2006 Texas general election
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The <entity_0> was held on Tuesday, <entity_1>, in the <entity_3> state of Texas. The Texas United States Senate <entity_2>, <entity_1> and the Texas United States House elections, <entity_1> were conducted as part of the Texas General Election. Independent candidates had 60 days after the primaries are over (from 8 March, one day after the primary <entity_2>, to <entity_1>) 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 <entity_2> (for <entity_1>, this equates to 45,540 signatures) from registered voters that did not vote in either primary or any runoffs. Sixteen Texas Senate seats and all 150 Texas House of Representatives seats are up for <entity_2> in <entity_1>. These current senators will not return: In the Texas House of Representatives, 118 of the 150 seats will be contested in the <entity_1> <entity_2>.
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