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The 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Doyle ran for re-election to a second term in office. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and faced U.S. Representative Mark Green, who was unopposed in the Republican primary, in the general election. The campaign between Doyle and Green was competitive and hotly contested, but Doyle, whose approval ratings hovered around 50%, had the upper hand. [1] In the end, Doyle defeated Green by a fairly comfortable margin, improving on his 2002 victory in the process.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Jim Doyle (incumbent) | 318,523 | 99.30% | |
Democratic | Scattering | 2,259 | 0.70% | |
Total votes | 320,782 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Barbara Lawton (incumbent) | 287,616 | 99.71% | |
Democratic | Scattering | 834 | 0.29% | |
Total votes | 288,450 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Mark Green | 233,216 | 99.66% | |
Republican | Scattering | 804 | 0.34% | |
Total votes | 234,020 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Republican | Jean Hundertmark | 119,283 | 56.02% | |
Republican | Nick Voegeli | 93,391 | 43.86% | |
Republican | Scattering | 243 | 0.11% | |
Total votes | 212,917 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Nelson Eisman | 1,707 | 98.33% | |
Green | Scattering | 29 | 1.67% | |
Total votes | 1,736 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Green | Leon Todd | 1,676 | 99.23% | |
Green | Scattering | 13 | 0.77% | |
Total votes | 1,689 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [4] | Tossup | November 6, 2006 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] | Lean D | November 6, 2006 |
Rothenberg Political Report [6] | Tossup | November 2, 2006 |
Real Clear Politics [7] | Lean D | November 6, 2006 |
Source | Date | Jim Doyle (D) | Mark Green (R) |
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WISC-TV [8] | November 2, 2006 | 50% | 44% |
Strategic Vision [9] | October 31, 2006 | 47% | 45% |
Zogby/WSJ [10] | October 31, 2006 | 46.7% | 47.2% |
Badger Poll [11] | October 30, 2006 | 50% | 36% |
Rasmussen [12] | October 29, 2006 | 48% | 44% |
Wisconsin Public Radio [13] | October 18, 2006 | 51% | 38% |
Strategic Vision [14] | October 11, 2006 | 46% | 43% |
Rasmussen [15] | September 25, 2006 | 47% | 44% |
Strategic Vision [16] | September 20, 2006 | 46% | 42% |
Zogby/WSJ | September 11, 2006 | 49.4% | 45.7% |
Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | 49.7% | 43.1% |
Rasmussen [17] | August 20, 2006 | 49% | 41% |
Strategic Vision [18] | August 18, 2006 | 45% | 44% |
Research 2000 [19] | August 17, 2006 | 48% | 38% |
Zogby/WSJ | July 24, 2006 | 49.2% | 44.7% |
Rasmussen [20] | July 20, 2006 | 47% | 41% |
Strategic Vision [21] | July 20, 2006 | 43% | 42% |
University of Wisconsin [22] | July 2, 2006 | 49% | 36% |
WPRI [23] | June 23, 2006 | 49% | 37% |
Zogby/WSJ | June 21, 2006 | 46.9% | 45.1% |
Strategic Vision [24] | June 8, 2006 | 45% | 46% |
Strategic Vision [25] | May 3, 2006 | 45% | 43% |
Rasmussen [26] | April 28, 2006 | 47% | 43% |
Strategic Vision [27] | April 13, 2006 | 43% | 43% |
WPR/St. Norbert College Survey [28] | March 29 – April 7, 2006 | 43% | 35% |
Rasmussen [29] | March 29, 2006 | 45% | 40% |
Strategic Vision [30] | March 8, 2006 | 44% | 44% |
Rasmussen [31] | February 7, 2006 | 48% | 41% |
Strategic Vision [32] | February 1, 2006 | 44% | 43% |
Strategic Vision [33] | December 22, 2005 | 45% | 43% |
Rasmussen [34] | December 12, 2005 | 45% | 39% |
Strategic Vision [35] | November 16, 2005 | 47% | 44% |
Strategic Vision [36] | October 21, 2005 | 47% | 43% |
No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Democratic | Republican |
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Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn | ||||||
Jim Doyle | Mark Green | |||||
1 | Sep. 15, 2006 | We The People/Wisconsin | Frederica Freyberg Mike Jacobs | C-SPAN | P | P |
2 | Oct. 6, 2006 | Wisconsin Broadcasters Association WMVS-TV | C-SPAN | P | P | |
3 | Oct. 20, 2006 | We The People/Wisconsin WISC-TV | C-SPAN | P | P |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Jim Doyle (incumbent) | 1,139,115 | 52.70% | +7.60% | |
Republican | Mark Green | 979,427 | 45.31% | +3.92% | |
Green | Nelson Eisman | 40,709 | 1.88% | −0.60% | |
Scattering | 2,449 | 0.11% | |||
Majority | 159,688 | 7.39% | |||
Total votes | 2,161,700 | 100.00% | |||
Democratic hold | Swing | +3.68% |
Doyle became only the third Democrat to carry Door County; the only two previous gubernatorial elections in which it had voted Democratic were 1859 and 1904. Door County would not vote Democratic again until 2022. Doyle was also the first Democrat since Albert G. Schmedeman in 1932 to win Monroe County.
