2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  
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Nominee Jim Doyle Mark Green
Party Democratic Republican
Running mate Barbara Lawton Jean Hundertmark
Popular vote1,139,115979,427
Percentage52.70%45.31%

2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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Doyle:      30–40%     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Green:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tie:      40–50%     50%     No data

Governor before election

Jim Doyle
Democratic

Elected Governor

Jim Doyle
Democratic

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.

Contents

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

Results

Democratic gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Jim Doyle (incumbent) 318,523 99.30%
Democratic Scattering2,2590.70%
Total votes320,782 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Results

Democratic lieutenant gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Barbara Lawton (incumbent) 287,616 99.71%
Democratic Scattering8340.29%
Total votes288,450 100.00%

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

Withdrew

Results

Republican gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mark Green 233,216 99.66%
Republican Scattering8040.34%
Total votes234,020 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

Results

Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jean Hundertmark 119,283 56.02%
Republican Nick Voegeli93,39143.86%
Republican Scattering2430.11%
Total votes212,917 100.00%

Green primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Nelson Eisman

Results

Green Party gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Nelson Eisman 1,707 98.33%
Green Scattering291.67%
Total votes1,736 100.00%

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Leon Todd

Results

Green lieutenant gubernatorial primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Leon Todd 1,676 99.23%
Green Scattering130.77%
Total votes1,689 100.00%

General election

Predictions

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

Polling

SourceDateJim
Doyle (D)
Mark
Green (R)
WISC-TV [8] November 2, 200650%44%
Strategic Vision [9] October 31, 200647%45%
Zogby/WSJ [10] October 31, 200646.7%47.2%
Badger Poll [11] October 30, 200650%36%
Rasmussen [12] October 29, 200648%44%
Wisconsin Public Radio [13] October 18, 200651%38%
Strategic Vision [14] October 11, 200646%43%
Rasmussen [15] September 25, 200647%44%
Strategic Vision [16] September 20, 200646%42%
Zogby/WSJSeptember 11, 200649.4%45.7%
Zogby/WSJAugust 28, 200649.7%43.1%
Rasmussen [17] August 20, 200649%41%
Strategic Vision [18] August 18, 200645%44%
Research 2000 [19] August 17, 200648%38%
Zogby/WSJJuly 24, 200649.2%44.7%
Rasmussen [20] July 20, 200647%41%
Strategic Vision [21] July 20, 200643%42%
University of Wisconsin [22] July 2, 200649%36%
WPRI [23] June 23, 200649%37%
Zogby/WSJJune 21, 200646.9%45.1%
Strategic Vision [24] June 8, 200645%46%
Strategic Vision [25] May 3, 200645%43%
Rasmussen [26] April 28, 200647%43%
Strategic Vision [27] April 13, 200643%43%
WPR/St. Norbert College Survey [28] March 29 – April 7, 200643%35%
Rasmussen [29] March 29, 200645%40%
Strategic Vision [30] March 8, 200644%44%
Rasmussen [31] February 7, 200648%41%
Strategic Vision [32] February 1, 200644%43%
Strategic Vision [33] December 22, 200545%43%
Rasmussen [34] December 12, 200545%39%
Strategic Vision [35] November 16, 200547%44%
Strategic Vision [36] October 21, 200547%43%

Debates

2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election debates
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Jim Doyle Mark Green
1Sep. 15, 2006We The People/WisconsinFrederica Freyberg
Mike Jacobs
C-SPAN PP
2Oct. 6, 2006Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
WMVS-TV
C-SPAN PP
3Oct. 20, 2006We The People/Wisconsin
WISC-TV
C-SPAN PP

Results

2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Jim Doyle (incumbent) 1,139,115 52.70% +7.60%
Republican Mark Green 979,42745.31%+3.92%
Green Nelson Eisman40,7091.88%−0.60%
Scattering2,4490.11%
Majority 159,6887.39%
Total votes2,161,700 100.00%
Democratic hold Swing +3.68%

