2006 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election

2006 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election
November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07)
Turnout32.8%
 
Nominee Susan Combs Fred Head
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 2,547,323 1,585,362
Percentage 59.47% 37.01%
County results
Combs:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Head:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Comptroller before election

Carole Keeton Strayhorn
Republican

Elected Comptroller

Susan Combs
Republican

The 2006 Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts election took place on November 7, 2006, to elect the Comptroller of Public Accounts of Texas. Incumbent Republican comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn chose to retire to run for Governor of Texas as a third-party candidate. In the Republican primary, incumbent Texas Agriculture Commissioner Susan Combs won the nomination unopposed. In the Democratic primary, former state representative Fred Head won the nomination unopposed. Combs won the general election in a landslide, earning 59% of the vote to Head's 37%.

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