2006 Alabama gubernatorial election

The 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.

Riley was the first Republican to carry the counties Bibb, Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, and Lauderdale since Reconstruction. This is the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Alabama.

Republican Party

 * Bob Riley, incumbent Governor of Alabama
 * Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court

Results
[[File:2006 Alabama gubernatorial Republican primary election results map by county.svg|thumb|center|Republican primary results by county {{legend|#E27F7F|Riley}}

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Democratic Party

 * Lucy Baxley, Lieutenant Governor
 * Don Siegelman, former Governor
 * Joe Copeland, teacher
 * Nathan Mathis, former State Representative
 * Katherine Mack, minister
 * James Potts, financial advisor
 * Harry Lyon, perennial candidate

Results
[[File:2006 Alabama gubernatorial Democratic primary election results map by county.svg|thumb|center|Democratic primary results by county {{legend|#7996E2|Baxley}}

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{{legend|#584CDE|70–80%}} {{legend|#5fd35f|Siegelman}}

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Candidates

 * Bob Riley (Republican), incumbent Governor of Alabama
 * Lucy Baxley (Democratic), Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, former Alabama State Treasurer
 * Loretta Nall (Libertarian; write-in), founder of the United States Marijuana Party
 * Nathan Mathis (write-in), former State Representative
 * Michael A. Polemeni (write-in), Huntsville/Madison County Chapter President of Alabama Family Rights Association

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

 * Cherokee (Largest city: Centre)
 * Etowah (Largest city: Gadsden)
 * Pickens (Largest city: Aliceville)
 * Washington (Largest city: Chatom)
 * Tuscaloosa (largest city: Tuscaloosa)
 * Jackson (Largest city: Scottsboro)
 * Jefferson (largest city: Birmingham)
 * Montgomery (Largest city: Montgomery)
 * Calhoun (largest city: Oxford)
 * Lauderdale (Largest city: Florence)
 * Bibb (largest city: Brent)
 * Fayette (Largest city: Fayette)