The 2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide over Republican Ray Hunkins, becoming the first Democrat since 1910 to win every county in the state. To date this was the last time a Democrat was elected to statewide office in Wyoming, the last time a Democrat carried every county in the state, the last gubernatorial election in which a Democrat received more than 30% of the vote, and the last statewide election in which a Democrat won any county besides Teton, Albany, Laramie, or Sweetwater.
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Dave Freudenthal, incumbent Governor of Wyoming
- Al Hamburg, perennial candidate
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
- Ray Hunkins, attorney and rancher
- John H. Self
Results
General election
thumb|right|Governor Freudenthal casts his ballot
Predictions
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
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! Source
! Ranking
! As of
|-
| align=left | The Cook Political Report
|
| November 6, 2006
|-
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball
|
| November 6, 2006
|-
| align=left | Rothenberg Political Report
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| November 2, 2006
|-
| align=left | Real Clear Politics
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| November 6, 2006
|}
Polling
{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:140px;"| Source
! style="width:150px;"| Date
! style="width:100px;"| Dave<br />
! style="width:100px;"| Ray<br />Hunkins (R)
|-
|Rasmussen
| align=center| July 20, 2006
| align=center|58%
| align=center| 29%
|-
|Rasmussen
| align=center| May 8, 2006
| align=center| 52%
| align=center| 29%
|}
Results
By county
{|width="60%" class="wikitable sortable"
! rowspan="2" |County
! colspan="2" |Dave Freudenthal<br />Democratic
! colspan="2" |Ray Hunkins<br />Republican
! colspan="2" |Margin
! rowspan="2" |Total
|-
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |#
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |%
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |#
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |%
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |#
! style="text-align:center;" data-sort-type="number" |%
|- style=text-align:center;
||Albany
||9,472
||79.62%
||2,425
||20.38%
||7,047
||59.23%
||11,897
|- style=text-align:center;
||Big Horn
||2,860
||62.79%
||1,695
||37.21%
||1,165
||25.58%
||4,555
|- style=text-align:center;
||Campbell
||6,926
||63.48%
||3,985
||36.52%
||2,941
||26.95%
||10,911
|- style=text-align:center;
||Carbon
||3,803
||66.44%
||1,921
||33.56%
||1,882
||32.88%
||5,724
|- style=text-align:center;
||Converse
||3,307
||65.32%
||1,756
||34.68%
||1,551
||30.63%
||5,063
|- style=text-align:center;
||Crook
||1,694
||58.39%
||1,207
||41.61%
||487
||16.79%
||2,901
|- style=text-align:center;
||Fremont
||9,523
||69.16%
||4,246
||30.84%
||5,277
||38.33%
||13,769
|- style=text-align:center;
||Goshen
||3,242
||67.07%
||1,592
||32.93%
||1,650
||34.13%
||4,834
|- style=text-align:center;
||Hot Springs
||1,738
||75.70%
||558
||24.30%
||1,180
||51.39%
||2,296
|- style=text-align:center;
||Johnson
||2,256
||66.06%
||1,159
||33.94%
||1,097
||32.12%
||3,415
|- style=text-align:center;
||Laramie
||23,001
||73.48%
||8,300
||26.52%
||14,701
||46.97%
||31,301
|- style=text-align:center;
||Lincoln
||3,348
||54.29%
||2,819
||45.71%
||529
||8.58%
||6,167
|- style=text-align:center;
||Natrona
||18,894
||73.92%
||6,667
||26.08%
||12,227
||47.83%
||25,561
|- style=text-align:center;
||Niobrara
||596
||56.55%
||458
||43.45%
||138
||13.09%
||1,054
|- style=text-align:center;
||park
||7,482
||63.98%
||4,212
||36.02%
||3,270
||27.96%
||11,694
|- style=text-align:center;
||Platte
||2,607
||65.68%
||1,362
||34.32%
||1,245
||31.37%
||3,969
|- style=text-align:center;
||Sheridan
||7,981
||69.33%
||3,530
||30.67%
||4,451
||38.67%
||11,511
|- style=text-align:center;
||Sublette
||1,733
||60.26%
||1,143
||39.74%
||590
||20.51%
||2,876
|- style=text-align:center;
||Sweetwater
||9,730
||76.16%
||3,045
||23.84%
||6,685
||52.33%
||12,775
|- style=text-align:center;
||Teton
||7,247
||80.73%
||1,730
||19.27%
||5,517
||61.46%
||8,977
|- style=text-align:center;
||Uinta
||3,959
||63.08%
||2,317
||36.92%
||1,642
||26.16%
||6,276
|- style=text-align:center;
||Washakie
||2,482
||72.42%
||945
||27.58%
||1,537
||44.85%
||3,427
|- style=text-align:center;
||Weston
||1,635
||61.40%
||1,028
||38.60%
||607
||22.79%
||2,663
|- style=font-weight:bold; text-align:center;
!Totals !! 135,516 !! 69.99% !! 58,100 !! 30.01% !! 77,416 !! 39.98% !! 193,616
|}
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Big Horn (Largest city: Lovell)
- Campbell (Largest city: Gillette)
- Converse (Largest city: Douglas)
- Crook (Largest city: Sundance)
- Fremont (Largest city: Riverton)
- Goshen (Largest city: Torrington)
- Johnson (Largest city: Buffalo)
- Lincoln (Largest city: Kemmerer)
- Niobrara (Largest city: Lusk)
- Park (Largest city: Cody)
- Sheridan (Largest city: Sheridan)
- Sublette (Largest city: Pinedale)
- Uinta (Largest city: Evanston)
- Washakie (Largest city: Worland)
- Weston (Largest city: Newcastle)
See also
- 2006 United States gubernatorial elections
- 2006 United States Senate election in Wyoming
References
Official campaign websites
- Dave Freudenthal (D) for Governor
- Ray Hunkins (R) for Governor