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Election 2006 Results

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2006 Hawaii governor election

Linda Lingle (Republican) beat Randy Iwase (Democrat) in Hawaii in 2006, 62.5% to 35.4%, a margin of 27.2 points and 93,596 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 2002, when Linda Lingle also won.

Republicans led in 4 of the 4 counties. The largest, Honolulu, cast 236,756 votes and went to the Republican by 33.1 points. The closest was Kauai, where 1,309 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Linda Lingle won Republican 215,313 62.5%
Randy Iwase Democratic 121,717 35.4%
All other candidates 7,285 2.1%
Total344,315

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Honolulu 76,894 32.5% 155,288 65.6% 4,574 236,756 R+33.1
Hawaii 19,388 40.3% 27,438 57.0% 1,287 48,113 R+16.7
Maui 15,930 41.3% 21,773 56.5% 826 38,529 R+15.2
Kauai 9,505 45.4% 10,814 51.7% 598 20,917 R+6.3

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Hawaii governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Josh Green (D) D+26.3
2018 David Ige (D) D+29.0
2014 David Ige (D) D+12.4
2010 Neil Abercrombie (D) D+17.1
2006 Linda Lingle (R) R+27.2
2002 Linda Lingle (R) R+4.5
1998 Benjamin J. Cayetano (D) D+1.3
1994 Ben Cayetano (D) D+7.3
1990 John Waihee (D) D+21.2
1986 John Waihee (D) D+3.9
1982 George Ariyoshi (D) D+19.1
1978 George R. Ariyoshi (D) D+10.2
1974 George R. Ariyoshi (D) D+9.2
1970 John A. Burns (D) D+15.3
1966 John A. Burns (D) D+2.1
1962 John A. Burns (D) D+16.6
1959 William F. Quinn (R) R+2.5