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2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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election_name2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
countryWisconsin
typepresidential
ongoingno
previous_election2002 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
previous_year2002
next_election2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
next_year2010
election_dateNovember 7, 2006
image1Jim Doyle (3347470710) (1).jpg
nominee1**Jim Doyle**
party1Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1**1,139,115**
percentage1**52.70%**
image2MarkGreen (3x4a).jpg
nominee2Mark Green
party2Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2979,427
percentage245.31%
map_image
map_size250px
map_caption**Doyle**:
**Green**:
**Tie**:
titleGovernor
before_electionJim Doyle
before_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
after_electionJim Doyle
after_partyDemocratic Party (United States)
running_mate1**Barbara Lawton**
running_mate2Jean Hundertmark

Green:
Tie:

The 2006 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Jim Doyle ran for re-election to a second term in office. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary, and faced U.S. Representative Mark Green, who was unopposed in the Republican primary, in the general election. The campaign between Doyle and Green was competitive and hotly contested, but Doyle, whose approval ratings hovered around 50%, had the upper hand. In the end, Doyle defeated Green by a fairly comfortable margin, improving on his 2002 victory in the process.

Democratic primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Jim Doyle, incumbent Governor of Wisconsin

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Barbara Lawton, incumbent lieutenant governor

Results

Republican primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Mark Green, U.S. Representative from the 8th district

Withdrew

  • Scott Walker, Milwaukee County Executive and former State Representative

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Jean Hundertmark, member of Wisconsin State Assembly
  • Nick Voegeli

Results

Green primary

Governor

Candidates

  • Nelson Eisman

Results

Lieutenant governor

Candidates

  • Leon Todd

Results

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political ReportNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal BallNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political ReportNovember 2, 2006
Real Clear PoliticsNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateJim
Doyle (D)Mark
Green (R)
WISC-TVNovember 2, 2006**50%**44%
Strategic VisionOctober 31, 2006**47%**45%
Zogby/WSJOctober 31, 200646.7%**47.2%**
Badger PollOctober 30, 2006**50%**36%
RasmussenOctober 29, 2006**48%**44%
Wisconsin Public RadioOctober 18, 2006**51%**38%
Strategic VisionOctober 11, 2006**46%**43%
RasmussenSeptember 25, 2006**47%**44%
Strategic VisionSeptember 20, 2006**46%**42%
Zogby/WSJSeptember 11, 2006**49.4%**45.7%
Zogby/WSJAugust 28, 2006**49.7%**43.1%
RasmussenAugust 20, 2006**49%**41%
Strategic VisionAugust 18, 2006**45%**44%
Research 2000August 17, 2006**48%**38%
Zogby/WSJJuly 24, 2006**49.2%**44.7%
RasmussenJuly 20, 2006**47%**41%
Strategic VisionJuly 20, 2006**43%**42%
University of WisconsinJuly 2, 2006**49%**36%
WPRIJune 23, 2006**49%**37%
Zogby/WSJJune 21, 2006**46.9%**45.1%
Strategic VisionJune 8, 200645%**46%**
Strategic VisionMay 3, 2006**45%**43%
RasmussenApril 28, 2006**47%**43%
Strategic VisionApril 13, 2006**43%****43%**
WPR/St. Norbert College SurveyMarch 29 – April 7, 2006**43%**35%
RasmussenMarch 29, 2006**45%**40%
Strategic VisionMarch 8, 2006**44%****44%**
RasmussenFebruary 7, 2006**48%**41%
Strategic VisionFebruary 1, 2006**44%**43%
Strategic VisionDecember 22, 2005**45%**43%
RasmussenDecember 12, 2005**45%**39%
Strategic VisionNovember 16, 2005**47%**44%
Strategic VisionOctober 21, 2005**47%**43%

Debates

No.DateHostModeratorLinkDemocraticRepublicanKey:
Participant Absent Not invited Invited WithdrawnDemocratic Party (US)}}"Republican Party (US)}}"Jim DoyleMark Green123
Sep. 15, 2006We The People/WisconsinFrederica Freyberg
Mike Jacobs[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/wisconsin-gubernatorial-debate/166682)
Oct. 6, 2006Wisconsin Broadcasters Association
WMVS-TV[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/wisconsin-gubernatorial-debate/165710)
Oct. 20, 2006We The People/Wisconsin
WISC-TV[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/wisconsin-gubernatorial-debate/165675)

Results

Results by county

Doyle became only the third Democrat to carry Door County; the only two previous gubernatorial elections in which it had voted Democratic were 1859 and 1904. Door County would not vote Democratic again until 2022. Doyle was also the first Democrat since Albert G. Schmedeman in 1932 to win Monroe County.

