2006 Alabama gubernatorial election

2006 Alabama gubernatorial election

← 2002 November 7, 2006 2010 →
 
Nominee Bob Riley Lucy Baxley
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 718,327 519,827
Percentage 57.45% 41.57%

County results
Riley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Baxley:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

Governor before election

Bob Riley
Republican

Elected Governor

Bob Riley
Republican

The 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.

Riley was the first Republican to carry the counties Bibb, Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, and Lauderdale since Reconstruction. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Alabama.


2006 Alabama gubernatorial election

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