Nevada gubernatorial election, 2006

November 7, 2006



Nominee	Jim Gibbons	Dina Titus
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	279,003	255,684
Percentage	47.93%	43.92%

County Results

Governor before election

Kenny Guinn
Republican

Elected Governor

Jim Gibbons
Republican

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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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

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

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dina Titus	63,999	53.76
	Democratic	James Gibson	42,966	36.09
	Democratic	None of These Candidates	7,062	5.93
	Democratic	Leola McConnell	5,019	4.22
Total votes			119,046	100.00

Republican Party

Candidates

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

Results

Republican Primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Gibbons	67,717	48.19
	Republican	Bob Beers	40,876	29.09
	Republican	Lorraine T. Hunt	25,161	17.91
	Republican	None of These Candidates	4,316	3.07
	Republican	Mimi Miyagi Damayo	1,651	1.17
	Republican	Stan Lusak	794	0.57
Total votes			140,515	100.00

Other parties

Green Party

Craig Bergland, activist

Independent American Party

Christopher Hansen

Polling

Source	Date	Titus (D)	Gibbons (R)
Zogby/WSJ	Oct 31, 2006	47.5%	46.6%
Research 2000	Oct 23,2006	41%	47%
Rasmussen	Oct 17, 2006	43%	51%
Zogby/WSJ	Oct 10, 2006	43.2%	48.4%
Rasmussen	Sept 22, 2006	35%	49%
Research 2000	Sept 22, 2006	38%	45%
Zogby/WSJ	Sept 11, 2006	39.0%	47.1%
Garin-Hart-Yang Research	Sept 10, 2006	46%	45%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006	46.8%	44.1%
Mason-Dixon	August 10, 2006	35%	46%
Rasmussen	August 7, 2006	37%	46%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	39.9%	45.0%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	36.7%	44.6%
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	Feb 2, 2006	41%	46%
Rasmussen	Dec 1, 2005	39%	45%

Election results

Nevada gubernatorial election, 2006^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jim Gibbons	279,003	47.93%	-20.32%
	Democratic	Dina Titus	255,684	43.92%	+21.91%
	None of These Candidates	None of These Candidates	20,699	3.56%	-1.14%
	Independent American	Christopher H. Hansen	20,019	3.44%	+2.04%
	Green	Craig Bergland	6,753	1.16%	+0.21%
Plurality			23,319	4.01%	-42.23%
Turnout			582,158
	Republican hold

References

1 2 "nvsos.gov". nvsos.gov. 2006-08-15. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
↑ "Jimmy Carter's son wins Nev. primary". msnbc.com. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
↑ "nvsos.gov". nvsos.gov. 2006-09-08. Retrieved 2013-04-02.

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