While he was in New York for a meeting of the UN, Army Commander-in-Chief Lieutenant General Sonthi Boonyaratglin launched the bloodless September 2006 Thailand military coup d ' état supported by anti-Thaksin elements in civil society and among the Democrat Party.

The highest-ranking Greens ever elected in the nation were: John Eder, a member of the Maine House of Representatives until his defeat in November 2006 ; Audie Bock, elected to the California State Assembly in 1999 but switched her registration to Independent seven months later running as an independent in the 2000 election ; and Richard Carroll, elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2008 but switched parties to become a Democrat five months after his election.

Vicente Fox Quesada </ small > (; born July 2, 1942 ) is a Mexican businessman and politician who served as President of Mexico from 1 December 2000 to 30 November 2006 and currently serves as co-President of the Centrist Democrat International, an international organization of Christian democratic political parties.

In the last of these, Cattaraugus County's votes proved pivotal in the 2008 elections: incumbent Republican Randy Kuhl, who had strongly carried the county in 2004 and 2006, lost Cattaraugus County to Democrat Eric Massa in the 2008 elections.

In 2006, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. received 54 % of its vote when he unseated incumbent Republican US Senator Rick Santorum and Ed Rendell received 56 % of the vote against Lynn Swann.

" This 1992 re-election victory was the last time a Democrat won a statewide race in Ohio until 2006 ; DeWine later won Metzenbaum's seat upon his retirement.

In 2006, Maria Cantwell, the Democrat running for re-election to the U. S. Senate, won all precincts.

In 2006 Democrat Tim Seip won the heavily Republican 125th House district and Bob Casey Jr. carried Schuylkill when he unseated incumbent Republican US Senator Rick Santorum.

In 2006, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. received 51 % of its vote when he unseated incumbent Republican US Senator Rick Santorum and Ed Rendell received 50. 6 % of the vote against Lynn Swann.

In 2006, Democrat Bob Casey Jr. received 55 % of its vote when he unseated incumbent Republican US Senator Rick Santorum and Ed Rendell received 50. 2 % of the vote against Lynn Swann.

In 2006, Governor Ed Rendell and Bob Casey Jr. both carried Centre and Democrat Scott Conklin decisively won the State House seat left open by the retirement of Republican Lynn Herman in the 77th district.

Between the 2006 and 2010 elections five Respect councillors defected to Labour ; one Respect and one Labour councillor defected to the Conservatives ; one Liberal Democrat defected to Labour ; and one Labour councillor was gained through a by-election at the expense of the Liberal Democrats.

On November 30, 2006, Tom Vilsack became the second Democrat ( after Mike Gravel ) to officially announce intentions to run for the presidency in the 2008 election.

The current Governor is Martin O ' Malley, a Democrat and a former mayor of Baltimore who defeated the Republican incumbent Robert Ehrlich in the November 2006 election.

On October 21, 2006, Olson married Lady Booth, a tax attorney from Kentucky and a lifelong Democrat.

At the local level, Siskiyou County Supervisoral District 3, in which Weed is the core community, voter registration is 39. 6 % Democrat, 39. 1 % Republican, 16. 2 % Decline to State, with remainder split amongst other political parties such as Green, and Libertarian as of 2006.

In April 2006, Edward Sheehy ( Democrat ) became First Selectman.

2006: Edward Sheehy ( Democrat ) elected by Board of Selectmen, 3 to 2 ;

* Roy McArthur " Hoppy " Hopkins ( born 1943 ) served as a Democrat in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1988 until his death in office in 2006.

Democrat Missourian, Friday December 1, 2006

Livonia is Michigan's 6th State Senate District, and is represented by Glenn S. Anderson ( Democrat ), who was elected to the State Legislature in 2006.

The incumbent mayor, Anthony Persichilli, a Democrat, was first elected on November 7, 2006 to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Mayor James Loper.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Haledon is Domenick Stampone, a Democrat who defeated incumbent Ken Pengitore in November 2006.

Wayne Skinner, ( 2004 – 2006 ) Democrat

However, in July 2006, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Governor George Pataki, and Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. announced the final approval for the New York City Housing Trust Fund derived from $ 130 million in Battery Park City revenues.

* 2006 Texas Governor Election ( a real-life example where incumbent Rick Perry won re-election despite gaining less than 40 percent of the vote )

In a 9 March 2006 press release, HBC announced that Zucker would replace George Heller as the new Governor and CEO, to become the first US citizen to lead the company.

On November 7, 2006, Lynch was re-elected Governor in a 74 % to 26 % landslide victory over Republican challenger Jim Coburn.

He was one of two independent candidates in the 2006 election for the office of Governor of Texas.

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In 2006 the Governor Otunba Gbenga Daniel of the Nigerian state of Ogun announced that Barbadians would be given free land if they wished to move to Nigeria.

The current, and 22nd, Prime Minister of Canada is the Conservative Party's Stephen Harper, who was appointed on February 6, 2006, by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, following the general election that took place that year.

In 2006 the Governor stated:

* 1933 – Ann Richards, American politician, 45th Governor of Texas ( d. 2006 )

On December 6, 2006, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Walt Disney into the California Hall of Fame located at The California Museum for History, Women, and the Arts.

* March 5 – Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania ( d. 2006 )

** Robert Stafford, Governor of Vermont, U. S Representative and U. S. Senator ( d. 2006 )

** Ann Richards, Governor of Texas ( d. 2006 )

Daley and Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich held a joint press conference on January 17, 2006 calling for a state-wide ban on the manufacture, possession, and delivery of semiautomatic assault weapons.

* Miles Russell ( 2006 ), " Roman Britain's Lost Governor ", Current Archaeology 204, pp. 630 – 635

It also voted for John Faso over Eliot Spitzer for Governor in 2006, and for John Spencer 55. 5 %- 42. 1 % over incumbent Hillary Clinton for the U. S. Senate in 2006.

The Beach Boys rescheduled their concert and played a Kirby Park concert on Labor Day weekend, Sunday September 3, 2006, attended by Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell.

The bill became law in 2006 when it was signed by Governor Schwarzenegger and included in Section 1262. 4 of the California Health and Safety Code.

Governor Ed Rendell lost Westmoreland in both 2002 and 2006.

Due to population growth Pike County is trending more Democratic as Democratic Governor Ed Rendell won Pike in 2006 with 53 %.

Governor Ed Rendell narrowly carried it against Lynn Swann while Republican Rick Santorum narrowly carried it against Bob Casey in 2006.

In 2006 both Democrats Governor Ed Rendell and now Senator Bob Casey Jr. won 67. 5 % and 60. 6 % of the vote in Luzerne County, respectively.