R), 13 House seats.
July 25 – OKLAHOMA: Gov. Brad Henry (D), 5 House seats.
August 1 – KANSAS: Gov. Kathleen Sebelius (D), 4 House seats.
August 3 – TENNESSEE: Open R Senate (Bill Frist retiring), Gov. Phil Bredesen (D), 9 House seats.
August 8 – COLORADO: Open R governorship (Bill Owens term-limited), 7 House seats.
CONNECTICUT: Sen. Joe Lieberman (D), Gov. Jodi Rell (R), 5 House seats.
MICHIGAN: Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), Gov. Jennifer Granholm (D), 15 House seats.
MISSOURI: Sen. Jim Talent (R), 9 House seats.
August 15 – NEVADA: Sen. John Ensign (R), open R governorship (Kenny Guinn term-limited), 3 House seats.
August 22 – ALASKA: Gov. Frank Murkowski (R), 1 House seat.
WYOMING: Sen. Craig Thomas (R), Gov. Dave Freudenthal (D), 1 House seat.
September 5 – FLORIDA: Sen. Bill Nelson (D), open R governorship (Jeb Bush term-limited), 25 House seats.
September 12 – ARIZONA: Sen. Jon Kyl (R), Gov. Janet Napolitano (D), 8 House seats.
DELAWARE: Sen. Tom Carper (D), 1 House seat.
MARYLAND: Open D Senate (Paul Sarbanes retiring), Gov. Robert Ehrlich (R), 8 House seats.
MINNESOTA: Open D Senate (Mark Dayton retiring), Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R), 8 House seats.
NEW HAMPSHIRE: Gov. John Lynch (D), 2 House seats.
NEW YORK: Sen. Hillary Clinton (D), open R governorship (George Pataki retiring), 29 House seats.
RHODE ISLAND: Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R), Gov. Donald Carcieri (R), 2 House seats.
VERMONT: Open I Senate (James Jeffords retiring), Gov. Jim Douglas (R), 1 House seat.
WISCONSIN: Sen. Herb Kohl (D), Gov. Jim Doyle (D), 8 House seats.
September 19 – MASSACHUSETTS: Sen. Edward Kennedy (D), open R governorship (Mitt Romney retiring), 10 House seats.
WASHINGTON: Sen. Maria Cantwell (D), 9 House seats.
September 23– HAWAII: Sen. Daniel Akaka (D), Gov. Linda Lingle (R), 2 House seats.
November 7 – ELECTION DAY
LOUISIANA: 7 House seats.
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