As of 2024, this is the last gubernatorial election in which the Democratic candidate carried the counties of Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Forest, Iron, Jackson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Washburn, Winnebago, and Wood.
County [37] | Jim Doyle Democratic | Mark Green Republican | Nelson Eisman Green | Scattering Write-in | Margin | Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Adams | 4,416 | 55.91% | 3,324 | 42.08% | 150 | 1.90% | 9 | 0.11% | 1,092 | 13.82% | 7,899 |
Ashland | 4,118 | 65.80% | 1,902 | 30.39% | 232 | 3.71% | 6 | 0.10% | 2,216 | 35.41% | 6,258 |
Barron | 8,136 | 49.81% | 7,920 | 48.49% | 271 | 1.66% | 6 | 0.04% | 216 | 1.32% | 16,333 |
Bayfield | 4,653 | 64.15% | 2,468 | 34.03% | 129 | 1.78% | 3 | 0.04% | 2,185 | 30.13% | 7,253 |
Brown | 45,046 | 48.11% | 46,989 | 50.18% | 1,517 | 1.62% | 83 | 0.09% | -1,943 | -2.08% | 93,635 |
Buffalo | 3,078 | 57.40% | 2,196 | 40.95% | 83 | 1.55% | 5 | 0.09% | 882 | 16.45% | 5,362 |
Burnett | 3,225 | 52.15% | 2,900 | 46.90% | 59 | 0.95% | 0 | 0.00% | 325 | 5.26% | 6,184 |
Calumet | 9,059 | 46.74% | 9,995 | 51.57% | 320 | 1.65% | 8 | 0.04% | -936 | -4.83% | 19,382 |
Chippewa | 11,467 | 52.56% | 9,839 | 45.10% | 502 | 2.30% | 10 | 0.05% | 1,628 | 7.46% | 21,818 |
Clark | 5,758 | 51.23% | 5,152 | 45.84% | 326 | 2.90% | 4 | 0.04% | 606 | 5.39% | 11,240 |
Columbia | 11,662 | 52.62% | 9,936 | 44.83% | 521 | 2.35% | 45 | 0.20% | 1,726 | 7.79% | 22,164 |
Crawford | 3,751 | 59.25% | 2,439 | 38.52% | 128 | 2.02% | 13 | 0.21% | 1,312 | 20.72% | 6,331 |
Dane | 149,661 | 69.95% | 58,302 | 27.25% | 5,645 | 2.64% | 332 | 0.16% | 91,359 | 42.70% | 213,940 |
Dodge | 13,137 | 42.31% | 17,302 | 55.72% | 581 | 1.87% | 29 | 0.09% | -4,165 | -13.41% | 31,049 |
Door | 7,592 | 52.75% | 6,479 | 45.01% | 319 | 2.22% | 3 | 0.02% | 1,113 | 7.73% | 14,393 |
Douglas | 10,670 | 65.52% | 5,233 | 32.14% | 376 | 2.31% | 5 | 0.03% | 5,437 | 33.39% | 16,284 |
Dunn | 8,070 | 55.24% | 6,208 | 42.50% | 318 | 2.18% | 12 | 0.08% | 1,862 | 12.75% | 14,608 |
Eau Claire | 22,240 | 57.16% | 15,733 | 40.43% | 889 | 2.28% | 49 | 0.13% | 6,507 | 16.72% | 38,911 |
Florence | 865 | 44.07% | 1,079 | 54.97% | 19 | 0.97% | 0 | 0.00% | -214 | -10.90% | 1,963 |
Fond du Lac | 16,073 | 42.05% | 21,515 | 56.28% | 615 | 1.61% | 23 | 0.06% | -5,442 | -14.24% | 38,226 |
Forest | 1,853 | 51.27% | 1,712 | 47.37% | 48 | 1.33% | 1 | 0.03% | 141 | 3.90% | 3,614 |
Grant | 9,242 | 54.52% | 7,427 | 43.81% | 283 | 1.67% | 0 | 0.00% | 1,815 | 10.71% | 16,952 |
