IOWA GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION, 2006

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.
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.
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.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic Party

Defeated in Primary

Others

Republican Party

Others

Green Party

Libertarian Party

Election results

Opinion Polling

Internal

References

External links

Candidates

Former Candidates

Iowa Secretary of State

Candidates

Democratic Party

★ Chet Culver - Secretary of State, former teacher & son of former United States Senator John Culver

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★ Culver's running mate was Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Patty Judge.

Defeated in Primary

★ Mike Blouin - former director of the Iowa Department of Economic Development and former Congressman, state senator, and state representative

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★ Blouin's 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

Others

★ 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

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★ Nussle's running mate was businessman Bob Vander Plaats.

Others

★ 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

Election results

Opinion Polling

Source	Date	Culver (D)	Nussle (R)
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%

Internal

★ U.S. gubernatorial elections, 2006

★ State of Iowa

★ Governors of Iowa

References

1. Culver sails into victory Thomas Beaumont

External links

Candidates

★ Culver's Campaign Website

★ Nussle's Campaign Website (Inactive)

★ Barth's Campaign Website

★ Litten's Campaign Website

Former Candidates

★ Blouin for Governor

★ Fallon's Campaign Website

★ Mohamed's Campaign Website

★ Plaats' Campaign Website

Iowa Secretary of State

★ Summary Election Results