2002 United States Senate elections

Alabama election
	County results
U.S. senator before election; Jeff Sessions; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Jeff Sessions; Republican

2002 United States Senate elections
	November 5, 2002
	November 5, 2002
34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate; 51 seats needed for a majority
	Results of the elections:; Democratic gain Democratic hold; Republican gain Republican hold; No election
Majority Leader before election; Tom Daschle; Democratic	Elected Majority Leader ; Bill Frist; Republican

The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election, known as "class 2" Senate seats, were last up for regular election in 1996. The election was held on November 5, 2002, almost fourteen months after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The Democrats had originally hoped to do well, as the party holding the presidency historically loses seats in midterm elections, and additionally, the Republicans had 20 seats up for election compared to 14 Democratic seats up for election. In addition, four incumbent Republicans and no Democrats announced their retirement before the election. However, the Republicans were able to hold the four open seats, all of which were in the South. Ultimately, Republicans would pick up three seats and lose one, resulting in a net gain of two seats. Together with gains made in the House of Representatives, this election was one of the few mid-term elections in the last one hundred years in which the party in control of the White House gained Congressional seats (the others were 1902/03, 1934, and 1998). This was the first time since 1970 in which a first-term president's party made net gains in the Senate, and would not occur again until 2018.

Trent Lott led the Senate Republicans through this election cycle and was due to become the new Senate Majority Leader upon the retaking of control of the Senate by the Republicans. However, Lott's controversial praise for Strom Thurmond's Dixiecrat presidential campaign at Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration led to Lott stepping down from Senate leadership and resulted in Bill Frist being selected as the new Senate Majority Leader.

This was the only election cycle ever where the party of the incumbent President gained new control of a house of Congress in a midterm election.

As of 2019, this is the last senate election cycle where Republicans won Senate elections in Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, and Virginia.

Gains and losses

Republicans defeated incumbent Democratic Senators Max Cleland of Georgia, and Jean Carnahan of Missouri, while incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas lost to Democrat Mark Pryor. Democrat Paul Wellstone of Minnesota was running for re-election, but he died in a plane crash shortly before the election and his seat was won by a Republican.

Results summary

Parties		Breakdown			Total Seats		Popular Vote		Total candidates (General)[lower-alpha 1]
Parties		Up	Elected	Not Up	2002	+/-	Vote	%	Total candidates (General)[lower-alpha 1]
	Republican	20	22	29	51	2	20,626,192	49.476%	37
	Democratic	13	12	36	48	1	18,956,449	45.470%	32
	Independent	—	—	1	1		343,625	0.824%	9
	Libertarian	—	—	—	—	—	724,969	1.739%	20
	Reform	—	—	—	—	—	175,107	0.420%	3
	Green	—	—	—	—	—	94,702	0.227%	8
	Constitution	—	—	—	—	—	53,706	0.129%	3
	Independence	1	—	—	—	1	51,863	0.124%	2
	Other parties	—	—	—	—	—	54,108	0.130%	10
	Write-in	—	—	—	—	—	281,480	0.675%	—
Total		34	34	66	100	-	41,689,666	100.0%	125

Source: Election Statistics – Office of the Clerk

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48	1	51

Democratic

Independent

Republican

Change in composition

Before the elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀ Iowa Ran	D₃₉ Ill. Ran	D₃₈ Ga. Ran	D₃₇ Del. Ran	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ La. Ran	D₄₂ Mass. Ran	D₄₃ Mich. Ran	R₄₄ Mo. (sp) Ran	D₄₅ Mont. Ran	D₄₆ N.J. Retired	D₄₇ S.D. Ran	D₄₈ R.I. Ran	D₄₉ W.Va. Ran	I₁
↑ Plurality with Independent in caucus
R₄₁ N.M. Ran	R₄₂ N.C. Retired	R₄₃ Okla. Ran	R₄₄ Ore. Ran	R₄₅ S.C. Retired	R₄₆ Tenn. Retired	R₄₇ Texas Retired	R₄₈ Va. Ran	R₄₉ Wyo. Ran	IM₁[lower-alpha 2] Minn. Retired
R₄₀ N.H. Ran	R₃₉ Neb. Ran	R₃₈ Miss. Ran	R₃₇ Me. Ran	R₃₆ Ky. Ran	R₃₅ Kan. Ran	R₃₄ Idaho Ran	R₃₃ Colo. Ran	R₃₂ Ark. Ran	R₃₁ Alaska Ran
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀ Ala. Ran
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

