Arizona gubernatorial election, 2006

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The 2006 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Janet Napolitano (D) was re-elected. Her April 12, 2006 approval rating was 61%. [1] The deadline for signing petition signatures to appear on the September 12, 2006 primary ballot was June 14, 2006.

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic Party 1.2 Republican Party 1.2.1 Lost primary 1.3 Libertarian Party 1.4 Write-in candidates 2 Former candidates 2.1 Republicans 2.2 Other 3 Election results 4 Opinion polls 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

• Janet Napolitano - Incumbent Governor, former Arizona Attorney General & former United States Attorney for the district of Arizona

[edit] Republican Party

• Len Munsil - Former president of the Center for Arizona Policy (CAP)

[edit] Lost primary

• Don Goldwater - Republican Party activist & former board member of the Goldwater Institute, nephew of 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater
• Mike Harris - Businessman
• Gary Tupper - Contractor

[edit] Libertarian Party

• Barry Hess - Currency speculator

[edit] Write-in candidates

• Steve Moore - Republican from Mesa

[edit] Former candidates

[edit] Republicans

• Jan Smith Florez - former judge, former Santa Cruz County Attorney; withdrew May 15, 2006, citing insufficient fundraising
• John Greene - former President of the State Senate, withdrew March 13, 2006, citing a lack of support from his party

[edit] Other

• Charles Goodson (Southern/Confederate) - State Party Chair
• Jim Kress (Independent)

[edit] Election results

2006 gubernatorial election, Arizona
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Janet Napolitano (incumbent)	959,830	62.6	+16.4
	Republican	Len Munsil	543,528	35.4	-9.8
	Libertarian	Barry Hess	30,268	2.0	+0.3
		Write-ins	19	0.0	0
Majority			416,302	27.2
Turnout			1,533,645
	Democratic hold		Swing

[edit] Opinion polls

Source	Date Released	Napolitano (D)	Munsil (R)
Survey USA	November 3, 2006	57%	38%
Rasmussen	October 19, 2006	58%	37%
Survey USA	October 17, 2006	56%	37%
Rasmussen	September 26, 2006	56%	38%
Survey USA	September 19, 2006	56%	40%
Zogby/WSJ	September 11, 2006	51.3%	41.1%
Rasmussen	August 31, 2006	52%	33%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006	51.7%	38.0%
Rasmussen	August 2, 2006	53%	35%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	49.6%	38.7%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	48.7%	32.8%
Rasmussen	June 12, 2006	58%	29%
Rasmussen	April 30, 2006	55%	28%

[edit] See also

Arizona 2006 Elections
US Senate • US House • Governor • State Legislature • Other State

• U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006
• State of Arizona
• Governors of Arizona

[edit] External links

• Office of the Governor