The U.S. gubernatorial elections of 2006 will be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Currently, 22 of the seats up for election are held by members of the Republican Party and 14 by the Democratic Party

• Alabama gubernatorial election, 2006
• Alaska gubernatorial election, 2006
• Arizona gubernatorial election, 2006
• Arkansas gubernatorial election, 2006
• California gubernatorial election, 2006
• Colorado gubernatorial election, 2006
• Connecticut gubernatorial election, 2006
• Florida gubernatorial election, 2006
• Georgia gubernatorial election, 2006
• Hawaii gubernatorial election, 2006
• Idaho gubernatorial election, 2006
• Illinois gubernatorial election, 2006
• Iowa gubernatorial election, 2006
• Kansas gubernatorial election, 2006
• Maine gubernatorial election, 2006
• Maryland gubernatorial election, 2006
• Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2006
• Michigan gubernatorial election, 2006
• Minnesota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2006
• Nevada gubernatorial election, 2006
• New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006
• New Mexico gubernatorial election, 2006
• New York gubernatorial election, 2006
• Ohio gubernatorial election, 2006
• Oklahoma gubernatorial election, 2006
• Oregon gubernatorial election, 2006
• Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2006
• Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2006
• South Carolina gubernatorial election, 2006
• South Dakota gubernatorial election, 2006
• Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2006
• Texas gubernatorial election, 2006
• Vermont gubernatorial election, 2006
• Wisconsin gubernatorial election, 2006
• Wyoming gubernatorial election, 2006

Gubernatorial contests in 2006Edit

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Competing candidates
Alabama	Bob Riley	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Lucy Baxley, Don Siegelman (D)
Alaska	Frank Murkowski	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Andrew Halcro, Ralph Seekins (R), Ethan Berkowitz (D)
Arizona	Janet Napolitano	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Don Goldwater, John Greene (R)
Arkansas	Mike Huckabee	Republican	Retiring	Asa Hutchinson (R), Mike Beebe (D)
California	Arnold Schwarzenegger	Republican	Running for 1st full term	Phil Angelides, Steve Westly (D)
Colorado	Bill Owens	Republican	Not eligible for third term	Bob Beauprez, Marc Holtzman (R), Bill Ritter (D)
Connecticut	Jodi Rell	Republican	Running for 1st full term	Susan Bysiewicz, John DeStefano Jr., Dan Malloy, Kevin Sullivan (D)
Florida	Jeb Bush	Republican	Not eligible for 3rd term	Charlie Crist, Tom Gallagher (R), Jim Davis, Scott Maddox, Rod Smith (D)
Georgia	Sonny Perdue	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Cathy Cox, Mark Taylor (D)
Hawaii	Linda Lingle	Republican	Running for 2nd term
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	Not eligible for 3rd term	Butch Otter (R), Jerry Brady (D)
Illinois	Rod Blagojevich	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Judy Baar Topinka (R)
Iowa	Tom Vilsack	Democratic	Retiring	Chet Culver, Patty Judge (D), Jim Nussle (R)
Kansas	Kathleen Sebelius	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Doug Mays (R)
Maine	John Baldacci	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Peter Cianchette (R)
Maryland	Robert Ehrlich	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Martin J. O'Malley (D)
Massachusetts	Mitt Romney	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Tom Reilly, Deval Patrick, William F. Galvin (D)
Michigan	Jennifer M. Granholm	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Nancy Cassis, Dick DeVos
Minnesota	Tim Pawlenty	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Mike Hatch, Steve Kelly, Bud Philbrook (D)
Nebraska	Dave Heineman	Republican	Running for 1st full term	Tom Osborne (R)
Nevada	Kenny Guinn	Republican	Not eligible for 3rd term	Bob Beers, Jim Gibbons, Lorraine Hunt (R), Richard Perkins, Dina Titus (D)
New Hampshire	John Lynch	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Craig Benson, Bruce Keough
New Mexico	Bill Richardson	Democratic	Running for 2nd term
New York	George Pataki	Republican	Retiring	Eliot Spitzer (D), William Weld (R)
Ohio	Bob Taft	Republican	Not eligible for 3rd term	Kenneth Blackwell, John Kasich (R), Michael Coleman, Ted Strickland (D)
Oklahoma	Brad Henry	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Bob Sullivan, Jim Williamsoon (R)
Oregon	Ted Kulongoski	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Kevin Mannix (R)
Pennsylvania	Ed Rendell	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Jeff Piccola, William Scranton III, Lynn Swann (R)
Rhode Island	Donald Carcieri	Republican	Running for 2nd full term	Charles J. Fogarty (D)
South Carolina	Mark Sanford	Republican	Running for 2nd term	Tommy Moore, Frank Willis (politician) (D)
Tennessee	Phil Bredesen	Democratic	Running for 2nd term
Texas	Rick Perry	Republican	Running for 2nd full term	Carole Keeton Strayhorn (R), Chris Bell (D), Kinky Friedman (I)
Vermont	Jim Douglas	Republican	Running for 3rd term	Scudder Parker (D)
Wisconsin	Jim Doyle	Democratic	Running for 2nd term	Mark Green, Scott Walker (R)
Wyoming	Dave Freudenthal	Democratic	Running for 2nd term

See alsoEdit

• U.S. Senate election, 2006
• U.S. House of Representatives election, 2006
• U.S. Gubernatorial election, 2005
• U.S. Gubernatorial election, 2007