Georgia statewide elections, 2006

The Georgia statewide elections were held on November 7, 2006. The primary election was held on July 18. Contests in which no single candidate received a majority of the vote were decided in a runoff election on August 8.

Prior to the election, Democrats held five of the eight statewide offices, although the Governor and a majority of each house of the Georgia General Assembly were Republicans.

Governor

Main article: Georgia gubernatorial election, 2006

In the Republican primary, incumbent Sonny Perdue defeated challenger Ray McBerry by a margin of 88 percent to 12 percent. In the Democratic primary, Lieutenant Governor Mark Taylor defeated state Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Bill Bolton, and Mac McCarley with 51.7 percent of the vote to Cox's 44 percent, Bolton's 2 percent, and McCarley 2 percent. Libertarian Garrett Michael Hayes faced Perdue Mark Taylor in the general election. Independent John Dashler withdrew from the race, unable to collect the 40,000 signatures required for ballot access.

Perdue was re-elected to a second term, winning 57.9 percent of the vote.

Lieutenant governor

General election results

Lieutenant Governor results by county.

2006 Lieutenant Governor election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Casey Cagle	1,134,517	54.1
	Democratic	Jim Martin	887,506	42.3
	Libertarian	Allen Buckley	75,673	3.6

Primary Results

Democrats

Georgia Democratic July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Jim Martin		184,635	41.2
Greg Hecht		163,004	36.4
Steen Miles		64,714	14.4
Griffin Lotson		22,378	5.0
Rufus Terrill		13,375	3.0

Georgia Democratic August Runoff, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Jim Martin		141,927	62.4
Greg Hecht		85,399	37.6

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Casey Cagle		227,968	56
Ralph Reed		178,790	44

Libertarian

• Allen Buckley

Secretary of State

General Election Results

2006 Secretary of State election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Karen Handel	1,116,216	54.1
	Democratic	Gail Buckner	862,412	41.8
	Libertarian	Kevin Madsen	84,670	4.1

Primary Results

Democrats

Georgia Democratic July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Gail Buckner		107,554	25.4
Darryl Hicks		92,742	21.9
Angela Moore		74,218	17.5
Shyam Reddy		69,802	16.5
Scott Holcomb		48,738	11.5
Walter Ray		29,992	7.1

Georgia Democratic August Runoff, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Gail Buckner		119,238	55.1
Darryl Hicks		97,061	44.9

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Karen Handel		160,542	43.6
Bill Stephens		120,173	32.6
Charlie Bailey		50,792	13.8
Eric Martin		36,932	10

Georgia Republican August Runoff, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Karen Handel		96,931	56.6
Bill Stephens		74,198	43.4

Libertarian

• Kevin Madsen

Attorney general

General Election Results

2006 Attorney General election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thurbert Baker (incumbent)	1,185,366	57.2
	Republican	Perry McGuire	888,288	42.8

State School Superintendent

General election results

2006 State School Superintendent election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Kathy Cox	1,257,236	59.9
	Democratic	Denise Majette	734,702	42.3
	Libertarian	David Chastain	106,215	5.1

Primary election results

Democrats

Georgia Democratic July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Denise Majette		288,564	67.1
Carlotta Harrell		141,630	32.9

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Kathy Cox		259,711	64.7
Danny Carter		141,582	35.3

Libertarian

• David Chastain

Commissioner of Insurance

General Election Results

2006 Commissioner of Insurance election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	John Oxendine (incumbent)	1,357,770	65.6
	Democratic	Guy Drexinger	713,324	34.4

Commissioner of Agriculture

General Election Results

Commissioner of Agriculture results by county.

2006 Commissioner of Agriculture election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tommy Irvin (incumbent)	1,168,371	56.0
	Republican	Gary Black	846,395	40.6
	Libertarian	Jack Cashin	70,015	3.4

Primary Results

Democrats

• Tommy Irvin (incumbent)

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Gary Black		153,568	42.3
Brian Kemp		97,113	26.8
Bob Greer		57,813	15.9
Deanna Strickland		54,318	15.0

Georgia Republican August Runoff, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Gary Black		101,274	60.0
Brian Kemp		67,509	40.0

Libertarian

• Jack Cashin

Commissioner of Labor

General election results

2006 Commissioner of Labor election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Michael Thurmond (incumbent)	1,127,182	54.8
	Republican	Brent Brown	929,812	45.2

Primary election results

Democrats

• Michael Thurmond (incumbent)

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Brent Brown		225,286	70.3
Chuck Scheid		94,998	29.7

Public Service Commissioner District 3

This is a statewide race.

General Election Results

2006 Public Service Commissioner District 3 election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	David L. Burgess	994,619	48.8
	Republican	Chuck Eaton	941,748	46.3
	Libertarian	Paul MacGregor	99,747	4.9

2006 Public Service Commissioner District 3 runoff election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Chuck Eaton	112,232	52.2
	Democratic	David L. Burgess	102,860	47.8

Primary election results

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Chuck Eaton		182,469	58.6
Mark Parkman		128,669	41.4

Democrats

• David Burgess

Libertarians

• Paul MacGregor

Public Service Commissioner District 5

This is a statewide race.

General Election Results

2006 Public Service Commissioner District 5 election, Georgia

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Stan Wise	1,122,173	55.0
	Democratic	Dawn Randolph	823,681	40.4
	Libertarian	Kevin Cherry	95,247	4.7

Primary Results

Republicans

Georgia Republican July Primary, 2006
Candidate		Votes	%	±%
Stan Wise		233,617	68.8
Newt Nickell		105,929	31.2

Democrats

• Dawn Randolph

Libertarians

• Kevin Cherry

External links

• Statewide qualifiers
• Primary Election Results
• Primary Runoff Results
• General Election Results