2006 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 2006 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Janet Napolitano was reelected in a landslide. Napolitano's widespread popularity contributed to her easy reelection; her general approval rating in October 2006, one month before the election, was at 58%.[1] As of 2021, this is the most recent election in which a Democrat was elected Governor of Arizona.
 | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
 County results Napolitano: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||
| Elections in Arizona |
|---|
 |
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Janet Napolitano, incumbent Governor of Arizona
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Janet Napolitano (incumbent) | 230,881 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 230,881 | 100.00 | ||
Republican primary
Candidates
- Don Goldwater, activist, former board member of the Goldwater Institute and nephew of Barry Goldwater
- Mike Harris, businessman
- Len Munsil, former president of the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP)
- Gary Tupper, contractor
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Len Munsil | 155,778 | 50.56 | |
| Republican | Don Goldwater | 122,283 | 39.69 | |
| Republican | Mike Harris | 18,734 | 6.08 | |
| Republican | Gary Tupper | 11,250 | 3.65 | |
| Republican | Write-ins | 49 | 0.02 | |
| Total votes | 308,094 | 100.00 | ||
Libertarian primary
Candidates
- Barry Hess, currency speculator and perennial candidate
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libertarian | Barry Hess | 3,063 | 100.00 | |
| Total votes | 3,063 | 100.00 | ||
General election
Polling
| Source | Date released | Janet Napolitano (D) |
Len Munsil (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Survey USA | November 3, 2006 | 57% | 38% |
| Rasmussen | October 19, 2006 | 58% | 37% |
| Survey USA | October 17, 2006 | 56% | 37% |
| Rasmussen | September 26, 2006 | 56% | 38% |
| Survey USA | September 19, 2006 | 56% | 40% |
| Zogby/WSJ | September 11, 2006 | 51.3% | 41.1% |
| Rasmussen | August 31, 2006 | 52% | 33% |
| Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | 51.7% | 38.0% |
| Rasmussen | August 2, 2006 | 53% | 35% |
| Zogby/WSJ | July 24, 2006 | 49.6% | 38.7% |
| Zogby/WSJ | June 21, 2006 | 48.7% | 32.8% |
| Rasmussen | June 12, 2006 | 58% | 29% |
| Rasmussen | April 30, 2006 | 55% | 28% |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Janet Napolitano (incumbent) | 959,830 | 62.58% | +16.40% | |
| Republican | Len Munsil | 543,528 | 35.44% | -9.78% | |
| Libertarian | Barry Hess | 30,268 | 1.97% | +0.31% | |
| Write-ins | 19 | 0.00% | |||
| Majority | 416,302 | 27.14% | +26.18% | ||
| Turnout | 1,533,645 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- 2006 United States gubernatorial elections
- Governors of Arizona
References
- "SurveyUSA | America's Neighborhood Pollster™".
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2014-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-12-06. Retrieved 2014-01-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Official campaign websites (Archived)
| Governor | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. President | |||||
| U.S. Senate |
| ||||
| U.S. House | |||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.