As of 2024, this is the last gubernatorial election in which the Democratic candidate carried the counties of Adams, Barron, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Forest, Iron, Jackson, Lafayette, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Outagamie, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Washburn, Winnebago, and Wood.

CountyJim Doyle
DemocraticMark Green
RepublicanNelson Eisman
GreenScattering
Write-inMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%#%#%Total1,139,11552.70%979,42745.31%40,7091.88%2,4490.11%159,6887.39%2,161,700
Adams4,41655.91%3,32442.08%1501.90%90.11%1,09213.82%7,899
Ashland4,11865.80%1,90230.39%2323.71%60.10%2,21635.41%6,258
Barron8,13649.81%7,92048.49%2711.66%60.04%2161.32%16,333
Bayfield4,65364.15%2,46834.03%1291.78%30.04%2,18530.13%7,253
Brown45,04648.11%46,98950.18%1,5171.62%830.09%-1,943-2.08%93,635
Buffalo3,07857.40%2,19640.95%831.55%50.09%88216.45%5,362
Burnett3,22552.15%2,90046.90%590.95%00.00%3255.26%6,184
Calumet9,05946.74%9,99551.57%3201.65%80.04%-936-4.83%19,382
Chippewa11,46752.56%9,83945.10%5022.30%100.05%1,6287.46%21,818
Clark5,75851.23%5,15245.84%3262.90%40.04%6065.39%11,240
Columbia11,66252.62%9,93644.83%5212.35%450.20%1,7267.79%22,164
Crawford3,75159.25%2,43938.52%1282.02%130.21%1,31220.72%6,331
Dane149,66169.95%58,30227.25%5,6452.64%3320.16%91,35942.70%213,940
Dodge13,13742.31%17,30255.72%5811.87%290.09%-4,165-13.41%31,049
Door7,59252.75%6,47945.01%3192.22%30.02%1,1137.73%14,393
Douglas10,67065.52%5,23332.14%3762.31%50.03%5,43733.39%16,284
Dunn8,07055.24%6,20842.50%3182.18%120.08%1,86212.75%14,608
Eau Claire22,24057.16%15,73340.43%8892.28%490.13%6,50716.72%38,911
Florence86544.07%1,07954.97%190.97%00.00%-214-10.90%1,963
Fond du Lac16,07342.05%21,51556.28%6151.61%230.06%-5,442-14.24%38,226
Forest1,85351.27%1,71247.37%481.33%10.03%1413.90%3,614
Grant9,24254.52%7,42743.81%2831.67%00.00%1,81510.71%16,952
Green7,76958.67%5,14938.89%3042.30%190.14%2,62019.79%13,241
Green Lake3,12239.09%4,71459.03%1441.80%60.08%-1,592-19.93%7,986
Iowa5,63062.23%3,26736.11%1451.60%50.06%2,36326.12%9,047
Iron1,56056.07%1,18942.74%301.08%30.11%37113.34%2,782
Jackson3,85855.61%2,93142.25%1462.10%30.04%92713.36%6,938
Jefferson14,24746.01%16,03851.79%6402.07%400.13%-1,791-5.78%30,965
Juneau3,96947.88%4,10149.48%1812.18%380.46%-132-1.59%8,289
Kenosha28,33855.49%21,73742.56%9381.84%580.11%6,60112.93%51,071
Kewaunee4,35448.14%4,47949.52%2112.33%10.01%-125-1.38%9,045
La Crosse24,66357.34%17,23540.07%1,0022.33%1100.26%7,42817.27%43,010
Lafayette3,34457.20%2,40541.14%911.56%60.10%93916.06%5,846
Langlade4,18448.70%4,27649.77%1261.47%50.06%-92-1.07%8,591
Lincoln6,01954.31%4,71342.52%3393.06%120.11%1,30611.78%11,083
Manitowoc15,73648.47%16,15449.76%5351.65%380.12%-418-1.29%32,463
Marathon25,83652.56%22,18645.14%1,1212.28%90.02%3,6507.43%49,152
Marinette8,40849.35%8,45549.63%1660.97%80.05%-47-0.28%17,037
