Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006

Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006

2002 ← November 7, 2006 → 2010

Nominee Mike Beebe Asa Hutchinson Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 422,198 312,644 Percentage 55.3% 41.0%

County Results

Governor before election Mike Huckabee Republican Elected Governor Mike Beebe Democratic

Mike Beebe is inaugurated as governor of Arkansas.

The 2006 Arkansas gubernatorial election was won by Mike Beebe of the Democratic Party. The election occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Governor Mike Huckabee (R), was term limited and thus ineligible for re-election.

This was also the first time since 1978 (when Bill Clinton was elected to his first term) that no Arkansas incumbent governor was running for re-election^{[citation needed]}.

Candidates

Democratic Party

• Mike Beebe - Arkansas Attorney General, former Arkansas State Senator.

Republican Party

• Asa Hutchinson - Former Arkansas State Republican Party Chairman, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from Arkansas, DEA Administrator and Homeland Security Undersecretary.

Green Party

• Jim Lendall - Former Arkansas State legislator for eight years as both an Independent and Democrat, Nurse [1]

Independents

• Rod Bryan (Independent) - Bass player for the band Ho-Hum and former owner of "Anthropop" an independent record store.

General election

Polling

[2]Oct 26, 2006 51%38% -

Source	Date	Beebe (D)	Hutchinson (R)
Zogby/WSJ	Oct 31, 2006	45%	48%
Rasmussen	Oct 30, 2006	49%	41%
Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media	Oct 28, 2006	56%	38%
Survey USA	Oct 25, 2006	58%	38%
Rasmussen	Sept 12, 2006	49%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	Sept 11, 2006	47.6%	44.3%
Survey USA	August 30, 2006	55%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006	49.8%	41.0%
Opinion Research Associates	August 22, 2006	52%	31%
Rasmussen	August 21, 2006	45%	41%
Rasmussen	July 26, 2006	47%	40%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	48.1%	44.1%
Survey USA	July 17, 2006	48%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	49.8%	43.5%
Rasmussen	May 12, 2006	49%	38%
Rasmussen	April 15, 2006	47%	36%
Rasmussen	Feb 13, 2006	48%	38%
Angus Reid	Feb 4, 2006	46%	45%
Survey USA	Jan 24, 2006	46%	45%
Rasmussen	Jan 18, 2006	46%	40%
Survey USA	Dec 6, 2005	49%	44%

Results

2006 gubernatorial election, Arkansas
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mike Beebe	422,198	55.3	+8.3
	Republican	Asa Hutchinson	312,644	41.0	-12.0
	Independent	Rod Bryan	15,589	2.0	n/a
	Green	Jim Lendall	12,593	1.7	n/a
		Write-ins	360	0.1	0
Majority			109,554	14.3
Turnout			763,384
	Democratic gain from Republican		Swing

See also

U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006

External links

• Mike Beebe for Governor