Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006
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The 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election was won by Mike Beebe of the Democratic Party. The election occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Mike Huckabee (R), one of Arkansas's longest serving Governors, was term limited and thus ineligible for re-election.
This was also the first time since 1978 (when Bill Clinton was elected to his first term) that no Arkansas incumbent governor was running for re-election.
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[edit] Candidates
[edit] Democratic Party
- Mike Beebe - Arkansas Attorney General, former Arkansas State Senator.
[edit] Republican Party
- Asa Hutchinson - Former Arkansas State Republican Party Chairman, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from Arkansas, DEA Administrator and Homeland Security Undersecretary.
[edit] Green Party
- Jim Lendall - Former Arkansas State legislator for eight years as both an Independent and Democrat, Nurse [1]
[edit] Independents
- Rod Bryan (Independent) - Bass player for the band Ho-Hum and former owner of "Anthropop" an independent record store.
[edit] Election results
| 2006 gubernatorial election, Arkansas | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Mike Beebe | 422,198 | 55.3 | +8.3 | |
| Republican | Asa Hutchinson | 312,644 | 41.0 | -12.0 | |
| Independent | Rod Bryan | 15,589 | 2.0 | n/a | |
| Green | Jim Lendall | 12,593 | 1.7 | n/a | |
| Write-ins | 360 | 0.1 | 0 | ||
| Majority | 109,554 | 14.3 | |||
| Turnout | 763,384 | ||||
| Democratic gain from Republican | Swing | ||||
[edit] Polling
| Source | Date | Beebe (D) | Hutchinson (R) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zogby/WSJ | Oct 31, 2006 | 45% | 48% |
| Rasmussen | Oct 30, 2006 | 49% | 41% |
| Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media | Oct 28, 2006 | 56% | 38% |
| Survey USA | Oct 25, 2006 | 58% | 38% |
| Rasmussen | Sept 12, 2006 | 49% | 38% |
| Zogby/WSJ | Sept 11, 2006 | 47.6% | 44.3% |
| Survey USA | August 30, 2006 | 55% | 38% |
| Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | 49.8% | 41.0% |
| Opinion Research Associates | August 22, 2006 | 52% | 31% |
| Rasmussen | August 21, 2006 | 45% | 41% |
| Rasmussen | July 26, 2006 | 47% | 40% |
| Zogby/WSJ | July 24, 2006 | 48.1% | 44.1% |
| Survey USA | July 17, 2006 | 48% | 38% |
| Zogby/WSJ | June 21, 2006 | 49.8% | 43.5% |
| Rasmussen | May 12, 2006 | 49% | 38% |
| Rasmussen | April 15, 2006 | 47% | 36% |
| Rasmussen | Feb 13, 2006 | 48% | 38% |
| Angus Reid | Feb 4, 2006 | 46% | 45% |
| Survey USA | Jan 24, 2006 | 46% | 45% |
| Rasmussen | Jan 18, 2006 | 46% | 40% |
| Survey USA | Dec 6, 2005 | 49% | 44% |
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006
