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2006 Nevada gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2006 Nevada gubernatorial election
country	Nevada
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2002 Nevada gubernatorial election
previous_year	2002
next_election	2010 Nevada gubernatorial election
next_year	2010
election_date	November 7, 2006
image1	File:Jimgibbons.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Jim Gibbons
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	279,003
percentage1	47.93%
image2	File:Dina Titus official photo 2009 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Dina Titus
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	255,684
percentage2	43.92%
map_image	2006 Nevada gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Gibbons:
Titus:
title	Governor
before_election	Kenny Guinn
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Jim Gibbons
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Gibbons:
Titus: The 2006 Nevada gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Governor Kenny Guinn could not run due to term limits. Republican Congressman Jim Gibbons defeated Democratic State Senator Dina Titus. As of 2025, this is the most recent election in which Nevada voted for a gubernatorial candidate of the same party as the incumbent president.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Dina Titus, Minority Leader of the Nevada Senate
James B. Gibson, Mayor of Henderson
Leola McConnell, liberal activist

Results

Republican Party

Candidates

Bob Beers, Nevada State Senator
Jim Gibbons, U.S. Representative from Nevada's 2nd congressional district and nominee in 1994
Lorraine Hunt, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
Stan Lusak, perennial candidate
Melody "Mimi Miyagi" Damayo, former adult film actress

Results

Other parties

Green Party

Craig Bergland, activist

Independent American Party

Christopher Hansen

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report		November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics		November 6, 2006

Endorsements

Wesley Clark, General, 2004 democratic presidential candidateDina Titus Candidate for Governor

Polling

Source	Date	Dina
Titus (D)	Jim
Gibbons (R)
Zogby/WSJ	October 31, 2006		48%	47%
Research 2000	October 23, 2006	41%		47%
Rasmussen	October 17, 2006	43%		51%
Zogby/WSJ	October 10, 2006	43%		48%
Rasmussen	September 22, 2006	35%		49%
Research 2000	September 22, 2006	38%		45%
Zogby/WSJ	September 11, 2006	39%		47%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research	September 10, 2006		46%	45%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006		47%	44%
Mason-Dixon	August 10, 2006	35%		46%
Rasmussen	August 7, 2006	37%		46%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	40%		45%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	37%		45%
Reno Gazette-Journal/News 4 Poll	May 19, 2006	36%		46%
Las Vegas Review-Journal/Mason-Dixon Poll	April 3–5, 2006	33%		50%
Rasmussen	February 2, 2006	41%		46%
Rasmussen	December 1, 2005	39%		45%

Results

By county

County	Jim Gibbons
Republican	Dina Titus
Democratic	None of
These Candidates	Christopher H. Hansen
Independent American	Craig Bergland
Green	Margin	Total votes cast	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	Totals	279,003	47.93%	255,684	43.92%	20,699	3.56%	20,019	3.44%	6,753	1.16%	23,319	4.01%	582,158
	Carson City		9,716		53.46%		6,989		38.46%		717		3.95%	565	3.11%		186		1.02%		2,727		15.01%		18,173
	Churchill		5,627		69.37%		1,806		22.26%		262		3.23%	349	4.30%		68		0.84%		3,821		47.10%		8,112
	Clark		153,876		42.78%		177,300		49.29%		12,862		3.58%	11,810	3.28%		3,854		1.07%		-23,424		-6.51%		359,702
	Douglas		11,918		61.65%		5,929		30.67%		630		3.26%	591	3.06%		265		1.37%		5,989		30.98%		19,333
	Elko		7,938		67.21%		2,873		24.32%		343		2.90%	564	4.78%		93		0.79%		5,065		42.88%		11,811
	Esmeralda		297		68.43%		92		21.20%		18		4.15%	21	4.84%		6		1.38%		205		47.24%		434
	Eureka		515		71.43%		121		16.78%		27		3.74%	54	7.49%		4		0.55%		394		54.65%		721
	Humboldt		3,119		69.26%		987		21.92%		168		3.73%	184	4.09%		45		1.00%		2,132		47.35%		4,503
	Lander		1,291		72.04%		369		20.59%		54		3.01%	73	4.07%		5		0.28%		922		51.45%		1,792
	Lincoln		1,165		63.08%		465		25.18%		92		4.98%	107	5.79%		18		0.97%		700		37.90%		1,847
	Lyon		9,329		61.88%		4,310		28.59%		507		3.36%	746	4.95%		184		1.22%		5,019		33.29%		15,076
	Mineral		1,188		56.46%		676		32.13%		102		4.85%	101	4.80%		37		1.76%		512		24.33%		2,104
	Nye		5,950		50.24%		4,446		37.54%		480		4.05%	844	7.13%		122		1.03%		1,504		12.70%		11,842
	Pershing		976		63.67%		404		26.35%		67		4.37%	69	4.50%		17		1.11%		572		37.31%		1,533
	Storey		1,070		57.10%		626		33.40%		68		3.63%	88	4.70%		22		1.17%		444		23.69%		1,874
	Washoe		63,057		52.56%		47,296		39.42%		4,166		3.47%	3,666	3.06%		1,786		1.49%		15,761		13.14%		119,971
	White Pine		1,971		59.19%		995		29.88%		136		4.08%	187	5.62%		41		1.23%		976		29.31%		3,330

;Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Clark (largest municipality: Las Vegas)

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