Results by county

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
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %# %
Adams 4,41655.91%3,32442.08%1501.90%90.11%1,09213.82%7,899
Ashland 4,11865.80%1,90230.39%2323.71%60.10%2,21635.41%6,258
Barron 8,13649.81%7,92048.49%2711.66%60.04%2161.32%16,333
Bayfield 4,65364.15%2,46834.03%1291.78%30.04%2,18530.13%7,253
Brown 45,04648.11%46,98950.18%1,5171.62%830.09%-1,943-2.08%93,635
Buffalo 3,07857.40%2,19640.95%831.55%50.09%88216.45%5,362
Burnett 3,22552.15%2,90046.90%590.95%00.00%3255.26%6,184
Calumet 9,05946.74%9,99551.57%3201.65%80.04%-936-4.83%19,382
Chippewa 11,46752.56%9,83945.10%5022.30%100.05%1,6287.46%21,818
Clark 5,75851.23%5,15245.84%3262.90%40.04%6065.39%11,240
Columbia 11,66252.62%9,93644.83%5212.35%450.20%1,7267.79%22,164
Crawford 3,75159.25%2,43938.52%1282.02%130.21%1,31220.72%6,331
Dane 149,66169.95%58,30227.25%5,6452.64%3320.16%91,35942.70%213,940
Dodge 13,13742.31%17,30255.72%5811.87%290.09%-4,165-13.41%31,049
Door 7,59252.75%6,47945.01%3192.22%30.02%1,1137.73%14,393
Douglas 10,67065.52%5,23332.14%3762.31%50.03%5,43733.39%16,284
Dunn 8,07055.24%6,20842.50%3182.18%120.08%1,86212.75%14,608
Eau Claire 22,24057.16%15,73340.43%8892.28%490.13%6,50716.72%38,911
Florence 86544.07%1,07954.97%190.97%00.00%-214-10.90%1,963
Fond du Lac 16,07342.05%21,51556.28%6151.61%230.06%-5,442-14.24%38,226
Forest 1,85351.27%1,71247.37%481.33%10.03%1413.90%3,614
Grant 9,24254.52%7,42743.81%2831.67%00.00%1,81510.71%16,952
Green 7,76958.67%5,14938.89%3042.30%190.14%2,62019.79%13,241
Green Lake 3,12239.09%4,71459.03%1441.80%60.08%-1,592-19.93%7,986
Iowa 5,63062.23%3,26736.11%1451.60%50.06%2,36326.12%9,047
Iron 1,56056.07%1,18942.74%301.08%30.11%37113.34%2,782
Jackson 3,85855.61%2,93142.25%1462.10%30.04%92713.36%6,938
Jefferson 14,24746.01%16,03851.79%6402.07%400.13%-1,791-5.78%30,965
Juneau 3,96947.88%4,10149.48%1812.18%380.46%-132-1.59%8,289
Kenosha 28,33855.49%21,73742.56%9381.84%580.11%6,60112.93%51,071
Kewaunee 4,35448.14%4,47949.52%2112.33%10.01%-125-1.38%9,045
La Crosse 24,66357.34%17,23540.07%1,0022.33%1100.26%7,42817.27%43,010
Lafayette 3,34457.20%2,40541.14%911.56%60.10%93916.06%5,846
Langlade 4,18448.70%4,27649.77%1261.47%50.06%-92-1.07%8,591
Lincoln 6,01954.31%4,71342.52%3393.06%120.11%1,30611.78%11,083
Manitowoc 15,73648.47%16,15449.76%5351.65%380.12%-418-1.29%32,463
Marathon 25,83652.56%22,18645.14%1,1212.28%90.02%3,6507.43%49,152
Marinette 8,40849.35%8,45549.63%1660.97%80.05%-47-0.28%17,037
Marquette 2,87947.13%3,09550.67%1232.01%110.18%-216-3.54%6,108
Menominee 88682.57%18016.78%70.65%00.00%70665.80%1,073
Milwaukee 199,53661.57%118,94936.70%5,0191.55%5640.17%80,58724.87%324,068
Monroe 6,55648.76%6,51748.47%3232.40%500.37%390.29%13,446
Oconto 6,63946.17%7,49752.14%2381.66%40.03%-858-5.97%14,378
Oneida 8,37251.67%7,42545.82%3892.40%170.10%9475.84%16,203
Outagamie 34,90150.05%33,51148.05%1,2841.84%410.06%1,3901.99%69,737
Ozaukee 15,22936.90%25,46061.69%5421.31%430.10%-10,231-24.79%41,274
Pepin 1,62755.70%1,25643.00%381.30%00.00%37112.70%2,921
Pierce 7,82955.30%6,03442.62%2842.01%100.07%1,79512.68%14,157
Polk 8,12852.34%7,10345.74%2911.87%70.05%1,0256.60%15,529
Portage 17,75461.55%10,20635.38%8582.97%270.09%7,54826.17%28,845
Price 3,58155.85%2,73742.69%911.42%30.05%84413.16%6,412
Racine 34,96849.00%35,28649.44%1,0551.48%590.08%-318-0.45%71,368
Richland 3,48954.41%2,81443.88%1001.56%100.16%67510.53%6,413
Rock 33,77461.26%20,15636.56%1,1152.02%840.15%13,61824.70%55,129
Rusk 2,96851.68%2,62245.66%1442.51%90.16%3466.02%5,743
Sauk 12,23255.76%9,14841.70%5172.36%410.19%3,08414.06%21,938
Sawyer 3,21851.22%2,96547.19%1001.59%00.00%2534.03%6,283
Shawano 7,23646.16%8,22752.48%2081.33%60.04%-991-6.32%15,677
Sheboygan 21,38845.13%25,25753.29%7141.51%380.08%-3,869-8.16%47,397
St. Croix 13,39249.79%13,11748.77%3781.41%90.03%2751.02%26,896
Taylor 3,50648.31%3,55148.93%1992.74%20.03%-45-0.62%7,258
Trempealeau 5,55758.57%3,72539.26%1982.09%80.08%1,83219.31%9,488
Vernon 6,03457.34%4,24040.29%2342.22%150.14%1,79417.05%10,523
Vilas 4,79945.15%5,62352.90%2021.90%60.06%-824-7.75%10,630
Walworth 14,15441.98%18,78155.71%7292.16%500.15%-4,627-13.72%33,714
Washburn 3,32350.73%3,13547.86%871.33%60.09%1882.87%6,551
Washington 17,21932.29%35,26266.13%8031.51%410.08%-18,043-33.84%53,325
Waukesha 61,40234.86%112,24363.73%2,3201.32%1490.08%-50,841-28.87%176,114
Waupaca 8,76745.24%10,29653.13%3071.58%100.05%-1,529-7.89%19,380
Waushara 4,15546.55%4,59051.42%1701.90%110.12%-435-4.87%8,926
Winnebago 32,76550.49%30,62947.20%1,4132.18%850.13%2,1363.29%64,892
Wood 16,04354.27%12,71143.00%7792.64%260.09%3,33211.27%29,559
Total1,139,11552.70%979,42745.31%40,7091.88%2,4490.11%159,6887.39%2,161,700

Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Libertarian to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Libertarian to Republican

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

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