2006 Arizona gubernatorial election

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2006 Arizona gubernatorial election
Flag of Arizona.svg
  2002 November 7, 2006 2010  
Turnout60.47% Increase2.svg 4.14pp [1]
  Portrait Napolitano hires crop.JPG Len Munsil.jpg
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. to elect Next governor of Arizona 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] 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.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Janet Napolitano (incumbent) 230,881 100.0
Total votes230,881 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Primary results by county:
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Munsil
61-70%
51-60%
41-50%
Goldwater
51-60%
41-50% 2006 Arizona Republican Gubernatorial primary county map.svg
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 50.6
Republican Don Goldwater122,28339.7
Republican Mike Harris18,7346.1
Republican Gary Tupper11,2503.7
Republican Write-ins490.0
Total votes308,094 100.0

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

Libertarian primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian Barry Hess 3,063 100.0
Total votes3,063 100.0

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 November 3, 200657%38%
Rasmussen October 19, 200658%37%
Survey USA October 17, 200656%37%
Rasmussen September 26, 200656%38%
Survey USA September 19, 200656%40%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 200651.3%41.1%
Rasmussen August 31, 200652%33%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 200651.7%38.0%
Rasmussen Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine August 2, 200653%35%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 200649.6%38.7%
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 200648.7%32.8%
Rasmussen June 12, 200658%29%
Rasmussen April 30, 200655%28%

Results

2006 Arizona gubernatorial election [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Janet Napolitano (incumbent) 959,830 62.6% +16.4%
Republican Len Munsil 543,52835.4%-9.8%
Libertarian Barry Hess 30,2682.0%+0.3%
Write-in 190.0%
Majority416,30227.1%+26.2%
Turnout 1,533,645
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

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  2. "SurveyUSA | America's Neighborhood Pollster".
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