Seems like Gov. Sonny Perdue may be pretty vulnerable in 2006:
Strategic Vision. 2/11-13. MoE 3%
Secretary of State Cathy Cox (D) is probably the most popular Democrat in the state. She won her last election by a large margin, with the vast majority of Georgia counties.
Perdue (R) 49
Cox (D) 45
Now, Lt. Governor Mark Taylor (D) is also pretty popular, though not as much as Cox.
Perdue (R) 50
Taylor (D) 44
Either way, for such a deep red state, after becoming the first Republican governor of Georgia in over 130 years, he's pretty damned vulnerable.
A Zogby poll published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution last week confirmed what many observers already believe. With the election for governor still two years away, Gov. Sonny Perdue is on shaky ground. Only 43 percent of the state’s likely voters say Perdue is doing an “excellent or good” job. Fifty-three percent rate him “fair or poor.” His performance rating has slipped by 3 percent since October 2003.
By contrast, Gov. Zell Miller’s “excellent-good” rating was in the mid-70s in the second year (1992) of his first term. Gov. Roy Barnes rated “good or excellent” among more than 60 percent of the likely voters in his second year (2000), and Barnes was defeated in the ensuing election.