After the elections

D₁	D₂	D₃	D₄	D₅	D₆	D₇	D₈	D₉	D₁₀
D₂₀	D₁₉	D₁₈	D₁₇	D₁₆	D₁₅	D₁₄	D₁₃	D₁₂	D₁₁
D₂₁	D₂₂	D₂₃	D₂₄	D₂₅	D₂₆	D₂₇	D₂₈	D₂₉	D₃₀
D₄₀ Iowa Re-elected	D₃₉ Ill. Re-elected	D₃₈ Del. Re-elected	D₃₇ Ark. Gain	D₃₆	D₃₅	D₃₄	D₃₃	D₃₂	D₃₁
D₄₁ La. Re-elected	D₄₂ Mass. Re-elected	D₄₃ Mich. Re-elected	D₄₄ Mont. Re-elected	D₄₅ N.J. Hold	D₄₆ R.I. Re-elected	D₄₇ S.D. Re-elected	D₄₈ W.Va. Re-elected	I₁	R₅₁ Wyo. Re-elected
Majority →									R₅₀ Va. Re-elected
R₄₁ Neb. Re-elected	R₄₂ N.H. Hold	R₄₃ N.M. Re-elected	R₄₄ N.C. Hold	R₄₅ Okla. Re-elected	R₄₆ Ore. Re-elected	R₄₇ S.C. Hold	R₄₈ Tenn. Hold	R₄₉ Texas Hold	R₅₀ Va. Re-elected
R₄₀ Mo. (sp) Gain	R₃₉ Miss. Re-elected	R₃₈ Minn. Gain	R₃₇ Me. Re-elected	R₃₆ Ky. Re-elected	R₃₅ Kan. Re-elected	R₃₄ Idaho Re-elected	R₃₃ Ga. Gain	R₃₂ Colo. Re-elected	R₃₁ Alaska Re-elected
R₂₁	R₂₂	R₂₃	R₂₄	R₂₅	R₂₆	R₂₇	R₂₈	R₂₉	R₃₀ Ala. Re-elected
R₂₀	R₁₉	R₁₈	R₁₇	R₁₆	R₁₅	R₁₄	R₁₃	R₁₂	R₁₁
R₁	R₂	R₃	R₄	R₅	R₆	R₇	R₈	R₉	R₁₀

Key:

D_#	Democratic
I_#	Independent
IM_#	Independence (Minnesota)
R_#	Republican

Gains and losses

Democratic gains

Arkansas: Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R), who was personally unpopular due to him divorcing his wife and marrying a young staffer, was defeated by Democratic challenger Mark Pryor, Arkansas Attorney General and the son of David Pryor, former Senator and Governor.[1]

Republican gains

Georgia: Sen. Max Cleland (D), a Vietnam War veteran and triple amputee, was defeated by Representative Saxby Chambliss in a tough campaign marked by attacks on Cleland's stance on a Department of Homeland Security. Despite Cleland being a combat veteran, Chambliss won the support of the organization Veterans of Foreign Wars.[2]
Missouri: Sen. Jean Carnahan (D) had been appointed to the Senate after her husband, Mel Carnahan, had narrowly won the 2000 election posthumously. His wife was unable to hold the seat, losing narrowly to former Congressman Jim Talent.[3]
Minnesota: Sen. Paul Wellstone (D), in the middle of a tough fight against former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman, died in a plane crash less than two weeks before the election. Most observers expected that this would lead to a sympathy boost for his replacement, liberal stalwart and former Vice President Walter Mondale, but his campaign received negative press after Wellstone's funeral was marked by political speeches, and Coleman won in a close race.[4]

Race summary

Special elections during the 107th Congress

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State (linked to summaries below)	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Missouri (Class 1)	Jean Carnahan	Democratic	2001 (Appointed)	Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 5, 2002. Republican gain.	Y Jim Talent (Republican) 49.8% Jean Carnahan (Democratic) 48.7% Tamara A. Millay (Libertarian) 1% Daniel Romano (Green) 0.6%

Elections leading to the next Congress

In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2003; ordered by state.

