2006 Alabama gubernatorial election


2006 Alabama gubernatorial election


The 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.

Riley was the first Republican to carry the counties Bibb, Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, and Lauderdale since Reconstruction. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Alabama.

Primary elections

Republican Party

  • Bob Riley, incumbent Governor of Alabama
  • Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court

Polling

Results

Democratic Party

  • Lucy Baxley, Lieutenant Governor
  • Don Siegelman, former Governor
  • Joe Copeland, teacher
  • Nathan Mathis, former State Representative
  • Katherine Mack, minister
  • James Potts, financial advisor
  • Harry Lyon, perennial candidate

Polling

Results

General election

Candidates

  • Bob Riley (Republican), incumbent Governor of Alabama
  • Lucy Baxley (Democratic), Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, former Alabama State Treasurer
  • Loretta Nall (Libertarian; write-in), founder of the United States Marijuana Party
  • Nathan Mathis (write-in), former State Representative
  • Michael A. Polemeni (write-in), Huntsville/Madison County Chapter President of Alabama Family Rights Association

Predictions

Polling

Endorsements

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Cherokee (Largest city: Centre)
  • Etowah (Largest city: Gadsden)
  • Pickens (Largest city: Aliceville)
  • Washington (Largest city: Chatom)
  • Tuscaloosa (largest city: Tuscaloosa)
  • Jackson (Largest city: Scottsboro)
  • Jefferson (largest city: Birmingham)
  • Montgomery (Largest city: Montgomery)
  • Calhoun (largest city: Oxford)
  • Lauderdale (Largest city: Florence)
  • Bibb (largest city: Brent)
  • Fayette (Largest city: Fayette)

See also

  • 2006 United States gubernatorial elections
  • State of Alabama
  • Governors of Alabama

References

External links

  • Alabama Secretary of State 2006 Election Information
Official campaign websites (archived)
  • Bob Riley for Governor
  • Loretta Nall for Governor
  • Don Siegelman for Governor
  • Roy Moore for Governor
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See also


Text submitted to CC-BY-SA license. Source: 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election by Wikipedia (Historical)



 


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