Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006

Infobox Election
election_name = Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006
country = Hawaii
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2002
previous_year = 2002
next_election = Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2010
next_year = 2010
election_date = November 7 2006


nominee1 = Linda Lingle
party1 = Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1 = 215,313
percentage1 = 62.53


nominee2 = Randy Iwase
party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2 = 121,717
percentage2 = 35.35
map_

map_size = 350px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Governor
before_election = Linda Lingle
after_election = Linda Lingle
before_party = Republican Party (United States)
after_party = Republican Party (United States)The Hawaii gubernatorial election of 2006 was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Linda Lingle is the first Republican elected governor of Hawaii since 1962, and in August 2006 she had an approval rating of 66% [http://www.surveyusa.com/50StateTracking.html] .

Candidates

Republican Party

* Linda Lingle - incumbent governor
** Lingle's running mate, incumbent lieutenant governor Duke Aiona

Lost Primary

* George L. Berish - fellow of the Society of Actuaries
* Paul Manner - freelance news correspondent
* George Peabody - editor, Molokai Advertiser-News

Democratic Party

* Randy Iwase - former state senator and former Honolulu city councilor
** Iwase's running mate, former state senator Malama Solomon

Lost Primary

* William Aila - Wai'anae harbormaster
* Van Tanabe - formerly in telecommunications

Green Party

* James Brewer Jr. - full-time political-economic educator and advocate for Hawaii's employee families
** Brewer's running mate, Renee Ing

Libertarian Party

* Ozell Daniel - comedian
** Daniel's running mate, Li Zhao

Election results

Election box begin | title=2006 gubernatorial election, HawaiiElection box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Linda Lingle (incumbent)
votes = 215,313
percentage = 62.5
change = +10.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Randy Iwase
votes = 121,717
percentage = 35.4
change = -11.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (United States)
candidate = James Brewer Jr.
votes = 5,435
percentage = 1.6
change = "n/a"Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Ozell Daniel
votes = 1,850
percentage = 0.5
change = +0.1Election box majority
votes = 93,596
percentage = 27.2
change = +22.6Election box turnout
votes = 344,315
percentage =
change =Election box hold with party link
winner = Republican Party (US)
swing =Source: [http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2006/pages/results/states/HI/G/00/index.html CNN.com Election 2006 Coverage]

Lingle won a majority of the votes in every county in the state.

External links

External

* [http://www.hawaii.gov/gov/ Office of the Governor]
* [http://www.hawaiidemocrats.org/ Hawaii Democrats]
* [http://www.gophawaii.com/ Hawaii Republicans]
* [http://www.greenhawaii.org/ Green Party of Hawaii]
* [http://www.libertarianpartyofhawaii.org/ Libertarian Party of Hawaii]

Internal

* U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006
* State of Hawaii
* Governors of Hawaii
* Democratic Party of Hawaii
* Hawaii Republican Party
* Green Party of Hawaii