All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent			Results	Candidates
State (linked to summaries below)	Senator	Party	Electoral history	Results	Candidates
Alabama	Jeff Sessions	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jeff Sessions (Republican) 58.6% Susan Parker (Democratic) 39.8% Jeff Allen (Libertarian) 1.5%
Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	1968 (Appointed) 1970 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Ted Stevens (Republican) 78% Frank J. Vondersaar (Democratic) 11% Jim Sykes (Green) 8% Jim Dore (AI) 3% Leonard Karpinski (Libertarian) 1%
Arkansas	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	Y Mark Pryor (Democratic) 53.9% Tim Hutchinson (Republican) 46.1%
Colorado	Wayne Allard	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Wayne Allard (Republican) 50.7% Tom Strickland (Democratic) 45.8% Douglas Campbell (Constitution) 1.5% Rick Stanley (Libertarian) 1.5% John Heckman (Concerns of People) 0.5%
Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Joe Biden (Democratic) 58.2% Raymond J. Clatworthy (Republican) 40.8% Maurice Barros (IPD) 0.4% Raymond T. Buranello (Libertarian) 0.4% Robert E. Mattson (Natural Law) 0.2%
Georgia	Max Cleland	Democratic	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Saxby Chambliss (Republican) 52.7% Max Cleland (Democratic) 45.9% Claude Thomas (Libertarian) 1.4%
Idaho	Larry Craig	Republican	1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Larry Craig (Republican) 65% Alan Blinken (Democratic) 33% Donovan Bramwell (Libertarian) 2%
Illinois	Dick Durbin	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Dick Durbin (Democratic) 60.3% Jim Durkin (Republican) 38% Steven Burgauer (Libertarian) 1.6%
Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tom Harkin (Democratic) 54.2% Greg Ganske (Republican) 43.8% Tim Harthan (Green) 1.1% Richard J. Moore (Libertarian) 0.9%
Kansas	Pat Roberts	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pat Roberts (Republican) 82.5% Steven A. Rosile (Libertarian) 9.1% George Cook (Reform) 8.4%
Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	Republican	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mitch McConnell (Republican) 64.7% Lois Combs Weinberg (Democratic) 35.3%
Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mary Landrieu (Democratic) 51.7% Suzanne Haik Terrell (Republican) 48.3%
Maine	Susan Collins	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Susan Collins (Republican) 58.4% Chellie Pingree (Democratic) 41.6%
Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Kerry (Democratic) 72.3% Michael E. Cloud (Libertarian) 16.6% Blank/Scattering 9.6% Randall Forsberg, Write-in 1.1% Other 0.3%
Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Carl Levin (Democratic) 60.6% Rocky Raczkowski (Republican) 37.9% Eric Borregard (Green) 0.8% John S. Mangopoulos (Reform) 0.4% Doug Dern (Natural Law) 0.3%
Minnesota	Dean Barkley	Independence	2002 (Appointed)	DFL senator was renominated but died October 25, 2002. Dean Barkley was appointed November 4, 2002 to finish the term. Interim appointee retired. New senator elected. Republican gain.	Y Norm Coleman (Republican) 49.5% Walter Mondale (DFL) 47.3% Jim Moore (Independence) 2% Paul Wellstone (DFL) 0.5% Ray Tricomo (Green) 0.4% Miro Drago Kovatchevich (Constitution) 0.1%
Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Thad Cochran (Republican) 85.6% Shawn O'Hara (Reform) 15.4%
Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Max Baucus (Democratic) 62.7% Mike Taylor (Republican) 31.7% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 3.2% Bob Kelleher (Green) 2.3%
Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Chuck Hagel (Republican) 82.8% Charlie A. Matulka (Democratic) 14.6% John J. Graziano (Libertarian) 1.5% Phil Chase (Independent) 1.1%
New Hampshire	Bob Smith	Republican	1990 1990 (Appointed) 1996	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y John E. Sununu (Republican) 50.8% Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) 46.4% Ken Blevens (Libertarian) 2.2%
New Jersey	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	1996	Incumbent renominated but withdrew. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	Y Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 53.9% Doug Forrester (Republican) 44% Ted Glick (Green) 1.2% Elizabeth Macron (Libertarian) 0.6% Norman E. Wahner (NJ Conservative) 0.3% Gregory Pason (Socialist) 0.1%
New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Pete Domenici (Republican) 65% Gloria Tristani (Democratic) 35%
North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Elizabeth Dole (Republican) 53.6% Erskine Bowles (Democratic) 45% Sean Haugh (Libertarian) 1.5%
Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	Republican	1994 (Special) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jim Inhofe (Republican) 57.3% David Walters (Democratic) 36.3% James Germalic (Independent) 6.4%
Oregon	Gordon H. Smith	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Gordon H. Smith (Republican) 56.2% Bill Bradbury (Democratic) 39.6% Dan Fitzgerald (Libertarian) 2.4% Lon Mabon (Constitution) 1.7%
Rhode Island	Jack Reed	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jack Reed (Democratic) 78.4% Robert Tingle (Republican) 21.6%
South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	1954 1954 (Appointed) 1956 (Resigned) 1956 (Special) 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Lindsey Graham (Republican) 54.4% Alex Sanders (Democratic) 44.2% Ted Adams (Constitution) 0.8% Victor Kocher (Libertarian) 0.6%
South Dakota	Tim Johnson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Tim Johnson (Democratic) 49.6% John Thune (Republican) 49.5% Kurt Evans (Libertarian) 0.9%
Tennessee	Fred Thompson	Republican	1994 (Special) 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y Lamar Alexander (Republican) 54% Bob Clement (Democratic) 44%
Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	Y John Cornyn (Republican) 55.3% Ron Kirk (Democratic) 43.3% Scott Jameson (Libertarian) 0.8% Roy H. Williams (Green) 0.6%
Virginia	John Warner	Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y John Warner (Republican) 82.6% Nancy Spannaus (Independent) 9.7% Jacob Hornberger (Independent) 7.1%
West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 63.1% Jay Wolfe (Republican) 36.9%
Wyoming	Mike Enzi	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Y Mike Enzi (Republican) 73% Joyce Jansa Corcoran (Democratic) 27%

