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Elections / 2006 · Governor · PA

Ed Rendell won Pennsylvania's 2006 governor's race.

Ed Rendell (Democrat) led by 20.8 points statewide.

Statewide result
Pennsylvania 2006 governor — certified statewide results.
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ed RendellDDemocratic2,470,51760.4%
Lynn SwannRRepublican1,622,13539.6%

Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era.

presidential baselinePresident 2004D+2.5Governor 2006D+20.7vs. baselineD+18.2

Pennsylvania's 2006 governor race ran 18.2 points more Democratic than its 2004 presidential margin.

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