2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run. The lack of a Republican party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a U.S. Senate candidate in the Libertarian Party's history, though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016. Kerry's support for the invasion of Iraq prompted a late write-in challenge by anti-war candidate Randall Forsberg.
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Major candidates
Democratic
- John Kerry, incumbent U.S. Senator elected first in 1984
Libertarian
- Michael Cloud
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| Democratic | John Kerry (incumbent) | 1,605,976 | 80.03% | ||
| Libertarian | Michael Cloud | 369,807 | 18.43% | ||
| Independent | Randall Forsberg (write-in) | 24,898 | 1.24% | ||
| All others | 6,077 | 0.30 | |||
| Total votes | 2,006,758 | 100% | |||
References
- "PD43+ >> 2002 U.S. Senate General Election". Massachusetts Elections Division. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
External links
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