Closest Races

In eleven races the margin of victory was under 10%

District	Winner	Margin
South Dakota	Democratic	0.1%
Missouri	Republican (flip)	1.1%
Minnesota	Republican (flip)	2.2%[lower-alpha 3]
Louisiana	Democratic	3.4%
New Hampshire	Republican	4.4%
Colorado	Republican	4.9%
Georgia	Republican (flip)	6.9%
Arkansas	Democratic (flip)	7.0%
North Carolina	Republican	8.6%
Tennessee	Republican	9.9%
New Jersey	Democratic	9.9%

Alabama

Since around 1980, Alabama voters had increasingly voted for Republican candidates at the federal level, especially in Presidential elections. By contrast, Democratic candidates had been elected to many state-level offices and comprised a longstanding majority in the Alabama Legislature.

Incumbent Republican Jeff Sessions was not challenged in the primary,[5] and easily won re-election to a second term.[6]

Sessions was not challenged in the primary.[5]

Democratic primary results[7][8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Parker	190,978	47.99%
	Democratic	Julian L. McPhillips	170,222	42.78%
	Democratic	Wayne Sowell	36,719	9.23%
Total votes			397,919	100.00%

McPhillips received a large amount of support in the southern part of the state, but Parker won the most votes. Sowell endorsed Parker for the run-off.

Democratic primary runoff: June 25, 2002[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Parker	176,708	65.15%
	Democratic	Julian L. McPhillips	94,540	34.85%
Total votes			271,248	100.00%

General election[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jeff Sessions (Incumbent)	792,561	58.58%	+6.13%
	Democratic	Susan Parker	538,878	39.83%	-5.63%
	Libertarian	Jeff Allen	20,234	1.50%	+.06%
	No party	Write-In Votes	1,350	0.10%	+.06%
Majority			253,683	18.75%
Turnout			1,353,023
	Republican hold		Swing

Alaska

Incumbent Ted Stevens ran for and won a sixth term. He faced perennial candidate Frank Vondersaar, the Democratic nominee, journalist Jim Sykes, the Green Party nominee, and several other independent candidates in his bid for re-election. Ultimately, Stevens crushed his opponents to win what would be his last term in the Senate, allowing him to win with the largest margin of victory for any Senate election in Alaska, as well as the highest percentage of the vote in any of his elections.

