Andrew Halcro
Electoral history
Table:
Alaska Gubernatorial Election 2006[11]

Party

Candidate

Votes

%

±%

Republican

Sarah Palin

114,697

48.33

−7.6

Democratic

Tony Knowles

97,238

40.97

+0.3

Independent

Andrew Halcro

22,443

9.46

n/a

Independence

Don Wright

1,285

0.54

−0.4

Libertarian

Billy Toien

682

0.29

−0.2

Green

David Massie

593

0.25

−1.0

Write-in candidate

Write-in votes

384

0.16

+0.1

Plurality

17,459

7.36

Turnout

238,307

51.1

Republican hold

Swing

-7.6

Referring to the following table labelled Andrew Halcro in the "Electoral history" section, give a short sentence answer to: Who were the top two candidates in the 2006 Alaska Gubernatorial Election, and what percentage of the vote did they each earn, respectively? Respond with the correct answer in JSON format as {"answer": "YOUR ANSWER"}.

answer: Republican nominee Sarah Palin won the election with 114,697 votes (48.33 percent) and Tony Knowles finished second with 40.97 percent.