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2006Final results

2006 election for Rhode Island Governor

Governor · Rhode Island

Donald L. Carcieri (R) won with 51.0% of the vote, defeating Charles J. Fogarty (D) by 2.0 points.

Donald L. CarcieriRepublican · winner
51.0%197,366
49.0%189,562
386,928 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

EvenR+3.81994R+8.81998R+9.52002R+2.02006R+10.52010D+4.52014

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