2006 Alaska gubernatorial election

2006 Alaska gubernatorial election

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Nominee Sarah Palin Tony Knowles Andrew Halcro
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Running mate Sean Parnell Ethan Berkowitz Fay Von Gemmingen
Popular vote 114,697 97,238 22,443
Percentage 48.33% 40.97% 9.46%

Borough and census area results
Palin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Knowles:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

Governor before election

Frank Murkowski
Republican

Elected Governor

Sarah Palin
Republican

The 2006 Alaska gubernatorial general election took place on November 7, 2006. The former mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin, defeated incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary, and then went on to defeat former governor Tony Knowles in the general election. Palin became the first governor of the state to be born after Alaskan statehood.

Palin would later become the unsuccessful Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, before resigning as governor in 2009.