Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006

November 7, 2006



Nominee	Linda Lingle	Randy Iwase
Party	Republican	Democratic
Running mate	Duke Aiona	Malama Solomon
Popular vote	215,313	121,717
Percentage	62.53	35.35

Election results by county

Governor before election

Linda Lingle
Republican

Elected Governor

Linda Lingle
Republican

The Hawaii gubernatorial election of 2006 was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Linda Lingle was the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1962 . Although 2006 was a strong election year for Democrats, Linda Lingle won re-election by a land-slide owing to an economic rebound in the state that occurred during her tenure after tremulous decade for the state economy during the 90's and early 2000's.

Candidates

Republican Party

Linda Lingle, incumbent governor
George L. Berish, fellow of the Society of Actuaries
Paul Manner, freelance news correspondent
George G. Peabody, editor of the Molokai Advertiser-News

Democratic Party

Randy Iwase, former state senator and former Honolulu city councilor
William Aila, Wai'anae harbormaster
Van Tanabe, former telecommunications executive

Green Party

James Brewer Jr. - full-time political-economic educator and advocate for Hawaii's employee families

Libertarian Party

Ozell Daniel, comedian

Primaries

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Lingle	31,275	97.42
	Republican	George Peabody	322	1.00
	Republican	George L. Berish	295	0.92
	Republican	Paul Manner	211	0.66
Total votes			32,103	100

Democratic primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randy Iwase	119,058	66.43
	Democratic	William J. Aila, Jr.	43,845	24.46
	Democratic	Van K. Tanabe	16,317	9.10
Total votes			179,220	100

General election

Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Linda Lingle	215,313	62.53%	+10.98%
	Democratic	Randy Iwase	121,717	35.35%	-11.66%
	Green	James Brewer, Jr.	5,435	1.58%
	Libertarian	Ozell Daniel	1,850	0.54%	+0.18%
Majority			93,596	27.18%	+22.64%
Turnout			344,315
	Republican hold		Swing

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