2006 Kansas gubernatorial election

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2006 Kansas gubernatorial election
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Nominee Kathleen Sebelius Jim Barnett
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Mark Parkinson Susan Wagle
Popular vote491,993343,586
Percentage57.9%40.4%
2006 Kansas gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Sebelius:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Barnett:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Kathleen Sebelius
Democratic

Elected Governor

Kathleen Sebelius
Democratic

The 2006 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Kathleen Sebelius, who sported high approval ratings [1] ran for re-election to serve a second and final term. She was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and faced Republican State Senator Jim Barnett, who emerged from a crowded primary. Sebelius defeated Barnett and was re-elected with more than 57% of the vote. Barnett ran for Governor of Kansas again in 2018 and lost the Republican primary.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kathleen Sebelius (incumbent) 76,046 100.00
Total votes76,046 100.00

Republican primary

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Primary results by county:
Barnett
  •   Barnett—71-80%
  •   Barnett—61-70%
  •   Barnett—51-60%
  •   Barnett—41-50%
  •   Barnett—31-40%
  •   Barnett—21-30%
Canfield
  •   Canfield—51-60%
  •   Canfield—41-50%
  •   Canfield—31-40%
  •   Canfield—21-30%
Jennison
  •   Jennison—81-90%
  •   Jennison—71-80%
  •   Jennison—61-70%
  •   Jennison—51-60%
  •   Jennison—41-50%
  •   Jennison—31-40%
  •   Jennison—21-30%
Crowell
  •   Crowell—31-40%
  Tie between Barnett and Canfield-31%

Candidates

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jim Barnett 70,299 36.18
Republican Ken R. Canfield51,36526.44
Republican Robin Jennison42,67821.97
Republican Timothy V. Pickell10,4735.39
Republican Rex Crowell8,6774.47
Republican Dennis Hawver6,6613.43
Republican Richard "Rode" Rodewald4,1422.13
Total votes194,295 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Solid DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Likely DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [5] Safe DNovember 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics [6] Likely DNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateKathleen
Sebelius (D)		Jim
Barnett (R)
Survey USA [7] November 5, 200657%40%
Rasmussen [8] October 27, 200656%37%
Survey USA [9] October 16, 200655%42%
Survey USA [10] September 14, 200658%38%
Rasmussen [11] September 1, 200648%37%
Rasmussen [12] July 31, 200651%34%
Rasmussen [13] June 19, 200649%36%
Rasmussen [14] May 3, 200649%37%
Rasmussen [15] April 15, 200650%37%
Rasmussen [16] February 13, 200645%37%
Rasmussen [17] January 25, 200646%35%

Results

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2006 [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kathleen Sebelius (incumbent) 491,993 57.90% +5.03%
Republican Jim Barnett 343,58640.44%−4.66%
Libertarian Carl Kramer8,8961.05%+0.08%
Reform Richard Lee Ranzau5,2210.61%−0.45%
Write-in 40.00%
Majority 148,40717.47%+9.68%
Turnout 849,700
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Official campaign websites (Archived)

References

  1. ↑ "Approval Ratings For All 50 Governors". SurveyUSA/KWCH-TV/KCTV-TV. July 20, 2006. Retrieved November 28, 2007.
  2. 1 2 "2006 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ↑ "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ↑ Survey USA
  8. ↑ Rasmussen
  9. ↑ Survey USA
  10. ↑ Survey USA
  11. ↑ Rasmussen
  12. ↑ Rasmussen Archived 2006-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Rasmussen
  14. ↑ Rasmussen
  15. ↑ Rasmussen Archived 2006-06-14 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ↑ Rasmussen
  17. ↑ Rasmussen
  18. ↑ "2006 General Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State.
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