[katana]

Excuse, but wasn’t that percentage a bit higher?

[mkjessup]

No, it was 49 percent for Sarah Palin to 41 percent for former Governor Tony Knowles, Palin's vote total was 99,619, Knowles was 83,640.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14289269/

[Josh Painter]

2006 Gubernatorial Election, Alaska

Republican......Sarah Palin / Sean Parnell...............114,697.....48.33 percent
Democratic.....Tony Knowles / Ethan Berkowitz......97,238... 40.97 percent
Independent....Andrew Halcro / Von Gemmingen....22,443.....9.46 percent
AIP.................Don Wright / Douglas L. Welton.......1,285......0.54 percent
Libertarian......Billy Toien / Robert Mirabal....,,............682.....0.29 percent
Green.............David Massie........................................593.....0.25 percent
Write-in candidates.....................................................384......0.16 percent

Turnout 238,307 (51.1 percent)