The 2006 Arizona gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. to elect Next governor of Arizona incumbent Governor Janet Napolitano was reelected in a landslide. Napolitano's widespread popularity contributed to her easy reelection; her general approval rating in October 2006, one month before the election, was at 58%.[2] This was the last time until 2022 that a Democrat was elected Governor of Arizona. It is also the last time that a Democrat swept every county in the state in a statewide election.
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Turnout | 60.47% 4.14pp [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Napolitano: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Janet Napolitano (incumbent) | 230,881 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 230,881 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Len Munsil | 155,778 | 50.6 | |
Republican | Don Goldwater | 122,283 | 39.7 | |
Republican | Mike Harris | 18,734 | 6.1 | |
Republican | Gary Tupper | 11,250 | 3.7 | |
Republican | Write-ins | 49 | 0.0 | |
Total votes | 308,094 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Libertarian | Barry Hess | 3,063 | 100.0 | |
Total votes | 3,063 | 100.0 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report[4] | Solid D | November 6, 2006 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
Rothenberg Political Report[6] | Safe D | November 2, 2006 |
Real Clear Politics[7] | Safe D | November 6, 2006 |
Source | Date released | Janet Napolitano (D) |
Len Munsil (R) |
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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 Archived 2006-09-22 at the Wayback Machine | 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% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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-in | 19 | 0.0% | |||
Majority | 416,302 | 27.1% | +26.2% | ||
Turnout | 1,533,645 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
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