Editing Ed Rendell (section)

===2006 reelection campaign===
[[File:Rendell and Baker Knoll.jpg|thumb|300px|Rendell and lieutenant governor Knoll after their 2006 reelection win]]
{{Main|2006 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election}}

Rendell won re-election on November 7, 2006, defeating [[Lynn Swann]], a former professional [[American football|football]] player for the [[Pittsburgh Steelers]]. by a vote of 2,470,517 (60%) to 1,622,135 (40%).<ref name="autogenerated2">{{cite web|url=http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID%3D12%26ElectionID%3D24 |title=Commonwealth of PA - Elections Information |access-date=2011-09-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529001955/http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=12&ElectionID=24|archive-date=2008-05-29}}</ref>

During his re-election campaign, Rendell was instrumental in the successful Senate candidacy of [[Bob Casey Jr.]] who had run against him for the Democratic nomination for governor in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ga4.org/senate2006/pressreleases.html|title=Governor Rendell Endorses Bob Casey for U.S. Senate|website=Ga4.org|access-date=October 7, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017045919/http://ga4.org/senate2006/pressreleases.html|archive-date=October 17, 2015}}</ref>