Iowa gubernatorial election, 2006

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The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2006 took place November 7, 2006. The incumbent governor, Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, had served two terms and decided not to seek a third term.

A primary election was held on June 6, 2006, to determine who would represent the Democratic and Republican parties in the November 7 general election. Secretary of State Chet Culver (D) and United States Representative Jim Nussle (R) received their party's respective nominations.

In the election, Culver defeated Nussle to win the governorship, by a margin of 54.4 percent to 44.1 percent [1]. Culver's upcoming four-year term marks the third consecutive term that Democrats have controlled the office.

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[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

[edit] Defeated in Primary

  • Mike Blouin - former director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development and former Congressman, state senator, and state representative
    • Blouin's running mate was physician and insurance executive Dr. Andrea McGuire.
  • Ed Fallon - seven-term state representative from Des Moines, former director of 1000 Friends of Iowa, and a progressive activist
  • Sal Mohamed - chemical engineer from Sioux City & 2004 Congressional candidate

[edit] Others

  • Gregg Connell - mayor of Shenandoah; had also announced his candidacy, but he suspended his campaign on November 9, 2005, after he was involved in a road traffic accident that killed another driver [1]. On November 18, 2005, he announced that he would drop out of the race [2].
  • Patty Judge - State agriculture secretary; withdrew from the race on February 15, 2006, instead choosing to be Culver's running mate
  • Vernon Weems - Waterloo area lawyer; failed to file for primary by March 17 deadline
  • Mark Yackle - mayor; failed to file for the primary by March 17 deadline.

[edit] Republican Party

[edit] Others

[edit] Green Party

  • Wendy Barth - Peace Activist and Software Engineer from Cedar Rapids

[edit] Libertarian Party

  • Kevin Litten - Pharmacist from Cedar Rapids

[edit] Election results

2006 gubernatorial election, Iowa
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chet Culver 565,657 54.0 +1.7
Republican Jim Nussle 466,757 44.6 +0.1
Green Wendy Barth 7,722 0.7 -0.7
Libertarian Kevin Litten 5,621 0.5 -0.8
Socialist Workers Mary Martin 1,957 0.2 n/a
Majority 98,900 9.4
Turnout 1,047,714
Democratic hold Swing

[edit] Opinion Polling

Source Date Culver (D) Nussle (R)
Des Moines Register November 3, 2006 52% 43%
Rasmussen October 27, 2006 49% 45%
Research 2000 October 17, 2006 49% 44%
Des Moines Register October 14, 2006 46% 39%
Rasmussen October 5, 2006 42% 42%
Des Moines Register September 17, 2006 44% 44%
Research 2000 September 14, 2006 48% 43%
Zogby/WSJ September 11, 2006 43.2% 45.6%
Rasmussen September 1, 2006 42% 40%
Zogby/WSJ August 28, 2006 47.7% 44.8%
Rasmussen August 3, 2006 41% 38%
Zogby/WSJ July 24, 2006 44.8% 47.1%
Zogby/WSJ June 21, 2006 45.7% 47.0%
Research 2000 May 22-24, 2006 49% 41%
Rasmussen May 2, 2006 46% 40%
Rasmussen April 5, 2006 40% 38%
Rasmussen February 15, 2006 41% 40%
Rasmussen January 12, 2006 40% 40%
Rasmussen November 28, 2005 41% 38%

[edit] Internal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Beaumont, Thomas. "Culver sails into victory", Des Moines Register, November 8, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-11-09.

[edit] External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Former Candidates

[edit] Iowa Secretary of State

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