United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Ted Stevens (Incumbent)	179,438	78.17%	+1.46%
	Democratic	Frank Vondersaar	24,133	10.51%	+0.17%
	Green	Jim Sykes	16,608	7.24%	-5.29%
	Alaskan Independence	Jim Dore	6,724	2.93%
	Libertarian	Leonard Karpinski	2,354	1.03%
	Write-ins		291	0.13%
Majority			155,305	67.66%	+3.47%
Turnout			229,548
	Republican hold		Swing

Arkansas

Arkansas election


Nominee	Mark Pryor	Tim Hutchinson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	433,306	370,653
Percentage	53.90%	46.10%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

Tim Hutchinson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Pryor
Democratic

Incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but lost re-election to Arkansas Attorney General Mark Pryor.

Republican State Representative Jim Bob Duggar challenged incumbent Tim Hutchinson in the primary.

Republican Primary results[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Hutchinson	71,576	77.7%
	Republican	Jim Bob Duggar	20,546	22.3%
Total votes			92,116	100.0%

Arkansas U.S. Senate Election 2002[13]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Mark Pryor	435,347	53.9%
Republican	Tim Hutchinson (Incumbent)	372,909	46.1%
Democratic gain from Republican

Colorado

Colorado election


Nominee	Wayne Allard	Tom Strickland
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	717,893	648,130
Percentage	50.7%	45.8%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Wayne Allard
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wayne Allard
Republican

Incumbent Republican Wayne Allard won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary results[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	110,309	100.00%
Total votes			110,309	100.00%

Republican primary results[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Allard (Incumbent)	190,250	100.00%
Total votes			190,250	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Wayne Allard (Incumbent)	717,899	50.70%	-0.71%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	648,130	45.77%	+0.03%
	Constitution	Douglas Campbell	21,547	1.52%
	Libertarian	Rick Stanley	20,776	1.47%
	Independent	John Heckman	7,140	0.50%
	Write-ins		596	0.04%
Majority			69,763	4.93%	-0.74%
Turnout			1,416,082
	Republican hold		Swing

Delaware

Delaware election


Nominee	Joe Biden	Raymond Clatworthy
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	135,253	94,793
Percentage	58.2%	40.8%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Biden
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Joe Biden won re-election to a sixth term.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Joe Biden (Incumbent)	135,253	58.22%	-1.82%
	Republican	Raymond J. Clatworthy	94,793	40.80%	+2.67%
	Delaware Independent	Maurice Barros	996	0.43%
	Libertarian	Raymond T. Buranello	922	0.40%	-0.82%
	Natural Law	Robert E. Mattson	350	0.15%	-0.47%
Majority			40,460	17.42%	-4.49%
Turnout			232,314
	Democratic hold		Swing

Georgia

Georgia election


Nominee	Saxby Chambliss	Max Cleland
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,071,153	931,857
Percentage	52.8%	45.9%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Max Cleland
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Saxby Chambliss
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Max Cleland ran for re-election to a second term, but lost to Republican Saxby Chambliss.

Chambliss's campaign used the refrain of national defense and security, but drew criticism for television ads that paired images of Cleland and Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, and for questioning the commitment to homeland security of his opponent, a triple amputee and decorated Vietnam veteran.[15][16] Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said of one ad: "It's worse than disgraceful. It's reprehensible."[17] McCain, along with Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, made significant complaints to the Republican National Committee until the ads were taken down.[18] Nevertheless, Chambliss defeated Cleland by nearly seven percentage points.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Saxby Chambliss	1,071,153	52.8%
	Democratic	Max Cleland	931,857	45.9%
	Libertarian	Claude Thomas	26,981	1.3%
Majority			139,296	6.9%
Turnout			2,029,991	100.0%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Idaho

Idaho election

November 4, 2002


Nominee	Larry Craig	Alan Blinken
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	266,215	132,975
Percentage	65.2%	32.6%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Larry Craig
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Larry Craig
Republican

Incumbent Republican Larry Craig won re-election to a third term.

Democratic primary results[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Blinken	26,346	70.90%
	Democratic	Dave Sneddon	10,812	29.10%
Total votes			37,158	100.00%

Libertarian primary results[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Donovan Bramwell	1,179	100.00%
Total votes			1,179	100.00%

Republican primary results[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Larry Craig (Incumbent)	130,126	100.00%
Total votes			130,126	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Larry Craig (Incumbent)	266,215	65.16%	+8.14%
	Democratic	Alan Blinken	132,975	32.55%	-7.36%
	Libertarian	Donovan Bramwell	9,354	2.29%
Majority			133,240	32.61%	+15.50%
Turnout			408,544
	Republican hold		Swing

Illinois

Illinois election


Nominee	Dick Durbin	Jim Durkin
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	2,103,766	1,325,703
Percentage	60.33%	38.02%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Dick Durbin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Dick Durbin
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin won re-election to a second term. Durbin faced off against State Representative Jim Durkin, whom he was able to easily beat, ensuring his return to the Senate.

