page_title: 2006 United States gubernatorial elections
section_title: Major parties
hierarchical_section_title: 2006 United States gubernatorial elections / Major parties
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context_page_description: The 2006 United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 7, 2006 in 36 states and two territories.
  The elections coincided with the midterm elections of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives.
  Democrats won open Republican-held governorships in Arkansas, Colorado, Massachusetts, New York, and Ohio and defeated Republican incumbent Bob Ehrlich of Maryland, while retaining all of their then-held seats, including their lone open seat in Iowa.
  Republicans held open seats in Florida, Idaho and Nevada, as well as Alaska, where incumbent governor Frank Murkowski was defeated in the primary.
  Voters in the United States territories of Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands also chose their governors and voters elected a new mayor for the District of Columbia, the District's chief executive.
  As part of the 2006 Democratic sweep, Democrats did not lose a single incumbent or open seat to the Republicans in any congressional or gubernatorial contest.
context_section_description: The results of the 2006 elections gave Republicans 22 governors to the Democrats' 28, a reversal of the numbers held by the respective parties prior to the elections. There were 22 races in states that were previously held by Republicans, and 14 in states previously held by Democrats. Republicans held the majority of governorships from 1995 until 2007.
caption: Governor John Lynch campaign in New Hampshire
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