The 2006 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic Governor Dave Freudenthal won re-election in a landslide over Republican Ray Hunkins, becoming the first Democrat since 1910 to win every county in the state. To date this was the last time a Democrat was elected to statewide office in Wyoming, the last time a Democrat carried every county in the state, the last gubernatorial election in which a Democrat received more than 30% of the vote, and the last statewide election in which a Democrat received more than 45% of the vote.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Dave Freudenthal, incumbent Governor of Wyoming
Al Hamburg, perennial candidate
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
Ray Hunkins, attorney and rancher
John H. Self
Results
General election
Predictions
Polling
Results
Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
Big Horn (Largest city: Lovell) Campbell (Largest city: Gillette) Converse (Largest city: Douglas) Crook (Largest city: Sundance) Fremont (Largest city: Riverton) Goshen (Largest city: Torrington) Johnson (Largest city: Buffalo) Lincoln (Largest city: Kemmerer) Niobrara (Largest city: Lusk) Park (Largest city: Cody) Sheridan (Largest city: Sheridan) Sublette (Largest city: Pinedale) Uinta (Largest city: Evanston) Washakie (Largest city: Worland) Weston (Largest city: Newcastle)