The 2006 Texas General Election was held on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, in the U.S. state of Texas. Voters statewide elected the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Comptroller of Public Accounts, Commissioner of the General Land Office, Commissioner of Agriculture, and one Railroad Commissioner. Statewide judicial offices up for election were the chief justice and four justices of the Texas Supreme Court, and the presiding judge and two judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The Texas United States Senate election, 2006 and the Texas United States House elections, 2006 were conducted as part of the Texas General Election. Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held 7 March 2006. In races without a majority, the runoff elections were held on 11 April 2006. Libertarian candidates were selected at the Texas Libertarian Convention 10 June 2006 in Houston (the Libertarian Party does not use a primary system to select candidates). Independent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary election, to 11 May 2006) to collect the necessary signatures to secure a place on the ballot. For statewide elections, state law proscribes the collection of one percent of voters casting ballots in the prior gubernatorial election (for 2006, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. If there was a primary runoff for the office an independent candidate is seeking, the petition process shrank to only 30 days, from 12 April (one day after the runoff elections) to 11 May 2006. United States Senator Governor Lieutenant governor Attorney general Comptroller of Public Accounts Commissioner of the General Land Office Commissioner of Agriculture Railroad Commissioner Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice, Unexpired term Republican Wallace Jefferson, Incumbent Libertarian Tom Oxford Green (Write-in) Charles E. Waterbury Justice, Place 2 Republican Don Willett, Incumbent Democrat William E. Moody Libertarian Wade Wilson Justice, Place 4 Republican David M. Medina, Incumbent Libertarian Jerry Adkins Justice, Place 6 Republican Nathan Hecht, Incumbent Libertarian Todd Phillipp Independent (declared) Petition deadline has passed for ballot access, but may run as write-in candidate William W. McNeal Justice, Place 8, Unexpired term Republican Phil Johnson, Incumbent Libertarian Jay H. Cookingham Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Presiding Judge Republican Sharon Keller, Incumbent Democrat J.R. Molina Judge, Place 7 Republican Barbara Parker Hervey, Incumbent Libertarian Quanah Parker Judge, Place 8 Republican