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The 2006 Oregon gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Kulongoski ran for a second and final term. He faced several challengers in his primary, whom he dispatched to win his party's nomination a second time, while Republican nominee Ron Saxton, the former chair of the Portland Public Schools Board and a candidate for governor in 2002 emerged from a crowded primary. Kulongoski and Saxton were initially going to be challenged in the general election by State Senator Ben Westlund, but Westlund withdrew his candidacy before the general election. There were multiple independent and third party challengers on the ballot as well. In a hard-fought campaign, Kulongoski won re-election by a surprisingly wide margin. As of , this marks the last occasion in which the following counties have voted Democratic in a gubernatorial election: Clackamas, Columbia, Marion, and Wasco.
Democratic primary
[[File:Oregon Democratic gubernatorial primary results by county, 2006.svg|thumb|Democratic primary results by county:
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Candidates
- Jim Hill, former Oregon State Treasurer, 2002 Democratic candidate for Governor of Oregon
- Ted Kulongoski, incumbent Governor of Oregon
- Peter Sorenson, Lane County Commissioner
Results
Republican primary
[[File:2006 Oregon gubernatorial election, Republican primary results map by county.svg|thumb|Republican primary results by county:<br />
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Candidates
- Jason Atkinson, Oregon State Senator
- David W. Beem
- W. Ames Curtright
- Bob Leonard Forthan, perennial candidate
- Gordon Leitch
- Kevin Mannix, former Oregon State Representative, 2002 Republican nominee for Governor of Oregon
- Ron Saxton, former chair of the Portland Public Schools Board
- William E. Spidal