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Parents > United States > Georgia > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00pm Central
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 11:00pm Central
Term Start January 08, 2007 - 12:00pm
Term End January 10, 2011 - 12:00pm
ContributorWishful Thinking
Last ModifiedSteve Boudreaux May 24, 2010 04:50pm
Data Sources[Link]
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameSonny Perdue Votes1,041,677 (51.39%)
Term01/13/2003 - 01/08/2007 Margin104,615 (+5.16%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/02/2010
NameNathan Deal Votes1,365,832 (53.02%)
Term01/10/2011 - 01/12/2015 Margin258,821 (+10.05%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jul 18, 2006 GA Governor - D Primary
Mark Taylor
D 482,117
Jul 18, 2006 GA Governor - R Primary
Sonny Perdue
R 419,254
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
03/02/2003 11/07/2006
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Sonny Perdue 8 25 18 5
Mark Taylor 6 2 ----
Leaning Call: Sonny Perdue (92.96%)
Weighted Call: Sonny Perdue (99.96%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

04/18/2006 10/29/2006

CANDIDATES
Photo  
Name (I) Gov. Sonny Perdue Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor Garrett Michael Hayes (W) William M. Arth (W) David C. Byrne  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Socialist Workers Independent  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,229,724 (57.94%) 811,049 (38.22%) 81,412 (3.84%) 52 (0.00%) 21 (0.00%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -418,675 (-19.73%) -1,148,312 (-54.11%) -1,229,672 (-57.94%) -1,229,703 (-57.94%)  
Predict Avg.54.67% 45.33% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand 12/31 $13,954,206.00 12/31 $1,359,093.13 11/1 $4,845.00 12/31 $369.00 $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date 00/00/2005 00/00/2005 00/00/2005 -- --  
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MATCHUP POLLS (16 from 6 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg50.22%-- 35.53%-- 5.50%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
InsiderAdvantage 
10/27/06-10/29/06		 48.00% 4.0 40.00% 8.0 7.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby Interactive 
10/23/06-10/27/06		 48.30% 1.0 36.30% 1.4 9.10% 2.2 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/25/06-10/27/06		 53.00% -- 36.00% 2.0 3.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Strategic Vision (R) 
10/20/06-10/22/06		 51.00% -- 32.00% 6.0 9.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby Interactive 
10/10/06-10/16/06		 49.30% 1.9 37.70% 2.8 6.90% 1.2 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Rasmussen Reports 
10/08/06-10/08/06		 57.00% 4.0 32.00% 7.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
AENM Angry Russian
D Zell B. Miller
R TurnerforCongress
Veg Thomas Walker
G BR_Green
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 24, 2006 09:00pm Profile '56 flag defenders out to oust Perdue  Article RP 
Apr 27, 2005 01:00am Poll [GA] Poll finds Perdue, Cox dead even  Article ArmyDem 
Oct 24, 2004 12:00am Poll Poll Suggests [Sonny] Perdue Vulnerable Against Taylor, Cox in 2006  Article ArmyDem 
Jan 12, 2004 12:00am News Money for '06 flows to Perdue  Article Scott³ 

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