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2006 Governor election results

36 races · 36 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 2006 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

2006 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaBob RileyR718,327 votes · +198,500 over Lucy Baxley
AlaskaSarah PalinR114,697 votes · +17,459 over Tony Knowles
ArizonaJanet NapolitanoD959,830 votes · +416,302 over Len Munsil
ArkansasMike BeebeD430,765 votes · +115,725 over Asa Hutchinson
CaliforniaArnold SchwarzeneggerR4,850,157 votes · +1,473,425 over Phil Angelides
ColoradoBill RitterD887,986 votes · +262,100 over Bob Beauprez
ConnecticutJodi RellR710,048 votes · +311,828 over John DeStefano Jr.
FloridaCharlie CristR2,519,845 votes · +341,556 over Jim Davis
GeorgiaSonny PerdueR1,229,724 votes · +418,675 over Mark Taylor
HawaiiLinda LingleR215,313 votes · +93,596 over Randy Iwase
IdahoButch OtterR237,437 votes · +38,592 over Jerry Brady
IllinoisRod BlagojevichD1,736,731 votes · +367,416 over Judy Baar Topinka
IowaChet CulverD569,021 votes · +101,596 over Jim Nussle
KansasKathleen SebeliusD491,993 votes · +148,407 over Jim Barnett
MaineJohn BaldacciD209,927 votes · +43,502 over Chandler Woodcock
MarylandMartin O'MalleyD942,279 votes · +116,815 over Bob Ehrlich
MassachusettsDeval PatrickD1,234,984 votes · +450,642 over Kerry Healey
MichiganJennifer GranholmD2,142,513 votes · +534,427 over Dick DeVos
MinnesotaTim PawlentyR1,028,568 votes · +21,108 over Mike Hatch
NebraskaDave HeinemanR434,802 votes · +290,178 over David Hahn
NevadaJim GibbonsR279,003 votes · +23,319 over Dina Titus
New HampshireJohn LynchD298,760 votes · +194,472 over Jim Coburn
New MexicoBill RichardsonD384,806 votes · +210,442 over John Dendahl
New YorkEliot SpitzerD3,086,709 votes · +1,812,374 over John Faso
OhioTed StricklandD2,435,505 votes · +961,174 over Ken Blackwell
OklahomaBrad HenryD616,135 votes · +305,808 over Ernest Istook
OregonTed KulongoskiD699,786 votes · +110,038 over Ron Saxton
PennsylvaniaEd RendellD2,470,517 votes · +848,382 over Lynn Swann
Rhode IslandDonald CarcieriR197,306 votes · +7,803 over Charles Fogarty
South CarolinaMark SanfordR601,868 votes · +112,792 over Tommy Moore
South DakotaMike RoundsR206,990 votes · +85,764 over Jack Billion
TennesseePhil BredesenD1,247,491 votes · +706,638 over Jim Bryson
TexasRick PerryR1,716,803 votes · +406,450 over Chris Bell
VermontJim DouglasR148,014 votes · +39,924 over Scudder Parker
WisconsinJim DoyleD1,139,115 votes · +159,688 over Mark Green
WyomingDave FreudenthalD135,516 votes · +77,416 over Ray Hunkins