2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election
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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election
| country = Tennessee
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election
| previous_year = 2002
| next_election = 2010 Tennessee gubernatorial election
| next_year = 2010
| election_date = November 7, 2006
| image1 = File:Governor Bredesen (cropped).jpg
| image_size = 150x150px
| nominee1 = Phil Bredesen
| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = 1,247,491
| percentage1 = 68.60%
| image2 = File:Jim Bryson Tennessee.jpg
| nominee2 = Jim Bryson
| party2 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote2 = 540,853
| percentage2 = 29.74%
| map_image = {{switcher |300px |County results |300px |Congressional district results |300px |Precinct results |default=1}}
| map_size = 300px
| map_caption = Bredesen: {{legend0|#7996e2|50–60%}} {{legend0|#6674de|60–70%}} {{legend0|#584cde|70–80%}} {{legend0|#3933e5|80–90%}} {{legend0|#0d0596|>90%}}
Bryson: {{legend0|#e27f7f|50–60%}} {{legend0|#d75d5d|60–70%}} {{legend0|#d72f30|70–80%}}
Tie: {{legend0|#ae8bb1|50%}}
| title = Governor
| before_election = Phil Bredesen
| before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| after_election = Phil Bredesen
| after_party = Democratic Party (United States)
| turnout = 49.97% {{decrease}}{{Cite news |date=November 7, 2006 |title=Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2006 |work=Tennessee Secretary of State |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/statistics|access-date=February 28, 2023}} 0.43 pp
}}
{{ElectionsTN}}
The 2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the governor of Tennessee, alongside other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen was re-elected to a second term with 68.6% of the vote, defeating his Republican challenger Jim Bryson. Improving on his performance from 2002, Bredesen also carried every county in the state.
As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this was the last time a Democrat won a majority of counties in the state, the last time a Democrat won any statewide race in Tennessee, and the most recent statewide election in Tennessee in which 88 of the state's 95 counties, including Knox County and Hamilton County, went to the Democratic candidate. Only Davidson, Shelby, Haywood, Hardeman, Houston, Jackson, and Lake counties have voted for a Democratic candidate in a presidential, Senate, or gubernatorial race since 2006. Eight years after this, Republican governor Bill Haslam would win every county in the state when he won re-election. This marked a sharp political shift in Tennessee.
Democratic primary
=Candidates=
- Phil Bredesen, incumbent governor of Tennessee
- John Jay Hooker, perennial candidate
- Tim Sevier
- Walt Ward
=Results=
{{Election box begin no change
| title = Democratic Party primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/governordem.pdf|title=August 3, 2006, Democratic Primary: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017204953/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-08/governordem.pdf|archive-date=October 17, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Phil Bredesen (incumbent)
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 393,004
| percentage = 88.50
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = John Jay Hooker
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 31,933
| percentage = 7.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Tim Sevier
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 11,562
| percentage = 2.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Walt Ward
| party = Democratic Party (United States)
| votes = 7,555
| percentage = 1.70
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 444,054
| percentage= 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
Republican primary
=Candidates=
- Jim Bryson, state senator
- David M. Farmer
- Joe Kirkpatrick
- Mark Albertini
- Wayne Thomas Bailey
- Wayne Young
- Timothy Thomas
=Results=
[[File:Tennessee Governor R Primary 2006.svg|thumb|300px|County results
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#d75d5d|Bryson}}
|{{legend|#ffc8cd|<40%}}
|{{legend|#ffb2b2|40–50%}}
|{{legend|#e27f7f|50–60%}}
|{{legend|#d75d5d|60–70%}}
|{{legend|#D72F30|70–80%}}
|{{legend|#C21B18|80–90%}}
}}
{{collapsible list
| title = {{legend|#37c837|Farmer}}
|{{legend|#aae5aa|<40%}}
}}
]]
{{Election box begin no change
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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Jim Bryson
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 160,786
| percentage = 50.03
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = David M. Farmer
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 50,900
| percentage = 15.84
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Joe Kirkpatrick
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 34,491
| percentage = 10.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Mark Albertini
