The 2006 Arkansas

Arkansas

Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River...

 gubernatorial election was won by Mike Beebe of the Democratic Party

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

. The election occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. Governor Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee

Michael "Mike" Dale Huckabee is an American politician who served as the 44th Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate in the 2008 United States Republican presidential primaries, finishing second in delegate count and third in both popular vote and number of states won . He won...

 (R), was term limited and thus ineligible for re-election.

This was also the first time since 1978 (when Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

 was elected to his first term) that no Arkansas incumbent governor was running for re-election.

Democratic Party

• Mike Beebe - Arkansas Attorney General
  Arkansas Attorney General
  The Arkansas Attorney General is an executive position and constitutional officer within the Arkansas government. The Attorney General is the chief law enforcement/legal officer and lawyer for Arkansas. The position is elected every four years, e.g...
  
  , former Arkansas State Senator.

Republican Party

• Asa Hutchinson
  Asa Hutchinson
  William Asa Hutchinson is a former U.S. Attorney for the Fort Smith-based Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from the Third District of Arkansas, Administrator of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and the first-ever Under Secretary for Border & Transportation Security at the U.S...
  
   - Former Arkansas State Republican Party Chairman, U.S. Attorney for Western District of Arkansas, U.S. Congressman from Arkansas, DEA
  Drug Enforcement Administration
  The Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Justice, tasked with combating drug smuggling and use within the United States...
  
   Administrator and Homeland Security
  Homeland security
  Homeland security is an umbrella term for security efforts to protect states against terrorist activity. Specifically, is a concerted national effort to prevent terrorist attacks within the U.S., reduce America’s vulnerability to terrorism, and minimize the damage and recover from attacks that do...
  
   Undersecretary.

Green Party

• Jim Lendall
  Jim Lendall
  Jim Lendall is an American politician, activist, and nurse. Lendall was the 2010 Green Party candidate for Arkansas governor.Lendall, a former State Representative, from Little Rock was elected to four terms in the state legislature as both a Democrat and an independent...
  
   - Former Arkansas State legislator for eight years as both an Independent and Democrat, Nurse http://www.ucaecho.net/stories/index.php?id=211

Independents

• Rod Bryan (Independent) - Bass player for the band Ho-Hum
  Ho-Hum
  Ho-Hum is a pop/rock band based in Little Rock, Arkansas, formed by brothers Lenny and Rod Bryan.-History:The band was formed while Lenny and Rod Bryan, sports scholarship students, were attending Ouachita Baptist University in the early 1990s...
  
   and former owner of "Anthropop" an independent record store.

Polling

http://www3.uark.edu/arkpoll/2006/2006%20summary%20report.pdf
Oct 26, 2006
51%
38%
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Source	Date	Beebe (D)	Hutchinson (R)
Zogby/WSJ	Oct 31, 2006	45%	48%
Rasmussen	Oct 30, 2006	49%	41%
Arkansas News Bureau/Stephens Media	Oct 28, 2006	56%	38%
Survey USA	Oct 25, 2006	58%	38%
Rasmussen	Sept 12, 2006	49%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	Sept 11, 2006	47.6%	44.3%
Survey USA	August 30, 2006	55%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	August 28, 2006	49.8%	41.0%
Opinion Research Associates	August 22, 2006	52%	31%
Rasmussen	August 21, 2006	45%	41%
Rasmussen	July 26, 2006	47%	40%
Zogby/WSJ	July 24, 2006	48.1%	44.1%
Survey USA	July 17, 2006	48%	38%
Zogby/WSJ	June 21, 2006	49.8%	43.5%
Rasmussen	May 12, 2006	49%	38%
Rasmussen	April 15, 2006	47%	36%
Rasmussen	Feb 13, 2006	48%	38%
Angus Reid	Feb 4, 2006	46%	45%
Survey USA	Jan 24, 2006	46%	45%
Rasmussen	Jan 18, 2006	46%	40%
Survey USA	Dec 6, 2005	49%	44%

Results

External links

• Mike Beebe for Governor