Hillary Clinton Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===2006 reelection campaign=== {{Main|2006 United States Senate election in New York}} In November 2004, Clinton announced she would seek a second Senate term. She easily won the Democratic nomination over opposition from antiwar activist [[Jonathan Tasini]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Hillary_Clinton_presidential_campaign,_2016/Senator |title=Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016/Senator |website=ballotpedia.org |access-date=August 11, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=GOP Primary Turnout Was Lowest in More Than 30 Years |work=Newsday |date=September 17, 2006}} {{Dead link|date=July 2022}}</ref> The early frontrunner for the Republican nomination, [[Westchester County, New York|Westchester County]] [[District Attorney]] [[Jeanine Pirro]], withdrew from the contest after several months of poor campaign performance.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/21/ny.pirro/index.html |title=Sen. Clinton's GOP challenger quits race |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=December 21, 2005 |author=Hirschkorn, Phil}}</ref> Clinton's eventual opponent in the general election was Republican candidate [[John Spencer (mayor)|John Spencer]], a former mayor of [[Yonkers, New York|Yonkers]]. Clinton won the election on November 7, 2006, with 67 percent of the vote to Spencer's 31 percent,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2006/general/2006_ussen.pdf |title=New York State Board of Elections, General Election Results |publisher=New York State |date=December 14, 2006 |access-date=December 16, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822221220/http://www.elections.ny.gov/NYSBOE/elections/2006/general/2006_ussen.pdf |archive-date=August 22, 2012 }}</ref> carrying all but four of New York's sixty-two counties.<ref>{{Cite news |work=Newsweek |url=http://www.newsweek.com/campaign-2008-us-ready-woman-president-105521 |title=Is America Ready? |date=December 25, 2006}}</ref> Her campaign spent $36 million for her reelection, more than any other candidate for Senate in the 2006 elections. Some Democrats criticized her for spending too much in a one-sided contest, while some supporters were concerned she did not leave more funds for a potential presidential bid in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Kornblut |first1=Anne |last2=Zeleny |first2=Jeff |work=[[The New York Times]] |title=Clinton Won Easily, but Bankroll Shows the Toll |date=November 21, 2006 |page=A1}}</ref> In the following months, she transferred $10 million of her Senate funds toward her presidential campaign.{{Sfn|Balz|Johnson|2009|p=91}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page