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Election 2006 Results

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2006 Iowa governor election

Chet Culver (Democrat) beat Jim Nussle (Republican) in Iowa in 2006, 54.0% to 44.4%, a margin of 9.6 points and 101,596 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 2002, when Tom Vilsack won.

Democrats led in 62 of the 99 counties and Republicans in 37. The largest, Polk, cast 145,975 votes and went to the Democrat by 14.4 points. The closest was Taylor, where 15 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
Chet Culver won Democratic 569,021 54.0%
Jim Nussle Republican 467,425 44.4%
All other candidates 16,809 1.6%
Total1,053,255

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Polk 82,343 56.4% 61,268 42.0% 2,364 145,975 D+14.4
Linn 45,622 58.6% 31,112 39.9% 1,155 77,889 D+18.6
Scott 32,089 57.2% 23,335 41.6% 722 56,146 D+15.6
Black Hawk 26,080 58.7% 17,758 40.0% 572 44,410 D+18.7
Johnson 30,083 68.3% 12,948 29.4% 1,033 44,064 D+38.9
Dubuque 20,420 60.4% 12,989 38.4% 406 33,815 D+22.0
Story 16,886 56.4% 12,369 41.3% 692 29,947 D+15.1
Woodbury 14,020 49.0% 14,155 49.4% 456 28,631 R+0.5
Pottawattamie 11,812 47.5% 12,510 50.3% 567 24,889 R+2.8
Dallas 9,327 47.3% 10,031 50.9% 349 19,707 R+3.6
Warren 9,051 52.0% 8,103 46.5% 267 17,421 D+5.4
Cerro Gordo 10,660 61.9% 6,356 36.9% 199 17,215 D+25.0
Clinton 10,268 61.3% 6,239 37.2% 248 16,755 D+24.0
Jasper 8,112 54.6% 6,494 43.7% 240 14,846 D+10.9
Des Moines 9,162 65.4% 4,634 33.1% 206 14,002 D+32.3
Marshall 7,322 53.5% 6,155 44.9% 221 13,698 D+8.5
Webster 7,408 56.1% 5,635 42.6% 170 13,213 D+13.4
Muscatine 6,984 56.8% 5,119 41.6% 188 12,291 D+15.2
Marion 5,241 43.3% 6,696 55.3% 166 12,103 R+12.0
Sioux 1,657 13.8% 10,251 85.6% 74 11,982 R+71.7
Lee 7,577 63.6% 4,073 34.2% 255 11,905 D+29.4
Wapello 7,178 63.0% 4,011 35.2% 213 11,402 D+27.8
Boone 5,506 55.3% 4,295 43.2% 148 9,949 D+12.2
Benton 5,286 54.0% 4,398 44.9% 101 9,785 D+9.1
Bremer 5,132 53.4% 4,372 45.5% 99 9,603 D+7.9
Plymouth 2,775 34.1% 5,275 64.9% 81 8,131 R+30.7
Buchanan 4,635 58.0% 3,263 40.8% 97 7,995 D+17.2
Fayette 4,401 55.7% 3,361 42.5% 142 7,904 D+13.2
Mahaska 2,925 39.1% 4,432 59.3% 116 7,473 R+20.2
Washington 3,605 48.3% 3,737 50.0% 128 7,470 R+1.8
Jones 4,222 57.1% 3,049 41.2% 121 7,392 D+15.9
Poweshiek 4,114 55.7% 3,134 42.4% 140 7,388 D+13.3
Winneshiek 3,826 52.8% 3,275 45.2% 147 7,248 D+7.6
Jackson 4,596 63.5% 2,558 35.3% 84 7,238 D+28.2
Carroll 3,518 49.0% 3,553 49.5% 102 7,173 R+0.5
Delaware 3,471 49.1% 3,521 49.8% 75 7,067 R+0.7
Dickinson 3,308 48.1% 3,468 50.5% 97 6,873 R+2.3
Cedar 3,739 54.5% 3,037 44.3% 82 6,858 D+10.2
Hardin 3,384 49.7% 3,312 48.6% 119 6,815 D+1.1
Clayton 3,728 54.8% 2,936 43.1% 141 6,805 D+11.6