Marquette2,87947.13%3,09550.67%1232.01%110.18%-216-3.54%6,108
Menominee88682.57%18016.78%70.65%00.00%70665.80%1,073
Milwaukee199,53661.57%118,94936.70%5,0191.55%5640.17%80,58724.87%324,068
Monroe6,55648.76%6,51748.47%3232.40%500.37%390.29%13,446
Oconto6,63946.17%7,49752.14%2381.66%40.03%-858-5.97%14,378
Oneida8,37251.67%7,42545.82%3892.40%170.10%9475.84%16,203
Outagamie34,90150.05%33,51148.05%1,2841.84%410.06%1,3901.99%69,737
Ozaukee15,22936.90%25,46061.69%5421.31%430.10%-10,231-24.79%41,274
Pepin1,62755.70%1,25643.00%381.30%00.00%37112.70%2,921
Pierce7,82955.30%6,03442.62%2842.01%100.07%1,79512.68%14,157
Polk8,12852.34%7,10345.74%2911.87%70.05%1,0256.60%15,529
Portage17,75461.55%10,20635.38%8582.97%270.09%7,54826.17%28,845
Price3,58155.85%2,73742.69%911.42%30.05%84413.16%6,412
Racine34,96849.00%35,28649.44%1,0551.48%590.08%-318-0.45%71,368
Richland3,48954.41%2,81443.88%1001.56%100.16%67510.53%6,413
Rock33,77461.26%20,15636.56%1,1152.02%840.15%13,61824.70%55,129
Rusk2,96851.68%2,62245.66%1442.51%90.16%3466.02%5,743
Sauk12,23255.76%9,14841.70%5172.36%410.19%3,08414.06%21,938
Sawyer3,21851.22%2,96547.19%1001.59%00.00%2534.03%6,283
Shawano7,23646.16%8,22752.48%2081.33%60.04%-991-6.32%15,677
Sheboygan21,38845.13%25,25753.29%7141.51%380.08%-3,869-8.16%47,397
St. Croix13,39249.79%13,11748.77%3781.41%90.03%2751.02%26,896
Taylor3,50648.31%3,55148.93%1992.74%20.03%-45-0.62%7,258
Trempealeau5,55758.57%3,72539.26%1982.09%80.08%1,83219.31%9,488
Vernon6,03457.34%4,24040.29%2342.22%150.14%1,79417.05%10,523
Vilas4,79945.15%5,62352.90%2021.90%60.06%-824-7.75%10,630
Walworth14,15441.98%18,78155.71%7292.16%500.15%-4,627-13.72%33,714
Washburn3,32350.73%3,13547.86%871.33%60.09%1882.87%6,551
Washington17,21932.29%35,26266.13%8031.51%410.08%-18,043-33.84%53,325
Waukesha61,40234.86%112,24363.73%2,3201.32%1490.08%-50,841-28.87%176,114
Waupaca8,76745.24%10,29653.13%3071.58%100.05%-1,529-7.89%19,380
Waushara4,15546.55%4,59051.42%1701.90%110.12%-435-4.87%8,926
Winnebago32,76550.49%30,62947.20%1,4132.18%850.13%2,1363.29%64,892
Wood16,04354.27%12,71143.00%7792.64%260.09%3,33211.27%29,559

Counties that flipped Republican to Democratic

  • Burnett (largest village: Grantsburg)
  • Clark (largest city: Neillsville)
  • Chippewa (largest city: Chippewa Falls)
  • Door (largest city: Sturgeon Bay)
  • Outagamie (largest city: Appleton)
  • Sawyer (largest city: Hayward)
  • St. Croix (Largest city: Hudson)
  • Winnebago (largest city: Oshkosh)

Counties that flipped from Libertarian to Democratic

  • Monroe (largest city: Sparta)

Counties that flipped from Libertarian to Republican

  • Juneau (largest city: Mauston)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

  • Langlade (largest city: Antigo)
  • Manitowoc (largest city: Manitowoc)
  • Marquette (largest city: Montello)
  • Racine (largest city: Racine)
  • Taylor (Largest city: Medford)

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