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  AK Governor
  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Alaska > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2006 - 12:00pm
Polls Open November 07, 2006 - 10:00am
Polls Close November 07, 2006 - 11:00pm
Term Start December 04, 2006 - 12:00pm
Term End July 26, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorScott³
Last ModifiedCOSDem July 03, 2009 05:12pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionResignation date here: [Link]
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyRepublican Won11/05/2002
NameFrank Murkowski Votes129,279 (55.85%)
Term12/02/2002 - 12/04/2006 Margin35,063 (+15.15%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Aug 22, 2006 AK Governor - Open Primary Tony Knowles
Aug 22, 2006 AK Governor - R Primary Sarah Palin
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 8.3332996368 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Tony Knowles
Safe 1
Lean 3
Slight 17
Sarah Palin
Safe 4
Strong 11
Lean 17
Slight 22
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

06/07/2006 10/28/2006

CANDIDATES
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Name Mayor Sarah Palin Gov. Tony Knowles St. Rep. Andrew J. Halcro Don R. Wright Billy Toien David M. Massie (W) Write-In
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Alaskan Independence Libertarian Green Independent
Votes114,697 (48.33%) 97,238 (40.97%) 22,443 (9.46%) 1,285 (0.54%) 682 (0.29%) 593 (0.25%) 384 (0.16%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -17,459 (-7.36%) -92,254 (-38.87%) -113,412 (-47.79%) -114,015 (-48.04%) -114,104 (-48.08%) -114,313 (-48.17%)
Predict Avg.41.37% 40.60% 1.75% 0.50% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Rasmussen Reports 
10/28-10/28		 45.00% (-2.0) 44.00% (+4.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Dittman Research (R) 
10/19-10/22		 48.00% (-1.0) 39.00% (+2.0) 4.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Hellenthal & Associates (R) 
10/18-10/21		 42.00% (-5.0) 43.00% (+2.0) 7.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Craciun Research Group 
10/07-10/15		 43.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 6.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Rasmussen Reports 
10/09-10/09		 47.00% (-5.0) 40.00% (+2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Ivan Moore Research (D) 
10/02-10/04		 48.00% (+0.0) 37.00% (+0.0) 6.80% (+0.0) 0.70% (+0.0) 0.20% (+0.0) 0.80% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
LBR Old LW
D BLUEDOGS
AENM Angry Russian
F Blue Republican
LBT The Minarchist
IndP 6921
D Jason
D Bob
R CincinnatiReds1990
Laf-W Craverguy
G BR_Green
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 01, 2006 10:00am News [AK Gov] Candidates differ on state budget  Article CBlock941 
Jul 25, 2006 09:00am Amusing Informal survey shows Brinkley the Dog ahead of Frank Murkowski  Article Ralphie 
Jul 07, 2006 11:00am Amusing Canine candidate is no political wag  Article Thomas Walker 
Oct 16, 2005 05:00pm News Waiting for [AK Gov] Murkowski  Article ArmyDem 
Jul 31, 2005 09:00pm Poll AK: A PolState Exclusive; Leaked Poll  Article ArmyDem 
Jun 02, 2005 09:25am News Who wants to run for governor?  Article John 

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