Tama 3,765 55.6% 2,900 42.8% 106 6,771 D+12.8
Henry 3,288 50.7% 3,101 47.8% 93 6,482 D+2.9
Kossuth 3,219 50.3% 3,096 48.4% 88 6,403 D+1.9
Hamilton 3,261 51.6% 2,956 46.8% 101 6,318 D+4.8
Buena Vista 2,743 43.5% 3,446 54.6% 118 6,307 R+11.1
Iowa 3,167 50.5% 3,013 48.0% 96 6,276 D+2.5
Madison 2,939 47.7% 3,118 50.6% 110 6,167 R+2.9
Floyd 3,777 61.3% 2,288 37.2% 92 6,157 D+24.2
Jefferson 3,418 56.4% 2,350 38.7% 297 6,065 D+17.6
Clay 2,611 44.0% 3,224 54.3% 100 5,935 R+10.3
Butler 2,686 46.8% 2,960 51.6% 90 5,736 R+4.8
O'Brien 1,513 29.3% 3,595 69.7% 53 5,161 R+40.3
Cass 2,110 42.0% 2,838 56.4% 81 5,029 R+14.5
Chickasaw 3,037 60.5% 1,915 38.1% 69 5,021 D+22.3
Harrison 2,342 46.7% 2,566 51.2% 108 5,016 R+4.5
Grundy 1,998 40.4% 2,906 58.7% 43 4,947 R+18.4
Allamakee 2,639 54.4% 2,128 43.9% 83 4,850 D+10.5
Wright 2,384 49.4% 2,368 49.1% 73 4,825 D+0.3
Crawford 2,167 46.7% 2,333 50.3% 142 4,642 R+3.6
Page 1,692 36.7% 2,860 62.1% 56 4,608 R+25.3
Cherokee 2,016 44.6% 2,437 53.9% 66 4,519 R+9.3
Appanoose 2,466 55.1% 1,931 43.1% 80 4,477 D+11.9
Hancock 2,112 49.6% 2,077 48.8% 65 4,254 D+0.8
Shelby 1,807 42.9% 2,352 55.8% 57 4,216 R+12.9
Guthrie 2,038 48.9% 2,061 49.5% 68 4,167 R+0.6
Winnebago 2,163 53.8% 1,816 45.2% 43 4,022 D+8.6
Lyon 975 24.3% 3,015 75.1% 27 4,017 R+50.8
Calhoun 1,916 47.8% 2,036 50.8% 54 4,006 R+3.0
Mills 1,587 40.0% 2,319 58.4% 66 3,972 R+18.4
Mitchell 2,220 56.6% 1,638 41.8% 63 3,921 D+14.8
Union 1,924 49.6% 1,893 48.8% 62 3,879 D+0.8
Keokuk 1,840 48.4% 1,901 50.1% 57 3,798 R+1.6
Franklin 1,760 46.4% 1,984 52.3% 46 3,790 R+5.9
Humboldt 1,738 46.3% 1,953 52.1% 59 3,750 R+5.7
Palo Alto 1,909 51.4% 1,744 47.0% 59 3,712 D+4.4
Sac 1,576 43.6% 1,991 55.0% 50 3,617 R+11.5
Greene 1,890 52.5% 1,668 46.3% 45 3,603 D+6.2
Louisa 1,825 53.1% 1,562 45.4% 51 3,438 D+7.6
Lucas 1,687 49.8% 1,659 49.0% 42 3,388 D+0.8
Clarke 1,887 55.7% 1,449 42.8% 50 3,386 D+12.9
Howard 2,020 60.2% 1,282 38.2% 56 3,358 D+22.0
Monona 1,616 49.4% 1,589 48.6% 63 3,268 D+0.8
Montgomery 1,250 39.4% 1,877 59.1% 47 3,174 R+19.8
Worth 1,908 61.1% 1,169 37.4% 45 3,122 D+23.7
Emmet 1,640 52.9% 1,420 45.8% 41 3,101 D+7.1
Adair 1,557 51.3% 1,430 47.1% 50 3,037 D+4.2
Decatur 1,526 52.3% 1,335 45.8% 57 2,918 D+6.5
Pocahontas 1,322 46.2% 1,488 52.0% 54 2,864 R+5.8
Davis 1,512 53.3% 1,283 45.2% 43 2,838 D+8.1
Van Buren 1,272 47.2% 1,353 50.2% 68 2,693 R+3.0
Monroe 1,542 58.3% 1,071 40.5% 34 2,647 D+17.8
Fremont 1,184 46.1% 1,297 50.5% 87 2,568 R+4.4
Audubon 1,274 51.6% 1,159 47.0% 34 2,467 D+4.7
Ida 972 39.8% 1,442 59.0% 29 2,443 R+19.2
Taylor 1,185 49.0% 1,170 48.4% 62 2,417 D+0.6
Osceola 683 29.3% 1,609 69.0% 41 2,333 R+39.7
Wayne 1,073 49.9% 1,044 48.6% 32 2,149 D+1.3
Ringgold 1,095 52.8% 946 45.7% 31 2,072 D+7.2
Adams 825 49.5% 797 47.9% 43 1,665 D+1.7

