2006 Governor's Chairs by State

The Green Papers: 2006 Midterm Election

2006 Governor's Chairs
by State

36 Governor's Chairs up for election in 2006

36 Elected

14 Governor's Chairs not up for election in 2006

9 Open Governor's Chairs (voluntary retirement, seeking other political office, term limits)

26 Incumbents renominated by same party

1 Incumbent lost primary - no longer a candidate for this office

1 Republican

213 Candidates seeking a Governor's Chair (Candidates may run under the banner of multiple parties. Hence, the number of parties may be greater than the number of candidates.)

This is a list of the current Governors' chairs, the incumbents occupying them, and the candidacy status of said incumbents. Chairs up for election in the year 2006 are marked as such.

Friday May 26, 2006: The United States Senate confirmed Governor Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho as Secretary of the Interior by a vote of 85 yeas, 8 nays and 7 not voting. Governor Kempthorne was first elected Governor of Idaho in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He served in U.S. Senate (elected: 1992) and was nominated by President George W. Bush to be the Secretary of the Interior on 16 March 2006. Upon the confirmation of Governor Kempthorne, Lieutenant Governor James E. "Jim" Risch (Republican) ascended to the position of Governor of Idaho. Mr. Risch was was first elected as Lieutenant Governor in 2002 and was renominated for Lieutenant Governor in the 23 May 2006 Republican Primary.

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Alaska 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)

	Independent	19,683	9.60%	Andrew J. Halcro • for Lt. Governor: former Anchorage Assemblywoman Fay Von Gemmingen (Mr. Halcro's first running mate, Ken Lancaster withdrew circa 14 September. Ms. Von Gemmingen accepted the position on 20 September 2006.)
Total		205,042	100.00%

Arkansas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	15,913	2.09%	Rod Bryan
Total		759,918	100.00%

Massachusetts 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent	154,012	6.98%	Christy Mihos • for Lt. Governor: John J. Sullivan
Total		2,206,916	100.00%

Ohio 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
		Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Independent; (Libertarian)	67,596	1.77%	William S. "Bill" Peirce • for Lt. Governor: Mark M. Noble
	Independent; (Green)	38,987	1.02%	Robert "Bob" Fitrakis • for Lt. Governor: Anita Rios
Total		3,820,795	100.00%

Pennsylvania 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Write-in; (Independent)			Russ Diamond
Total		4,096,077	100.00%

Tennessee 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms. GOVERNOR is the only Statewide elected officer
Partisan Composition: 1 Democratic

	Independent; (Republican)	11,355	0.63%	Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker
	Independent	7,515	0.41%	George Banks
	Independent	4,074	0.22%	Charles E. Smith
	Independent; (Green)	2,711	0.15%	Howard M. Switzer
	Independent	2,447	0.13%	David Gatchell • Running for Senate Class 1 and Governor
	Independent	2,113	0.12%	Marivuana Stout Leinoff
Total		1,816,648	100.00%

Texas 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	789,432	17.97%	Comptroller Carole Keeton "Grandma" Strayhorn • Republican Comptroller Strayhorn is running for Governor as an Independent. The Texas Secretary of State has ruled that she cannot use the name "Grandma" on the ballot.
	Independent	553,327	12.59%	Richard S. "Kinky" Friedman
Total		4,393,877	100.00%

Vermont 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2006. Term Limit: None
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican
	Independent	2,477	0.94%	Cris Ericson • "Marijuana". Ms. Ericson is also running for the Class 1 Senate seat as a Republican and Independent.
	Independent	1,216	0.46%	Benjamin Clarke • Party designation: Vermont Localist
Total		262,524	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic
	• Democratic-Farmer Labor
	• Republican
Major Third Parties
	• Green
	• Green-Rainbow
	• Libertarian
	• Pacific Green
	• Reform
Other Third Parties
	• Alaskan Independence
	• American
	• American Constitution
	• American Independent
	• Concerned Citizens
	• Conservative
	• Constitution
	• Independence
	• Independent American
	• Liberty Union
	• Marijuana
	• Nebraska
	• Peace And Freedom
	• Populist
	• Quit Raising Taxes
	• Rent is too High
	• Right to Life
	• Socialist Party USA
	• Socialist Workers Party
	• U.S. Taxpayers
	• Veterans Party of America
	• Working Families
Independents
	• By Petition
	• Independent
	• No Party Affiliation
	• Unaffiliated
	• Unenrolled
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• None of these candidates
	• Scattering
	• Write-in

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.