2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election

The 2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide over Republican Ray Hunkins, becoming the first Democrat since 1910 to win every county in the state. To date this was the last time a Democrat was elected to statewide office in Wyoming, the last time a Democrat carried every county in the state, the last gubernatorial election in which a Democrat received more than 30% of the vote, the last statewide election in which a Democrat received more than 45% of the vote, and the last statewide election in which a Democrat won any county besides Teton, Albany, Laramie, or Sweetwater. As of 2024, Ray Hunkins is the last Republican gubernatorial nominee who was never elected Governor of Wyoming. This is the last time that Wyoming voted for and elected a Senate candidate and a gubernatorial candidate of different political parties.

Candidates

 * Dave Freudenthal, incumbent Governor of Wyoming
 * Al Hamburg, perennial candidate

Candidates

 * Ray Hunkins, attorney and rancher
 * John H. Self

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

 * Big Horn (Largest city: Lovell)
 * Campbell (Largest city: Gillette)
 * Converse (Largest city: Douglas)
 * Crook (Largest city: Sundance)
 * Fremont (Largest city: Riverton)
 * Goshen (Largest city: Torrington)
 * Johnson (Largest city: Buffalo)
 * Lincoln (Largest city: Kemmerer)
 * Niobrara (Largest city: Lusk)
 * Park (Largest city: Cody)
 * Sheridan (Largest city: Sheridan)
 * Sublette (Largest city: Pinedale)
 * Uinta (Largest city: Evanston)
 * Washakie (Largest city: Worland)
 * Weston (Largest city: Newcastle)