2006 Alabama gubernatorial election

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2006 Alabama gubernatorial election
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  Governor Bob Riley (cropped).jpg Lucy Baxley.jpg
Nominee Bob Riley Lucy Baxley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote718,327 519,827
Percentage57.45%41.57%
2006 Alabama gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Riley:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Baxley:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Bob Riley
Republican

Elected Governor

Bob Riley
Republican

The 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.

Contents

Riley was the first Republican to carry the counties Bibb, Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, and Lauderdale since Reconstruction. This is the last time gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Alabama.

Primary elections

Republican Party

Polling

SourceDateBob
Riley		Roy
Moore
Survey USA [1] June 5, 200664%33%
Survey USA [2] May 25, 200664%33%
Press-Register/University of South Alabama Poll [3] May 24, 200669%20%
Survey USA [4] May 2, 200666%30%

Results

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Republican primary results by county
  Riley
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%
  Moore
  •   50-60%
  •   60-70%
Republican primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Bob Riley (incumbent) 306,665 66.66%
Republican Roy Moore153,35433.34%
Total votes460,019 100.00%

Democratic Party

Polling

SourceDateDon
Siegelman		Lucy
Baxley
Survey USA [6] June 5, 200641%46%
Press-Register/University of South Alabama Poll [7] May 28, 200627%45%
Survey USA [8] May 25, 200643%43%
Survey USA [9] May 2, 200647%39%

Results

Democratic primary results by county Baxley 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Siegelman 50-60% 60-70% 2006 Alabama gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg
Democratic primary results by county
  Baxley
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   70–80%
  Siegelman
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
Democratic primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lucy Baxley 279,165 59.84%
Democratic Don Siegelman170,01636.44%
Democratic Joe Copeland4,1410.89%
Democratic Nathan Mathis4,0000.86%
Democratic Katherine Mack3,3920.73%
Democratic James Potts3,3330.71%
Democratic Harry Lyon2,4900.53%
Total votes466,537 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Solid RNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12] Safe RNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [13] Safe RNovember 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics [14] Safe RNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateLucy
Baxley (D)		Bob
Riley (R)
Survey USA [15] November 1, 200639%54%
Survey USA [16] October 18, 200636%57%
Survey USA [17] September 28, 200638%54%
Rasmussen [18] August 8, 200635%55%
Survey USA [19] July 26, 200638%52%
Rasmussen [20] June 22, 200640%54%
Survey USA [21] June 20, 200640%51%
Press-Register/University of South Alabama poll [22] June 18, 200625%53%
Rasmussen [23] May 9, 200637%49%
Rasmussen [24] April 17, 200640%47%
Rasmussen [25] February 27, 200637%53%
Rasmussen [26] February 8, 200640%47%

Endorsements

Lucy Baxley (D)
Individuals

Results

2006 Alabama gubernatorial election [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Bob Riley (incumbent) 718,327 57.45% +8.27%
Democratic Lucy Baxley 519,82741.57%−7.37%
Write-in 12,2470.98%N/A
Total votes1,250,401 100.00% N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ↑ Survey USA
  2. ↑ Survey USA
  3. ↑ Press-Register/University of South Alabama Poll
  4. ↑ Survey USA
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ Survey USA
  7. ↑ Press-Register/University of South Alabama Poll
  8. ↑ Survey USA
  9. ↑ Survey USA
  10. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 29, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ↑ "2006 Governor Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2006.
  12. ↑ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  13. ↑ "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  14. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  15. ↑ Survey USA
  16. ↑ Survey USA
  17. ↑ Survey USA
  18. ↑ Rasmussen
  19. ↑ Survey USA
  20. ↑ Rasmussen
  21. ↑ Survey USA
  22. ↑ Press-Register/University of South Alabama poll
  23. ↑ Rasmussen
  24. ↑ Rasmussen
  25. ↑ Rasmussen
  26. ↑ Rasmussen
  27. ↑ Wesley Clark Archived November 4, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  28. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 23, 2011. Retrieved April 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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