All precincts reporting / 798,380 total votes / Unofficial results / Precinct breakdown
- Sandy Praeger Incumbent, GOP 504,728 votes 63.2%
- Bonnie Sharp DEM 259,912 votes 32.6%
- Patrick Wilbur LIB 33,740 votes 4.2%
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- Praeger wins second term
- November 8, 2006
- Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger claimed victory Tuesday as Kansas voters gave her a second four-year term.
- Insurance commissioner candidates differ on AAA contract
- October 29, 2006
- Abortion was an underlying issue in this summer’s Republican primary for state insurance commissioner, and driver’s licenses have become an issue in the general election campaign.
- Praeger prevails in ‘negative’ contest
- Election a moderate success
- August 2, 2006
- At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, an optimistic Eric Carter called Bob Tomlinson, one of Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger’s top aides.
- Advance voting for primary begins today
- July 12, 2006
- The Aug. 1 primary election in Douglas County begins today as advance voting gets under way at the courthouse.
- GOP split in Kansas may hint at U.S. trend
- Division between moderates and conservatives expected to define presidential nomination in 2008
- June 14, 2006
- Mark Parkinson got his start in Republican politics at age 19, as a precinct committeeman. He served six years as a Republican state legislator, eventually becoming state Republican chairman.
- Praeger kicks off re-election campaign
- May 8, 2006
- Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger launched her re-election bid today by filing as a candidate in the Douglas County Clerk’s office.
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Sandy Praeger Republican · Incumbent
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Bonnie Sharp Democrat
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