2006 Governor Races

Total Seats Up This Cycle: 36

Post-election breakdown:

 
• Republican Seats: 22
  
• Democratic Seats: 28
  

  Incumbents are listed in bold.

States	Candidates	Background
Alabama	Bob Riley (R) Lucy Baxley (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Alaska	Sarah Palin (R) Tony Knowles (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Arizona	Janet Napolitano (D) Len Munsil (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Arkansas	Asa Hutchinson (R) Mike Beebe (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
California	Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) Phil Angelides (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Colorado	Bob Beauprez (R) Bill Ritter (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Connecticut	M. Jodi Rell (R) John DeStefano (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Florida	Charlie Crist (R) Jim Davis (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Georgia	Sonny Perdue (R) Mark Taylor (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Hawaii	Linda Lingle (R) Randy Iwase (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Idaho	Butch Otter (R) Jerry Brady (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Illinois	Rod Blagojevich (D) Judy Baar Topinka (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Iowa	Chet Culver (D) Jim Nussle (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Kansas	Kathleen Sebelius (D) Jim Barnett (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Maine	John Baldacci (D) Chandler Woodcock (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Maryland	Bob Ehrlich (R) Martin O'Malley (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Massachusetts	Kerry Healey (R) Deval Patrick (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Michigan	Jennifer Granholm (D) Dick DeVos (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Minnesota	Tim Pawlenty (R) Mike Hatch (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Nebraska	Dave Heineman (R) David Hahn (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Nevada	Jim Gibbons (R) Dina Titus (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New Hampshire	John Lynch (D) Jim Coburn (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New Mexico	Bill Richardson (D) John Dendahl (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
New York	John Faso (R) Eliot Spitzer (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Ohio	Ken Blackwell (R) Ted Strickland (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Oklahoma	Brad Henry (D) Ernest Istook (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Oregon	Ted Kulongoski (D) Ron Saxton (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Pennsylvania	Ed Rendell (D) Lynn Swann (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Rhode Island	Don Carcieri (R) Charlie Fogarty (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
South Carolina	Mark Sanford (R) Tommy Moore (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
South Dakota	Mike Rounds (R) Jack Billion (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Tennessee	Phil Bredesen (D) Jim Bryson (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Texas	Rick Perry (R) Chris Bell (D) Kinky Friedman (I) Carole Keeton Strayhorn (I)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Vermont	Jim Douglas (R) Scudder Parker (D)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Wisconsin	James Doyle (D) Mark Green (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile
Wyoming	Dave Freudenthal (D) Ray Hunkins (R)	Campaign Tip Sheet State Profile