2006 Arizona gubernatorial election

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2006 Arizona gubernatorial election
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Turnout60.47% Increase2.svg 4.14pp [1]
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Nominee Janet Napolitano Len Munsil
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote959,830543,528
Percentage62.6%35.4%
2006 Arizona gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Napolitano:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Governor before election

Janet Napolitano
Democratic

Elected Governor

Janet Napolitano
Democratic

The 2006 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent 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%. [2]

Contents

This was the last time until 2022 that a Democrat was elected governor of Arizona. It is also the last time that a Democrat swept every county in the state in a statewide election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Napolitano (incumbent) 230,881 100.00%
Total votes230,881 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

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Primary results by county:
  Munsil
  •   61–70%
  •   51–60%
  •   41–50%
  Goldwater
  •   51–60%
  •   41–50%
Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Len Munsil 155,778 50.56%
Republican Don Goldwater122,28339.39%
Republican Mike Harris18,7346.08%
Republican Gary Tupper11,2503.65%
Republican Steve Moore (write-in)490.2%
Total votes308,094 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Barry Hess 3,063 100.00%
Total votes3,063 100.00%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [4] Solid DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [6] Safe DNovember 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics [7] Safe DNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDate releasedJanet
Napolitano (D)		Len
Munsil (R)
Survey USA [8] November 3, 200657%38%
Rasmussen [9] October 19, 200658%37%
Survey USA [10] October 17, 200656%37%
Rasmussen [11] September 26, 200656%38%
Survey USA [12] September 19, 200656%40%
Zogby/WSJ [13] September 11, 200651.3%41.1%
Rasmussen [14] August 31, 200652%33%
Zogby/WSJ [13] August 28, 200651.7%38.0%
Rasmussen [15] August 2, 200653%35%
Zogby/WSJ [13] July 24, 200649.6%38.7%
Zogby/WSJ [13] June 21, 200648.7%32.8%
Rasmussen [16] June 12, 200658%29%
Rasmussen [17] April 30, 200655%28%

Results

2006 Arizona gubernatorial election [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Janet Napolitano (incumbent) 959,830 62.58% +16.40%
Republican Len Munsil 543,52835.44%−9.78%
Libertarian Barry Hess 30,2681.97%+0.31%
Independent Arthur Ray Arvizu (write-in)100.00%
Independent Brian Wright (write-in)60.00%
Independent Robert B. Winn (write-in)30.00%
Majority416,30227.14%
Total votes1,533,645 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +26.18%

By county

CountyJanet Napolitano
Democratic		Len Munsil
Republican		Barry Hess
Libertarian		All others
Write-in		MarginTotal votes
cast [18]
# %# %# %# %# %
Apache 14,47577.02%3,62719.30%6923.68%10.01%10,84857.72%18,795
Cochise 21,41658.87%14,03838.59%9222.53%10.00%7,37820.28%36,377
Coconino 28,55174.54%8,87923.18%8722.28%20.01%19,67251.36%38,304
Gila 10,58663.21%5,80334.65%3582.14%00.00%4,78328.56%16,747
Graham 4,34855.64%3,30642.30%1612.06%00.00%1,04213.33%7,815
Greenlee 1,48669.70%58827.58%582.72%00.00%89842.12%2,132
La Paz 2,35361.39%1,34235.01%1383.60%00.00%1,01126.38%3,833
Maricopa 538,38360.64%332,57037.46%16,8881.90%120.00%205,81323.18%887,853
Mohave 25,40055.08%19,58842.47%1,1292.45%10.00%5,81212.60%46,118
Navajo 17,36864.97%8,70832.57%6582.46%00.00%8,66032.39%26,734
Pima 195,30569.22%82,05229.08%4,7941.70%00.00%113,25340.14%282,151
Pinal 35,42861.87%20,71636.18%1,1161.95%10.00%14,71225.69%57,261
Santa Cruz 6,48278.32%1,63419.74%1601.93%00.00%4,84858.58%8,276
Yavapai 40,84856.23%30,20341.58%1,5872.18%10.00%10,64514.65%72,639
Yuma 17,40160.82%10,47436.61%7352.57%00.00%6,92724.21%28,610
Totals959,83062.58%543,52835.44%30,2681.97%190.00%416,30227.14%1,533,645
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Voter Registration Statistics | Arizona Secretary of State" . Retrieved May 7, 2023.
  2. ↑ "SurveyUSA | America's Neighborhood Pollster".
  3. 1 2 3 "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2006 Primary Election - September 12, 2006" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 14, 2024.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  8. ↑ Survey USA
  9. ↑ Rasmussen
  10. ↑ Survey USA
  11. ↑ Rasmussen
  12. ↑ Survey USA
  13. 1 2 3 4 Zogby/WSJ
  14. ↑ Rasmussen
  15. ↑ Rasmussen Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Rasmussen
  17. ↑ Rasmussen
  18. 1 2 "State of Arizona Official Canvass 2006 General Election - November 7, 2006" (PDF). Arizona Secretary of State. Retrieved July 14, 2024.

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