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Revision as of 02:04, 6 August 2006

Template:Future election The Tennessee gubernatorial election of 2006 will be held on November 7, 2006. Whoever is elected will serve as Governor from 2007 to 2011. The incumbent, Democrat Phil Bredesen, won his party's nomination to run for re-election. As of July 17, Bredesen has an approval rating of 57%. Governor Bredesen's most serious opposition in the general election is Republican state senator Jim Bryson of Franklin. Another Republican candidate, Mark Albertini, was arrested in Knoxville on July 21, 2006, on charges of public intoxication following a GOP rally.

Candidates

Democrats

Phil Bredesen - Incumbent Governor
John Jay Hooker - perennial candidate
Walt "Combat" Ward - State probation officer

Republicans

Mark Albertini - building contractor, attorney
Jim Bryson - state senator
Carl "Two Feathers" Whitaker - American Indian Movement Chief; independent candidate for Governor in 2002

General election

Source	Date	Democratic	Republican
Zogby	June 13, 2006	Phil Bredesen - 58%	Jim Bryson - 22%
Zogby	June 13, 2006	Phil Bredesen - 61%	Mark Albertini - 16%

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