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 29,184
| percentage = 9.08
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Wayne Thomas Bailey
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 24,273
| percentage = 7.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Wayne Young
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 11,997
| percentage = 3.73
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| candidate = Timothy Thomas
| party = Republican Party (United States)
| votes = 9,747
| percentage = 3.03
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = 321,378
| percentage = 100.00
}}
{{Election box end}}
General election
=Candidates=
- Phil Bredesen (D)
- Jim Bryson (R)
- Carl Two Feathers Whitaker (I)
- George Banks (I)
- Charles E. Smith (I)
- Howard W. Switzer (I)
- David Gatchell (I)
- Marivuana Stout Leinoff (I)
= Predictions =
=Polling=
=Results=
{{align|right|{{Switcher| 300px|County flips
{{collapsible list| title = Legend| {{col-begin}}
Democratic
{{legend|#92C5DE|Hold}}
{{legend|#0671B0|Gain from Republican}}
{{col-2}}
{{col-end}}}}}}}}
{{Election box begin | title=2006 Tennessee gubernatorial election{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-11/RptNovGov.pdf|title=November 7, 2006, General Election: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213305/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2006-11/RptNovGov.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (United States)
|candidate = Phil Bredesen (incumbent)
|votes = 1,247,491
|percentage = 68.60%
|change = +17.95%
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jim Bryson|votes=540,853|percentage=29.74%|change=-17.85%}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carl Two Feathers Whitaker|votes=11,374|percentage=0.63%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=George Banks|votes=7,531|percentage=0.41%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Charles E. Smith|votes=4,083|percentage=0.22%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Howard W. Switzer|votes=2,711|percentage=0.15%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=David Gatchell|votes=2,385|percentage=0.13%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Marivuana Stout Leinoff|votes=2,114|percentage=0.12%|change=N/A}}
{{Election box write-in with party link|
|votes = 7
|percentage = 0.00%
|change =N/A
}}
{{Election box majority|votes=706,638|percentage=38.86%|change=+35.80%}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,818,549|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Democratic Party (United States)
|loser = Republican Party (United States)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ==
- Bledsoe (Largest city: Pikeville)
- Claiborne (Largest city: Harrogate)
- Hardin (Largest city: Savannah)
- Lincoln (Largest city: Fayetteville)
- Macon (Largest city: Lafayette)
- Pickett (Largest city: Byrdstown)
- Rutherford (Largest city: Murfreesboro)
- Sumner (Largest city: Hendersonville)
- Wilson (Largest city: Mt. Juliet)
- Tipton (Largest city: Atoka)
- Madison (Largest city: Jackson)
- Chester (Largest city: Henderson)
- Henderson (Largest city: Lexington)
- Wayne (Largest city: Waynesboro)
- Williamson (Largest city: Franklin)
- Scott (Largest city: Oneida)
- Cumberland (Largest city: Crossville)
- Meigs (Largest city: Decatur)
- Hamilton (Largest city: Chattanooga)
- Bradley (Largest city: Cleveland)
- McMinn (Largest city: Athens)
- Blount (Largest city: Maryville)
- Loudon (Largest city: Lenoir City)
- Monroe (Largest city: Sweetwater)
- Sevier (Largest city: Sevierville)
- Jefferson (Largest city: Jefferson City)
- Grainer (Largest city: Bean Station)
- Hamlben (Largest city: Morristown)
- Greene (Largest city: Greenville)
- Hancock (Largest city: Sneedville)
- Hawkins (Largest city: Kingsport)
- Sullivan (Largest city: Kingsport)
- Johnson (Largest city: Mountain City)
- Washington (Largest city: Johnson City)
- Carter (Largest city: Elizabethton)
- Unicoi (Largest city: Erwin)
- Rhea (Largest city: Dayton)
- Fayette (Largest town: Oakland)
- Fentress (Largest city: Jamestown)
- Lawrence (Largest city: Lawrenceburg)
- McNairy (Largest city: Selmer)
- Moore (Largest city: Lynchburg)
- Union (Largest city: Maynardville)
- Weakley (Largest city: Martin)
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
Official campaign websites (Archived)
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061025191839/http://www.bredesen.com/ Phil Bredesen for Governor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061026045417/http://www.brysonforgovernor.com/ Jim Bryson for Governor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060206165036/http://www.whitakerforgovernor2006.com/ Carl Whitaker for Governor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060220115325/http://markalbertini.com/ Mark Albertini for Governor]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060302194422/http://www.combatward.com/ Combat Ward for Governor]
{{2006 U.S. midterm elections}}