2006 United States Shadow Representative election in the District of Columbia

Primary elections were held on September 12, 2006. Forster withdrew from the race at the beginning of September but his name remained on the ballot and he still received thousands of votes.^[2]

• James S. Bubar, attorney and delegate for John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention^[3]
• John J. Forster (withdrew)^[4]
• Mike Panetta, Director of Public Affairs at Grassroots Enterprise^[5]

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Democratic primary election, 2006^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Panetta	36,373	47.00
	Democratic	John J. Forster (withdrawn)	25,554	33.02
	Democratic	James S. Bubar	13,493	17.43
	Write-in		1,973	2.55
Total votes			77,393	100.0
	n/a	Overvotes	18
	n/a	Undervotes	29,314

• Keith R. Ware, Nature Green owner^[5]

District of Columbia Shadow Representative Statehood Green primary election, 2006^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DC Statehood Green	Keith R. Ware	398	92.13
	DC Statehood Green	Write-ins	34	7.87
Total votes			432	100.0
	n/a	Overvotes	0
	n/a	Undervotes	106

A Republican primary was held but no candidates filed and only write-in votes were cast. Nelson Rimensnyder ran as a Republican in the general election.^[7]

The general election took place on November 7, 2006.

General election results^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Panetta	82,759	77.47	−8.83
	DC Statehood Green	Keith R. Ware	13,511	12.65	−0.18
	Republican	Nelson Rimensnyder	9,700	9.08	+9.08
	Write-in		862	0.81	-0.6
Total votes			218,188	100.0%
	n/a	Overvotes	35
	n/a	Undervotes	15,471