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| Nominee | Chet Culver | Jim Nussle | ||
| Party | Democratic | Republican | ||
| Popular vote | 569,021 | 467,425 | ||
| Percentage | 54.02 | 44.38 | ||
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The Iowa gubernatorial election of 2006 took place November 7, 2006. The incumbent governor, Tom Vilsack, a Democrat, had served two terms and decided not to seek a third term. In the election, Culver defeated Nussle to win the governorship, by a margin of 54.4 percent to 44.1 percent [1]. Culver's upcoming four-year term marks the third consecutive term that Democrats have controlled the office.
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Candidates
(Nominee of Party in Bold)
Democratic Party
- Chet Culver - Secretary of State, former teacher & son of former United States Senator John Culver, his running mate was Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge.
- Mike Blouin - former director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development and former Congressman, state senator, and state representative, his running mate was physician and insurance executive Dr. Andrea McGuire.
- Ed Fallon - seven-term state representative from Des Moines, former director of 1000 Friends of Iowa, and a progressive activist
- Sal Mohamed - chemical engineer from Sioux City & 2004 Congressional candidate
- Gregg Connell - mayor of Shenandoah; also announced his candidacy, but he suspended his campaign on November 9, 2005, after he was involved in a road traffic accident that killed another driver [1]. On November 18, 2005, he announced that he would drop out of the race [2].
- Patty Judge - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture; withdrew from the race on February 15, 2006, instead choosing to be Culver's running mate
- Vernon Weems - Waterloo area lawyer; failed to file for primary by March 17 deadline
- Mark Yackle - mayor; failed to file for the primary by March 17 deadline.
Republican Party
- Jim Nussle - Congressman and former Delaware County attorney, his running mate was businessman Bob Vander Plaats.
- Bob Vander Plaats - Sioux City businessman and 2002 candidate for the nomination; announced on February 22, 2006, that he was withdrawing from the race to run as Nussle's lieutenant governor [3]
Green Party
- Wendy Barth - Peace Activist and Software Engineer from Cedar Rapids
Libertarian Party
- Kevin Litten - Pharmacist from Cedar Rapids
General Election
A primary election was held on June 6, 2006, to determine who would represent the Democratic and Republican parties in the November 7 general election. Secretary of State Chet Culver (D) and United States Representative Jim Nussle (R) received their party's respective nominations.
Opinion Polling
| Source | Date | Culver (D) | Nussle (R) |
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| Des Moines Register | November 3, 2006 | 52% | 43% |
| Rasmussen | October 27, 2006 | 49% | 45% |
| Research 2000 | October 17, 2006 | 49% | 44% |
| Des Moines Register | October 14, 2006 | 46% | 39% |
| Rasmussen | October 5, 2006 | 42% | 42% |
| Des Moines Register | September 17, 2006 | 44% | 44% |
| Research 2000 | September 14, 2006 | 48% | 43% |
| Zogby/WSJ | September 11, 2006 | 43.2% | 45.6% |
| Rasmussen | September 1, 2006 | 42% | 40% |
| Zogby/WSJ | August 28, 2006 | 47.7% | 44.8% |
| Rasmussen | August 3, 2006 | 41% | 38% |
| Zogby/WSJ | July 24, 2006 | 44.8% | 47.1% |
| Zogby/WSJ | June 21, 2006 | 45.7% | 47.0% |
| Research 2000 | May 22-24, 2006 | 49% | 41% |
| Rasmussen | May 2, 2006 | 46% | 40% |
| Rasmussen | April 5, 2006 | 40% | 38% |
| Rasmussen | February 15, 2006 | 41% | 40% |
| Rasmussen | January 12, 2006 | 40% | 40% |
| Rasmussen | November 28, 2005 | 41% | 38% |
Results
| 2006 gubernatorial election, Iowa | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Chet Culver | 565,657 | 54.0 | +1.7 | |
| Republican | Jim Nussle | 466,757 | 44.6 | +0.1 | |
| Green | Wendy Barth | 7,722 | 0.7 | -0.7 | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Litten | 5,621 | 0.5 | -0.8 | |
| Socialist Workers | Mary Martin | 1,957 | 0.2 | n/a | |
| Majority | 98,900 | 9.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,047,714 | ||||
| Democratic hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ Beaumont, Thomas (November 8, 2006). "Culver sails into victory". Des Moines Register. http://www.dmregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061108/NEWS09/311080011. Retrieved on 2006-11-09.
External Links
Candidates
- Culver's Campaign Website
- Nussle's Campaign Website (Inactive)
- Barth's Campaign Website
- Litten's Campaign Website
- Blouin for Governor
- Fallon's Campaign Website
- Mohamed's Campaign Website
- Plaats' Campaign Website
Iowa Secretary of State
See Also
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