| Election Name: | 2006 Maine gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Maine |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2002 Maine gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2002 |
| Next Election: | 2010 Maine gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Election Date: | November 7, 2006 |
| Image1: | Image:Governor John E. Baldacci at Kibby Mountain in Western Maine.jpg |
| Nominee1: | John Baldacci |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 209,927 |
| Percentage1: | 38.1% |
| Nominee2: | Chandler Woodcock |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 166,425 |
| Percentage2: | 30.2% |
| Nominee4: | Barbara Merrill |
| Party4: | Independent (United States) |
| Popular Vote4: | 118,715 |
| Percentage4: | 21.6% |
| Nominee5: | Pat LaMarche |
| Party5: | Green Party of the United States |
| Popular Vote5: | 52,690 |
| Percentage5: | 9.6% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | John Baldacci |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| After Election: | John Baldacci |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2006 Maine gubernatorial election took place on November 7, 2006 to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor John Baldacci won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Chandler Woodcock.
In the general election, Baldacci, Woodcock, Green Independent Party candidate Pat LaMarche, and independents Barbara Merrill and Phillip Morris Napier appeared on the ballot.
| Source | Ranking | As of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | The Cook Political Report[1] | November 6, 2006 | ||
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | November 6, 2006 | ||
| align=left | Rothenberg Political Report[3] | November 2, 2006 | ||
| align=left | Real Clear Politics[4] | November 6, 2006 |
| width=285px | Source | width=140px | Date | width=100px | John Baldacci (D) | width=100px | Chandler Woodcock (R) | width=100px | Pat LaMarche (G) | width=100px | Barbra Merrill (I) | width=100px | NaPier (I) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | WSCH/Voice of the Voter | November 5, 2006 | 36% | 30% | 11% | 22% | 1% | ||||||
| align=left | Sun Journal | October 2006 | 42% | 25% | 11% | 11% | – | ||||||
| align=left | Survey USA | October 23, 2006 | 42% | 34% | 9% | 12% | |||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | October 19, 2006 | 46% | 38% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | September 22, 2006 | 44% | 39% | |||||||||
| align=left | WCSH/Voice of the Voter | September 14, 2006 | 42% | 41% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | August 22, 2006 | 43% | 42% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | August 2, 2006 | 43% | 37% | |||||||||
| align=left | Strategic Marketing Services | August 1, 2006 | 42% | 24% | |||||||||
| align=left | Survey USA | July 11, 2006 | 41% | 43% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | June 22, 2006 | 45% | 43% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | May 7, 2006 | 46% | 33% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | April 7, 2006 | 43% | 36% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | March 6, 2006 | 40% | 35% | |||||||||
| align=left | Rasmussen | February 6, 2006 | 30% | 36% | |||||||||