2006 Hawaii gubernatorial election

2006 Hawaii gubernatorial election
	November 7, 2006
	County results; Lingle: 50–60% 60–70%
Governor before election; Linda Lingle; Republican	Elected Governor ; Linda Lingle; Republican

The 2006 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Linda Lingle was the first Republican to be elected governor of Hawaii since 1959. Although 2006 was a strong election year for Democrats, Lingle won re-election by a landslide owing to an economic rebound in the state that occurred during her tenure after a shaky decade for the state economy during the 1990s and early 2000s. As of 2025, this is the last time Republicans won a statewide election in Hawaii, as well as the only time in Hawaii history that a Republican governor was re-elected. Additionally, this alongside 1972 United States presidential election were the only two times Republicans won the state with more than 60% of the vote.

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Linda Lingle (incumbent)	31,275	97.42
	Republican	George Peabody	322	1.00
	Republican	George L. Berish	295	0.92
	Republican	Paul Manner	211	0.66
Total votes			32,103	100

Democratic primary

Candidate

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Randy Iwase	119,058	66.43
	Democratic	William J. Aila, Jr.	43,845	24.46
	Democratic	Van K. Tanabe	16,317	9.10
Total votes			179,220	100

Green Party

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

Libertarian Party

Ozell Daniel, comedian

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[2]	Solid R	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe R	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report^[4]	Safe R	November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[5]	Safe R	November 6, 2006

Results

Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Linda Lingle (incumbent)	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

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Kauai (largest community: Kapa'a)

References

^ ^a ^b "2006 Primary election results" (PDF).
^ "2006 Governor Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2006.
^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "2006 General election results" (PDF).

External links

External

Official Campaign Websites (Archived)

Official government and party websites

Internal

[Primary_election_results-1] "2006 Primary election results" (PDF).

[2] "2006 Governor Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2006.

[3] "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[4] "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[5] "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[6] "2006 General election results" (PDF).

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