2006 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

2006 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

7 November 2006

Nominee Casey Cagle Jim Martin Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 1,134,517 887,506 Percentage 54.08% 42.31%

Lieutenant Governor before election Mark Taylor Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle Republican

The 2006 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 7 November 2006 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Georgia State Senate Casey Cagle defeated Democratic nominee and former member of the Georgia House of Representatives Jim Martin and Libertarian nominee Allen Buckley.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on 18 July 2006, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between former member of the Georgia House of Representatives Jim Martin and former member of the Georgia State Senate Greg Hecht on 8 August 2006. Candidate Jim Martin received a majority of the votes (62.43%) in the run-off election against Hecht, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

Candidate	First Round		Run-off
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Jim Martin	184,635	41.20	141,927	62.43
Greg Hecht	163,004	36.38	85,399	37.57
Steen Miles	64,714	14.44
Griffin Loston	22,378	4.99
Rufus Terrill	13,375	2.98
Total	448,106	100.00	227,326	100.00
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Republican primary

The Republican primary election was held on 18 July 2006. Incumbent member of the Georgia State Senate Casey Cagle received a majority of the votes (56.05%), and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

2006 Republican lieutenant gubernatorial primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Cagle	227,968	56.05%
	Republican	Ralph Reed	178,790	43.95%
Total votes			406,758	100.00%

General election

On election day, 7 November 2006, Republican nominee Casey Cagle won the election by a margin of 247,011 votes against his foremost opponent Democratic nominee Jim Martin, thereby gaining Republican control over the office of lieutenant governor. Cagle was sworn in as the 11th lieutenant governor of Georgia on 3 January 2007.

Results

Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Casey Cagle	1,134,517	54.08
	Democratic	Jim Martin	887,506	42.31
	Libertarian	Allen Buckley	75,673	3.60
	Write-in		117	0.01
Total votes			2,097,813	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic