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2006 Vermont gubernatorial election

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2006 Vermont gubernatorial election
← 2004 November 7, 2006 2008 →
  Jim Douglas-2009 (cropped).jpg Scudder Parker.jpg
Nominee Jim Douglas Scudder Parker
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 148,014 108,090
Percentage 56.3% 41.1%
2006 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2006 Vermont gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
Douglas:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Parker:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Governor before election

Jim Douglas
Republican

Elected Governor

Jim Douglas
Republican

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For related races, see 2006 United States gubernatorial elections.

The 2006 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 7. Incumbent Republican Governor Jim Douglas won re-election to a third term, defeating Democratic nominee Scudder Parker.

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Republican Party (United States)

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. The GOP was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists who opposed the Kansas–Nebraska Act, which allowed for the potential expansion of chattel slavery into the western territories. It has been the main political rival of the Democratic Party since the mid-1850s. Like them, the Republican Party is a big tent of competing and often opposing ideologies. Presently, the Republican Party contains prominent conservative, centrist, populist, and right-libertarian factions.

Governor of Vermont

Governor of Vermont

The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont. The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years. Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four as in the other 48 U.S. states.

Jim Douglas

Jim Douglas

James Holley Douglas is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. He left the office in January 2011.

Democratic Party (United States)

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Founded in 1828, it was predominantly built by Martin Van Buren, who assembled politicians in every state behind war hero Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party. Its main political rival has been the Republican Party since the 1850s, with both parties being big tents of competing and often opposing viewpoints. Modern American liberalism — a variant of social liberalism — is the party's majority ideology. The party also has notable centrist, social democratic, and left-libertarian factions.

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker is an American Democratic politician from Vermont. He served in the Vermont State Senate for eight years.

Candidates

Democratic Party

  • Scudder Parker, former Democratic Party Chair, state senator, minister and director of energy efficiency at the Vermont Department of Public Service. Began campaigning in late 2005 and subsequently won the Democratic nomination when no other Democrat filed by the July 16, 2006 deadline.[1] His fundraising efforts resulted in $110,000 in donations in the month of July 2006.

Republican Party

Liberty Union Party

  • Robert Skold, website publisher

Vermont Green Party

  • Jim Hogue

United States Marijuana Party

Independents

  • Benjamin Clarke

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Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker is an American Democratic politician from Vermont. He served in the Vermont State Senate for eight years.

Jim Douglas

Jim Douglas

James Holley Douglas is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. He left the office in January 2011.

Governor of Vermont

Governor of Vermont

The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont. The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years. Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four as in the other 48 U.S. states.

Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson is an American marijuana legalization activist and perennial candidate for public office in Vermont. She has unsuccessfully run for the governorship of Vermont nine times and for a seat in the United States Congress eight times.

Campaign

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Likely R November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] Safe R November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[4] Safe R November 2, 2006
Real Clear Politics[5] Safe R November 6, 2006

Polling

Source Date Jim
Douglas (R) 		Scudder
Parker (D)
Research 2000 September 23, 2006 53% 38%
American Research Group September 14, 2006 59% 32%
Rasmussen August 8, 2006 55% 37%
American Research Group July 27, 2006 47% 36%
Rasmussen June 16, 2006 54% 31%
Research 2000 May 11, 2006 53% 18%
Rasmussen January 10, 2005 54% 31%

Results

Official results from the Vermont Secretary of State:[6]

2006 Vermont gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Jim Douglas (incumbent) 148,014 56.3 -2.4
Democratic Scudder Parker 108,090 41.1 +3.2
Independent Cris Ericson 2,477 0.94 -0.4
Green Jim Hogue 1,936 0.74 n/a
Independent Benjamin Clarke 1,216 0.46 n/a
Liberty Union Robert Skold 638 0.24 -0.2
Write-ins 153 0.06 0
Majority 39,924 15.2
Turnout 262,524 100.0

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Sabato's Crystal Ball

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Sabato's Crystal Ball is an online political newsletter and election handicapper. It predicts electoral outcomes for the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, U.S. governors, and U.S. presidential races, with electoral and political analysis. A publication of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, the Crystal Ball was founded by political analyst Larry Sabato, the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.

Stuart Rothenberg

Stuart Rothenberg

Stuart Rothenberg is an American editor, publisher, and political analyst. He is best known for his biweekly political newsletter The Rothenberg Political Report, now known as Inside Elections. He was also a regular columnist at Roll Call and an occasional op-ed contributor to other publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and The Orlando Sentinel.

Vermont Republican Party

Vermont Republican Party

The Vermont Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Vermont and has been active since its foundation in the 1860s. The party is the second largest in the state behind the Vermont Democratic Party, but ahead of the Vermont Progressive Party. The party historically dominated Vermont politics until the mid-20th century, but was replaced by the Vermont Democratic Party. The party currently has very weak electoral power in the state, controlling none of Vermont's federal elected offices. The only statewide office that the party controls is the governorship, currently held by Phil Scott.

Jim Douglas

Jim Douglas

James Holley Douglas is an American politician from the state of Vermont. A Republican, he served the 80th governor of Vermont from 2003 to 2011. On August 27, 2009, Douglas announced that he would not seek re-election for a fifth term in 2010. He left the office in January 2011.

Vermont Democratic Party

Vermont Democratic Party

The Vermont Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Vermont.

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker

Scudder Parker is an American Democratic politician from Vermont. He served in the Vermont State Senate for eight years.

Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson is an American marijuana legalization activist and perennial candidate for public office in Vermont. She has unsuccessfully run for the governorship of Vermont nine times and for a seat in the United States Congress eight times.

Green Party (United States)

Green Party (United States)

The Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is a federation of Green state political parties in the United States. The party promotes green politics, specifically environmentalism; nonviolence; social justice; participatory democracy, grassroots democracy; anti-war; anti-racism; libertarian socialism and eco-socialism. On the political spectrum, the party is generally seen as left-wing.

Voter turnout

Voter turnout

In political science, voter turnout is the participation rate of a given election. This is typically either the percentage of registered voters, eligible voters, or all voting-age people. According to Stanford University political scientists Adam Bonica and Michael McFaul, there is a consensus among political scientists that "democracies perform better when more people vote."

Source: "2006 Vermont gubernatorial election", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, December 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Vermont_gubernatorial_election.

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See also
References
  1. ^ "Politics1 - Online Guide to Vermont Politics".
  2. ^ "2006 Governor Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved October 1, 2006.
  3. ^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "2006 Gubernatorial Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Vermont Elections Division". vermont-elections.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
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