Green | 7,769 | 58.67% | 5,149 | 38.89% | 304 | 2.30% | 19 | 0.14% | 2,620 | 19.79% | 13,241 |
Green Lake | 3,122 | 39.09% | 4,714 | 59.03% | 144 | 1.80% | 6 | 0.08% | -1,592 | -19.93% | 7,986 |
Iowa | 5,630 | 62.23% | 3,267 | 36.11% | 145 | 1.60% | 5 | 0.06% | 2,363 | 26.12% | 9,047 |
Iron | 1,560 | 56.07% | 1,189 | 42.74% | 30 | 1.08% | 3 | 0.11% | 371 | 13.34% | 2,782 |
Jackson | 3,858 | 55.61% | 2,931 | 42.25% | 146 | 2.10% | 3 | 0.04% | 927 | 13.36% | 6,938 |
Jefferson | 14,247 | 46.01% | 16,038 | 51.79% | 640 | 2.07% | 40 | 0.13% | -1,791 | -5.78% | 30,965 |
Juneau | 3,969 | 47.88% | 4,101 | 49.48% | 181 | 2.18% | 38 | 0.46% | -132 | -1.59% | 8,289 |
Kenosha | 28,338 | 55.49% | 21,737 | 42.56% | 938 | 1.84% | 58 | 0.11% | 6,601 | 12.93% | 51,071 |
Kewaunee | 4,354 | 48.14% | 4,479 | 49.52% | 211 | 2.33% | 1 | 0.01% | -125 | -1.38% | 9,045 |
La Crosse | 24,663 | 57.34% | 17,235 | 40.07% | 1,002 | 2.33% | 110 | 0.26% | 7,428 | 17.27% | 43,010 |
Lafayette | 3,344 | 57.20% | 2,405 | 41.14% | 91 | 1.56% | 6 | 0.10% | 939 | 16.06% | 5,846 |
Langlade | 4,184 | 48.70% | 4,276 | 49.77% | 126 | 1.47% | 5 | 0.06% | -92 | -1.07% | 8,591 |
Lincoln | 6,019 | 54.31% | 4,713 | 42.52% | 339 | 3.06% | 12 | 0.11% | 1,306 | 11.78% | 11,083 |
Manitowoc | 15,736 | 48.47% | 16,154 | 49.76% | 535 | 1.65% | 38 | 0.12% | -418 | -1.29% | 32,463 |
Marathon | 25,836 | 52.56% | 22,186 | 45.14% | 1,121 | 2.28% | 9 | 0.02% | 3,650 | 7.43% | 49,152 |
Marinette | 8,408 | 49.35% | 8,455 | 49.63% | 166 | 0.97% | 8 | 0.05% | -47 | -0.28% | 17,037 |
Marquette | 2,879 | 47.13% | 3,095 | 50.67% | 123 | 2.01% | 11 | 0.18% | -216 | -3.54% | 6,108 |
Menominee | 886 | 82.57% | 180 | 16.78% | 7 | 0.65% | 0 | 0.00% | 706 | 65.80% | 1,073 |
Milwaukee | 199,536 | 61.57% | 118,949 | 36.70% | 5,019 | 1.55% | 564 | 0.17% | 80,587 | 24.87% | 324,068 |
Monroe | 6,556 | 48.76% | 6,517 | 48.47% | 323 | 2.40% | 50 | 0.37% | 39 | 0.29% | 13,446 |
Oconto | 6,639 | 46.17% | 7,497 | 52.14% | 238 | 1.66% | 4 | 0.03% | -858 | -5.97% | 14,378 |
Oneida | 8,372 | 51.67% | 7,425 | 45.82% | 389 | 2.40% | 17 | 0.10% | 947 | 5.84% | 16,203 |
Outagamie | 34,901 | 50.05% | 33,511 | 48.05% | 1,284 | 1.84% | 41 | 0.06% | 1,390 | 1.99% | 69,737 |
Ozaukee | 15,229 | 36.90% | 25,460 | 61.69% | 542 | 1.31% | 43 | 0.10% | -10,231 | -24.79% | 41,274 |
Pepin | 1,627 | 55.70% | 1,256 | 43.00% | 38 | 1.30% | 0 | 0.00% | 371 | 12.70% | 2,921 |
Pierce | 7,829 | 55.30% | 6,034 | 42.62% | 284 | 2.01% | 10 | 0.07% | 1,795 | 12.68% | 14,157 |
