Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2006

2002 ←

November 7, 2006

→ 2010



Candidate	Ed Rendell	Lynn Swann
Party	Democratic	Republican
Running mate	Catherine Baker Knoll	Jim Matthews
Popular vote	2,470,517	1,622,135
Percentage	60.4%	39.6%

County Results

Governor before election

Ed Rendell
Democratic

Elected Governor

Ed Rendell
Democratic

The Pennsylvania gubernatorial election of 2006 was held on November 7, 2006, and included the races for the Governor of Pennsylvania and Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania.

Incumbent Governor Ed Rendell, a Democrat, ran for re-election. Pennsylvania's first female Lieutenant Governor, Catherine Baker Knoll was also running for re-election.

Rendell and Knoll had the advantage of incumbency, important in the swing state of Pennsylvania. Rendell's approval rating as of May 2006 was 62%.

In the 2000 Presidential election, then Vice President Al Gore won the state 51%-47% over then Texas Governor George W. Bush. In 2004, Senator John Kerry carried the state 51%-49% over incumbent President Bush.

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