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What if the Republican Party won the 2006 midterms and retained their congressional majorities? How could this be done-with any PoD after November 2, 2004. If you need a PoD earlier than that, don't cheat by making John Kerry President for instance(as that is a completely different scenario with much bigger ramifications-as I explored in my TL-see sig). Here are my alternate 2006 results: 2006 Senate elections Mitch McConnell-Republican: 53-2 45.8%
Harry Reid-Democratic: 45+1 49.2%
Independent: 2+1
100 seats
51 for majority
Missouri: Incumbent Jim Talent(R) defeats Claire McCaskill(D)
Montana: Incumbent Conrad Burns(R) defeats Jon Tester(D)
Rhode Island: Incumbent Lincoln Chaffee(R) defeats Sheldon Whitehouse(D)
Virginia: Incumbent George Allen(R) defeats Jim Webb(D)
2006 House elections Dennis Hastert-Republican: 227-5 48.3%
Nancy Pelosi-Democratic: 207+5 48.3%
435 seats
218 for majority
Arizona 5: Incumbent JD Hayworth(R) defeats Harry Mitchell(D)
California 11: Incumbent Richard Pombo(R) defeats Jerry McNerney(D)
Connecticut 2: Incumbent Rob Simmons(R) defeats Joe Courtney(D)
Florida 16 stays Republican
Florida 22: Incumbent Clay Shaw(R) defeats Ron Klein(D)
Georgia 8: Mac Collins(R) defeats incumbent Jim Marshall(D)
Georgia 12: Max Burns(R) defeats incumbent John Barrow(D)
Illinois 8: David McSweeney(R) defeats incumbent Melissa Bean(D)
Indiana 2: Incumbent Chris Cocola(R) defeats Joe Donnelly(D)
Indiana 7: Eric Dickerson(R) defeats incumbent Julia Carson(D)
Indiana 9: Incumbent Mike Sodrel(R) defeats Baron Hill(D)
Iowa 2: Incumbent Jim Leach(R) defeats David Loebsack(D)
Iowa 3: Jeff Lamberti(R) defeats incumbent Leonard Boswell(D)
Kansas 2: Incumbent Jim Ryun(R) defeats Nancy Boyda(D)
Kentucky 3: Incumbent Ann Northup(R) defeats John Yarmuth(D)
Minnesota 1: Incumbent Gil Gutknecht(R) defeats Tim Walz(D)
New Hampshire 1: Incumbent Jeb Bradley(R) defeats Carol Shea-Porter(D)
New Hampshire 2: Incumbent Charie Bass(R) defeats Paul Hodes(D)
New York 14: Incumbent Sue Kelly(R) defeats John Hall(D)
New York 20: Incumbent John Sweeney(R) defeats Kirsten Gillibrand(D)
North Carolina 11: Incumbent Charles Taylor(R) defeats Heath Shuler(D)
Pennsylvania 4: Incumbent Melissa Hart(R) defeats Jason Altmire(D)
Pennsylvania 8: Incumbent Mike Fitzpatrick(R) defeats Patrick Murphy(D)
Pennsylvania 10: Incumbent Don Sherwood(R) defeats Chris Carney(D)
Wisconsin 8: John Gard(R) defeats Steve Kagen(D)
2006 gubernatorial elections Mitt Romney-Republican: 28-3
Bill Richardson-Democratic: 28+3
Maine: Chandler Woodcock(R) defeats incumbent John Baldacci(D)
Maryland: Incumbent Bob Ehrlich(R) defeats Martin O'Malley(D)
Wisconsin: Mark Green(R) defeats incumbent Jim Doyle(R)
What would be the effects of these results? How would George W Bush's term as President go differently? What would be the impact on the 2008 election and the next presidency? What if?