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2006Final results

2006 election for Hawaii Governor

Governor · Hawaii

Linda Lingle (R) won with 63.9% of the vote, defeating Randy Iwase (D) by 27.8 points.

Linda LingleRepublican · winner
63.9%215,313
Randy IwaseDemocrat
36.1%121,717
337,030 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+7.31994D+1.31998R+4.62002R+27.82006D+17.22010D+12.42014

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET