2006 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 2006 Alabama gubernatorial election occurred on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican Governor Bob Riley defeated Democratic Lieutenant Governor Lucy Baxley. Riley garnered 21% of African Americans' votes.
Riley was the first Republican to carry the counties Bibb, Cherokee, Etowah, Jackson, and Lauderdale since Reconstruction. This is the last time gubernatorial nominee and a lieutenant gubernatorial nominee of different political parties were elected in Alabama.
Primary elections
Republican Party
- Bob Riley, incumbent Governor of Alabama
- Roy Moore, former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court
Democratic Party
- Lucy Baxley, Lieutenant Governor
- Don Siegelman, former Governor
- Joe Copeland, teacher
- Nathan Mathis, former State Representative
- Katherine Mack, minister
- James Potts, financial advisor
- Harry Lyon, perennial candidate
General election
Candidates
- Bob Riley, incumbent Governor of Alabama
- Lucy Baxley, Governor of Alabama, former Alabama State Treasurer
- Loretta Nall, founder of the United States Marijuana Party
- Nathan Mathis, former State Representative
- Michael A. Polemeni, Huntsville/Madison County Chapter President of Alabama Family Rights Association