winner. John Courage, TX-21. Primary winner. Jack Davis NY-26. Unopposed Primary Dan Dodd, TX-03. Primary winner. Andrew Duck, MD-06. Primary winner. Tammy Duckworth, IL-06. Primary winner. Bill Durston, CA-03. Primary winner. Jay Fawcett, CO-05. Primary winner. William Griffith, SC-04. Primary winner. David Harris, TX-06. Primary winner. Tom Hayhurst, IN-03. Primary winner. Doctor Robert J. Johnson, NY-23 Unopposed Primary John Laesch, IL-14. Primary winner. Jim Marcinkowski, MI-08. Primary winner. Eric Massa, NY-29 Unopposed Primary and in 2008 was elected to Congress. Patrick Murphy, PA-08. General election winner Jim Nelson, GA-01. Primary winner. Dave Patlak, FL-18th. Primary winner. John Rinaldi, CA-52. Primary winner. Joe Roberts, FL-1. Primary winner. Doctor Arjinderpal Sekhon CA-02. Primary winner. Joe Sestak, PA-07. General election winner. Rich Sexton, NJ-03. Primary winner. Bob Shamansky, OH-12. Primary winner. Richard Siferd, OH-04. Primary winner. Dennis Spivack, DE-01. Primary winner. Charlie Thompson, TX-05. Primary winner. Tim Walz, MN-01 General election winner Steve Waterworth IL-18. Primary winner. Roger Waun, TX-13. Primary winner. Mike Weaver, KY-02. Primary winner. Craig Weber, NC-03. Primary winner. George D. Weber (MO-02) website. Primary winner. Al Weed, VA-05 See: Virginia U.S. House election, 2006 Bill Winter, CO-06. Primary winner. Senate races Jim Webb, Decorated Vietnam War Combat Veteran, Marine, and former Secretary of the Navy who won the Virginia senate race. Jack Carter, Navy Vietnam War Veteran, ran unsuccessfully for Senate in Nevada. Primary winner. 2006 results Around 9:20 p.m. on Election Day, Speaker-of-the-House-elect Nancy Pelosi came out and addressed the crowd; The challengers in the House who managed to defeat their incumbents were Chris Carney (PA-10), Patrick Murphy (PA-08), Joe Sestak (PA-07), and Tim Walz (MN-01). Additionally, Phil Hare (IL-17) was elected to succeed fellow Democrat Lane Evans. In the Senate, Jim Webb (VA) was elected. A post-election analysis revealed that while the Democratic veteran candidates were the most salient in 2006, Republican veteran candidates enjoyed higher vote shares that year on average. See also The Veterans’ Alliance for Security and Democracy References External links DNC Fighting Dems website Veterans for a Secure America — main site Fighting-Dems.com Daily Kos articles Times-Union story Securing America VetPAC political action committee Taking the Hill from the Democratic Party Profiles of some "Fighting Dems" — from the Air America Site Oxford Press (Ohio) article named on TV https://web.archive.org/web/20060821042458/http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/111-06182006-672039.html https://web.archive.org/web/20060718075712/http://www.cookpolitical.com/races/house/default.php American military personnel 2006 elections in the United States Federal elections of the United States American political candidates