Polk | 8,128 | 52.34% | 7,103 | 45.74% | 291 | 1.87% | 7 | 0.05% | 1,025 | 6.60% | 15,529 |
Portage | 17,754 | 61.55% | 10,206 | 35.38% | 858 | 2.97% | 27 | 0.09% | 7,548 | 26.17% | 28,845 |
Price | 3,581 | 55.85% | 2,737 | 42.69% | 91 | 1.42% | 3 | 0.05% | 844 | 13.16% | 6,412 |
Racine | 34,968 | 49.00% | 35,286 | 49.44% | 1,055 | 1.48% | 59 | 0.08% | -318 | -0.45% | 71,368 |
Richland | 3,489 | 54.41% | 2,814 | 43.88% | 100 | 1.56% | 10 | 0.16% | 675 | 10.53% | 6,413 |
Rock | 33,774 | 61.26% | 20,156 | 36.56% | 1,115 | 2.02% | 84 | 0.15% | 13,618 | 24.70% | 55,129 |
Rusk | 2,968 | 51.68% | 2,622 | 45.66% | 144 | 2.51% | 9 | 0.16% | 346 | 6.02% | 5,743 |
Sauk | 12,232 | 55.76% | 9,148 | 41.70% | 517 | 2.36% | 41 | 0.19% | 3,084 | 14.06% | 21,938 |
Sawyer | 3,218 | 51.22% | 2,965 | 47.19% | 100 | 1.59% | 0 | 0.00% | 253 | 4.03% | 6,283 |
Shawano | 7,236 | 46.16% | 8,227 | 52.48% | 208 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.04% | -991 | -6.32% | 15,677 |
Sheboygan | 21,388 | 45.13% | 25,257 | 53.29% | 714 | 1.51% | 38 | 0.08% | -3,869 | -8.16% | 47,397 |
St. Croix | 13,392 | 49.79% | 13,117 | 48.77% | 378 | 1.41% | 9 | 0.03% | 275 | 1.02% | 26,896 |
Taylor | 3,506 | 48.31% | 3,551 | 48.93% | 199 | 2.74% | 2 | 0.03% | -45 | -0.62% | 7,258 |
Trempealeau | 5,557 | 58.57% | 3,725 | 39.26% | 198 | 2.09% | 8 | 0.08% | 1,832 | 19.31% | 9,488 |
Vernon | 6,034 | 57.34% | 4,240 | 40.29% | 234 | 2.22% | 15 | 0.14% | 1,794 | 17.05% | 10,523 |
Vilas | 4,799 | 45.15% | 5,623 | 52.90% | 202 | 1.90% | 6 | 0.06% | -824 | -7.75% | 10,630 |
Walworth | 14,154 | 41.98% | 18,781 | 55.71% | 729 | 2.16% | 50 | 0.15% | -4,627 | -13.72% | 33,714 |
Washburn | 3,323 | 50.73% | 3,135 | 47.86% | 87 | 1.33% | 6 | 0.09% | 188 | 2.87% | 6,551 |
Washington | 17,219 | 32.29% | 35,262 | 66.13% | 803 | 1.51% | 41 | 0.08% | -18,043 | -33.84% | 53,325 |
Waukesha | 61,402 | 34.86% | 112,243 | 63.73% | 2,320 | 1.32% | 149 | 0.08% | -50,841 | -28.87% | 176,114 |
Waupaca | 8,767 | 45.24% | 10,296 | 53.13% | 307 | 1.58% | 10 | 0.05% | -1,529 | -7.89% | 19,380 |
Waushara | 4,155 | 46.55% | 4,590 | 51.42% | 170 | 1.90% | 11 | 0.12% | -435 | -4.87% | 8,926 |
Winnebago | 32,765 | 50.49% | 30,629 | 47.20% | 1,413 | 2.18% | 85 | 0.13% | 2,136 | 3.29% | 64,892 |
Wood | 16,043 | 54.27% | 12,711 | 43.00% | 779 | 2.64% | 26 | 0.09% | 3,332 | 11.27% | 29,559 |
Total | 1,139,115 | 52.70% | 979,427 | 45.31% | 40,709 | 1.88% | 2,449 | 0.11% | 159,688 | 7.39% | 2,161,700 |