2006 St. Louis County Executive election

2006 St. Louis County Executive election
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Charlie Dooley Joe Passanise
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 272,465 124,850
Percentage 67.34% 30.86%

County Executive before election

Charlie Dooley
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Charlie Dooley
Democratic

The 2006 St. Louis County Executive election took place on November 7, 2006. Incumbent County Executive Charlie Dooley, who was elected to serve out the remainder of former Executive Buzz Westfall's term, ran for re-election to a full term. After defeating two little-known candidates in the Democratic primary, Dooley advanced to the general election, where was challenged by Joe Passanise, a retired engineer and the 1998 Republican nominee for County Executive. Dooley defeated Passanise in a landslide, winning 67 percent of the vote.