New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006

New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006
November 7, 2006

 
Nominee John Lynch Jim Coburn
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 298,760 104,288
Percentage 74.0% 25.8%
Election results by county
Lynch:      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

John Lynch
Democratic

 Elected Governor

John Lynch
Democratic

The 2006 New Hampshire gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democrat John Lynch defeated Republican James B. Coburn and won a second term as Governor of New Hampshire.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Lynch (inc.) 43,442 99.51%
Democratic Write-ins 214 0.49%
Total votes 43,656 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jim Coburn 30,352 85.40%
Republican Write-ins 5,190 14.60%
Total votes 35,542 100.00%

General election

Polling

Source Date Lynch (D) Coburn (R)
Survey USA September 20, 2006 73% 23%

Results

New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2006[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic John Lynch (inc.) 298,760 74.01% +22.99%
Republican Jim Coburn 104,288 25.83% -23.04%
Libertarian Richard Kahn (write-in) 323 0.08% +0.08%
Write-ins 308 0.08%
Majority 194,472 48.17% +46.03%
Turnout 403,679
Democratic hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2006/dgovsum.htm
  2. ↑ http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2006/rgovsum.htm
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2011-05-26.


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