2006 Maine gubernatorial election

Democratic primary

Candidates

• John Baldacci, incumbent Governor of Maine
• Christopher Miller, internet service provider

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Dave Emery, former U.S. Representative
• Peter Mills, State Senator
• Chandler Woodcock, State Senator

Results

Green Independent Party

• Pat LaMarche, businesswoman, nominee for Governor in 1998 and nominee for Vice President of the United States in 2004

Independents

;Qualified for ballot

• Barbara Merrill, State Representative
• Phillip Morris Napier, 2002 candidate for Governor

;Withdrawn

• David Jones, real estate executive
• John Michael, former State Representative, 2002 candidate for Governor

General election

Predictions

Polling

Results

Despite the divided field, Baldacci still finished nearly eight points ahead of his nearest challenger, Woodcock. Merrill took an impressive 21% of the vote, and carried the municipalities of Glenwood Plantation, Hope, Milton, Seboeis Plantation, Stow, The Forks, and Union. Additionally, the municipalities of Carroll Plantation, Dennysville, Wade, and Westmanland finished as exact ties between Baldacci and Woodcock, while the municipality of Highland Plantation finished as an exact tie between Baldacci and LaMarche, the municipality of Webster Plantation finished as an exact tie between Baldacci and Merrill, and the municipality of Nashville Plantation finished as an exact tie between Woodcock and Merrill.

Despite LaMarche getting nearly 10% of the vote and slightly improving on Jonathan Carter's vote percentage and vote total four years earlier, both of which were all-time highs for the Maine Green Independent Party, the 2006 election remains the most recent time the Greens ran a candidate for governor.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Cumberland (largest municipality: Portland)
• Knox (largest municipality: Rockland)
• Lincoln (Largest city: Waldoboro)
• Sagadahoc (largest town:Bath)
• York (largest town:Biddeford)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Franklin (largest town: Farmington)
• Piscataquis (largest municipality: Dover-Foxcroft)
• Somerset (largest town: Skowhegan)
• Washington (largest city: Calais)

References

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