Linda Lingle Republican Linda Lingle Republican The 2006 Hawaii gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 2006.

Incumbent Linda Lingle was the first Republican to be elected governor of Hawaii since 1959.

Although 2006 was a strong election year for Democrats, Lingle won re-election by a landslide owing to an economic rebound in the state that occurred during her tenure after a shaky decade for the state economy during the 1990s and early 2000s.

As of 2025, this is the last time Republicans won a statewide election in Hawaii, as well as the only time in Hawaii history that a Republican governor was re-elected.

Additionally, this alongside 1972 United States presidential election were the only two times Republicans won the state with more than 60% of the vote.