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

Iowa governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Kim Reynolds (R) R+18.5
2018 Kim Reynolds (R) R+2.7
2014 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.7
2010 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+9.6
2006 Chet Culver (D) D+9.6
2002 Tom Vilsack (D) D+8.2
1998 Tom Vilsack (D) D+5.8
1994 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+15.2
1990 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+21.8
1986 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+3.9
1982 Terry E. Branstad (R) R+6.3
1978 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.3
1974 Robert E. Ray (R) R+17.1
1972 Robert E. Ray (R) R+18.2
1970 Robert E. Ray (R) R+4.4
1968 Robert E. Ray (R) R+8.2
1966 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+11.2
1964 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+36.8
1962 Harold E. Hughes (D) D+5.1
1960 Norman A. Erbe (R) R+4.3
1958 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+8.3
1956 Herschel C. Loveless (D) D+2.4
1954 Leo A. Hoegh (R) R+3.0
1952 William Beardsley (R) R+4.1
1950 William Beardsley (R) R+18.6
1948 William Beardsley (R) R+12.0
1946 Robert D. Blue (R) R+15.3
1944 Robert D. Blue (R) R+12.4
1942 Bourke B. Hickenlooper (R) R+25.8
1940 George Wilson (R) R+5.7
1938 George Wilson (R) R+7.0
1936 Nelson G. Kraschel (D) D+0.2
1934 Clyde L. Herring (D) D+8.2
1932 Clyde LaVerne Herring (D) D+5.5
1930 Dan W. Turner (R) R+32.1
1928 John Hammill (R) R+25.6
1926 John Hammill (R) R+42.9
1924 John Hammill (R) R+45.4
1922 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+41.1
1920 Nathan E. Kendall (R) R+20.0
1918 William L. Harding (R) R+3.6
1916 William L. Harding (R) R+24.6
1914 George W. Clarke (R) R+6.4
1912 George W. Clarke (R) R+0.4
1910 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+4.4
1908 Beryl F. Carroll (R) R+12.8
1906 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+4.8
1903 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+18.9
1901 Albert B. Cummins (R) R+21.3
1899 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+13.0
1897 Leslie M. Shaw (R) R+6.8
1895 Francis M. Drake (R) R+14.8
1893 Frank D. Jackson (R) R+7.7
1891 Horace Boies (D) D+2.0
1889 Horace Boies (D) D+1.8
1887 William Larrabee (R) R+4.7
1885 William Larrabee (R) R+2.0
1883 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+7.4
1881 Buren R. Sherman (R) R+25.5
1879 John Henry Gear (R) R+24.7
1877 John Henry Gear (R) R+17.1
1875 Samuel Jordan Kirkwood (R) R+14.4
1873 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+56.0
1871 Cyrus Clay Carpenter (R) R+23.2
1869 Samuel Merrill (R) R+25.9
1867 Samuel Merrill (R) R+17.8
1865 William M. Stone (R) R+13.1