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2006 governor election results

Results of all 36 governor races in 2006 (seats won: Democratic 20, Republican 16); 6 changed party. Winners, margins and every candidate.

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  • Republican 16
Alabama: Bob Riley REP +15.9Alaska: Sarah Palin REP +7.4Arizona: Janet Napolitano DEM +27.1Arkansas: Mike Beebe DEM +14.8 gainCalifornia: Arnold Schwarzenegger REP +17.0Colorado: Bill Ritter Jr. DEM +16.8 gainConnecticut: M. Jodi Rell REP +27.8DelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFlorida: Charlie Crist REP +7.1Georgia: Sonny Perdue REP +19.7Hawaii: Linda Lingle REP +26.8Idaho: C.L. 'Butch' Otter REP +8.6Illinois: Rod Blagojevich DEM +10.5IndianaIowa: Chet Culver DEM +9.6Kansas: Kathleen Sebelius DEM +17.5KentuckyLouisianaMaine: John Baldacci DEM +7.9Maryland: Martin O'Malley DEM +6.5 gainMassachusetts: Deval Patrick DEM +20.1 gainMichigan: Jennifer Granholm DEM +14.1Minnesota: Tim Pawlenty REP +1.0MississippiMissouriMontanaNebraska: Dave Heineman REP +48.9Nevada: Jim Gibbons REP +4.0New Hampshire: John Lynch DEM +48.2New JerseyNew Mexico: Bill Richardson DEM +37.6New York: Eliot Spitzer DEM +34.8 gainNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhio: Ted Strickland DEM +23.9 gainOklahoma: Brad Henry DEM +33.0Oregon: Ted Kulongoski DEM +8.0Pennsylvania: Ed Rendell DEM +20.7Rhode Island: Donald Carcieri REP +2.0South Carolina: Mark Sanford REP +10.3South Dakota: M. Michael Rounds REP +25.6Tennessee: Phil Bredesen DEM +38.9Texas: Rick Perry REP +9.2UtahVermont: Jim Douglas REP +15.2VirginiaWashingtonWest VirginiaWisconsin: Jim Doyle DEM +7.4Wyoming: Dave Freudenthal DEM +40.0Vermont: Jim Douglas REP +15.2New Hampshire: John Lynch DEM +48.2Massachusetts: Deval Patrick DEM +20.1 gainRhode Island: Donald Carcieri REP +2.0Connecticut: M. Jodi Rell REP +27.8New JerseyDelawareMaryland: Martin O'Malley DEM +6.5 gainDistrict of Columbia
States with a race in 2006, coloured by the winning party and shaded by margin. Grey: no race.

Seats that changed party

All races

StateWinnerPartyMarginBefore
Alabama Bob Riley Republican 15.9 Republican
Alaska Sarah Palin Republican 7.4 Republican
Arizona Janet Napolitano Democratic 27.1 Democratic
Arkansas Mike Beebe Democratic 14.8 Republican flip
California Arnold Schwarzenegger Republican 17.0 Republican
Colorado Bill Ritter Jr. Democratic 16.8 Republican flip
Connecticut M. Jodi Rell Republican 27.8 Republican
Florida Charlie Crist Republican 7.1 Republican
Georgia Sonny Perdue Republican 19.7 Republican
Hawaii Linda Lingle Republican 26.8 Republican
Idaho C.L. 'Butch' Otter Republican 8.6 Republican
Illinois Rod Blagojevich Democratic 10.5 Democratic
Iowa Chet Culver Democratic 9.6 Democratic
Kansas Kathleen Sebelius Democratic 17.5 Democratic
Maine John Baldacci Democratic 7.9 Democratic
Maryland Martin O'Malley Democratic 6.5 Republican flip
Massachusetts Deval Patrick Democratic 20.1 Republican flip
Michigan Jennifer Granholm Democratic 14.1 Democratic
Minnesota Tim Pawlenty Republican 1.0 Republican
Nebraska Dave Heineman Republican 48.9 Republican
Nevada Jim Gibbons Republican 4.0 Republican
New Hampshire John Lynch Democratic 48.2 Democratic
New Mexico Bill Richardson Democratic 37.6 Democratic
New York Eliot Spitzer Democratic 34.8 Republican flip
Ohio Ted Strickland Democratic 23.9 Republican flip
Oklahoma Brad Henry Democratic 33.0 Democratic
Oregon Ted Kulongoski Democratic 8.0 Democratic
Pennsylvania Ed Rendell Democratic 20.7 Democratic
Rhode Island Donald Carcieri Republican 2.0 Republican
South Carolina Mark Sanford Republican 10.3 Republican
South Dakota M. Michael Rounds Republican 25.6 Republican
Tennessee Phil Bredesen Democratic 38.9 Democratic
Texas Rick Perry Republican 9.2 Republican
Vermont Jim Douglas Republican 15.2 Republican
Wisconsin Jim Doyle Democratic 7.4 Democratic
Wyoming Dave Freudenthal Democratic 40.0 Democratic

Source: FiveThirtyEight election-results; each race page links the official source it was compiled from.