Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006

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Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006
Hawaii
2002 ←
 November 7, 2006
 → 2010
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Nominee Linda Lingle Randy Iwase
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 215,313 121,717
Percentage 62.53 35.35

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Election results by county
Governor before election

Linda Lingle
Republican

 Elected Governor

Linda Lingle
Republican

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[citation needed] .

Contents

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Republican Party

  • Linda Lingle, incumbent governor
  • George L. Berish, fellow of the Society of Actuaries
  • Paul Manner, freelance news correspondent
  • George Peabody, editor of the Molokai Advertiser-News

[edit] Democratic Party

  • Randy Iwase - former state senator and former Honolulu city councilor
  • William Aila, Wai'anae harbormaster
  • Van Tanabe, former telecommunications executive

[edit] Green Party

  • James Brewer Jr. - full-time political-economic educator and advocate for Hawaii's employee families

[edit] Libertarian Party

[edit] Primaries

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Linda Lingle 31,275 97.42%
Republican George Peabody 322 1.00%
Republican George L. Berish 295 0.92%
Republican Paul Manner 211 0.66%
Totals 32,103 100%
Democratic primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Randy Iwase 119,058 66.43%
Democratic William J. Aila, Jr. 43,845 24.46%
Democratic Van K. Tanabe 16,317 9.10%
Totals 179,220 100%

[edit] General election

Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Linda Lingle 215,313 62.53% +10.98%
Democratic Randy Iwase 121,717 35.35% -11.66%
Green James Brewer, Jr. 5,435 1.58%
Libertarian Ozell Daniel 1,850 0.54% +0.18%
Majority 93,596 27.18% +22.64%
Turnout 344,315
Republican hold Swing

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2006/primary/pdf/histatewide.pdf
  2. ^ http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2006/primary/pdf/histatewide.pdf
  3. ^ http://hawaii.gov/elections/results/2006/general/files/histatewide.pdf

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