Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
Andrew Halcro
Table title:
Electoral history
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Republican </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Sarah Palin </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 114,697 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 48.33 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.6 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Democratic </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Tony Knowles </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 97,238 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 40.97 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +0.3 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Andrew Halcro </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 22,443 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.46 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > n/a </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Alaskan Independence </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Don Wright </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,285 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.54 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.4 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Libertarian </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Billy Toien </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 682 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.29 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Green </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > David Massie </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 593 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.25 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1.0 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Write-in candidate </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Write-in votes </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 384 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 0.16 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +0.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Plurality </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 17,459 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.36 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 238,307 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 51.1 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Republican hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 7.6 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who were the top two candidates in the 2006 Alaska Gubernatorial Election, and what percentage of the vote did they each earn, respectively?
Answer:
Republican nominee Sarah Palin won the election with 114,697 votes (48.33 percent) and Tony Knowles finished second with 40.97 percent.