Democratic primary results[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Durbin (Incumbent)	918,467	100.00%
Total votes			918,467	100.00%

Republican primary results[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Durkin	378,010	45.81%
	Republican	Jim Oberweis	259,515	31.45%
	Republican	John H. Cox	187,706	22.74%
Total votes			825,231	100.00%

Durbin won re-election to a second term easily, carrying a majority of the states 102 counties.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Dick Durbin (Incumbent)	2,103,766	60.33%	+4.25%
	Republican	Jim Durkin	1,325,703	38.02%	-2.65%
	Libertarian	Steven Burgauer	57,382	1.65%	+0.68%
Majority			778,063	22.31%	+6.90%
Turnout			3,486,851
	Democratic hold		Swing

Iowa

Iowa election


Nominee	Tom Harkin	Greg Ganske
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	554,278	447,892
Percentage	54.18%	43.78%

County Results

Senator before election

Tom Harkin
Democratic

Elected Senator

Tom Harkin
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Tom Harkin won re-election to a fourth term. Harkin was opposed in the general election by United States Congressman Greg Ganske, who fought off a surprisingly difficult challenger in the Republican primary. Though Harkin had narrowly defeated his opponent six years earlier, he was able to defeat Ganske by a fairly comfortable margin to win re-election.

Democratic primary results[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Harkin (Incumbent)	83,505	99.34%
	Democratic	Write-ins	555	0.66%
Total votes			84,060	100.00%

Republican primary results[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Ganske	116,229	58.97%
	Republican	Bill Salier	80,700	40.95%
	Republican	Write-ins	167	0.08%
Total votes			197,096	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Tom Harkin (Incumbent)	554,278	54.18%	+2.37%
	Republican	Greg Ganske	447,892	43.78%	-2.94%
	Green	Timothy A. Harthan	11,340	1.11%
	Libertarian	Richard J. Moore	8,864	0.87%
	Write-ins		701	0.06%
Majority			106,386	10.40%	+5.30%
Turnout			1,023,075
	Democratic hold		Swing

Kansas

Kansas election


Nominee	Pat Roberts	Steven Rosile	George Cook
Party	Republican	Libertarian	Reform
Popular vote	641,075	70,725	65,050
Percentage	82.5%	9.1%	8.4%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Pat Roberts
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pat Roberts
Republican

Incumbent Pat Roberts won re-election to a second term easily because no Democrat filed to run.

Republican primary results[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pat Roberts (Incumbent)	233,642	83.70%
	Republican	Tom Oyler	45,491	16.30%
Total votes			279,133	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Pat Roberts (Incumbent)	641,075	82.52%	+20.50%
	Libertarian	Steven Rosile	70,725	9.10%	+7.86%
	Reform	George Cook	65,050	8.37%	+6.08%
Majority			570,350	73.42%	+45.83%
Turnout			776,850
	Republican hold		Swing

Kentucky

Kentucky election


Nominee	Mitch McConnell	Lois Combs Weinberg
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	731,679	399,634
Percentage	64.7%	35.3%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Incumbent Republican Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term.

Democratic primary results[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Combs Weinberg	231,013	50.10%
	Democratic	Tom Barlow	230,055	49.90%
Total votes			461,068	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mitch McConnell (Incumbent)	731,679	64.68%	+9.22%
	Democratic	Lois Combs Weinberg	399,634	35.32%	-7.52%
Majority			332,045	29.35%	+16.74%
Turnout			1,131,313
	Republican hold		Swing

Louisiana

Louisiana election

November 5 and December 7, 2002


Nominee	Mary Landrieu	Suzanne Haik Terrell
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	638,654	596,642
Percentage	51.7%	48.3%

Parish Results

U.S. senator before election

Mary Landrieu
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Mary Landrieu
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu won re-election to a second term.

During the run-off, Landrieu was out-spent three-to-one by Republican contender Suzanne Haik Terrell, the Louisiana Elections Commissioner. Terrell also had prominent Republicans including President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney visit Louisiana to campaign on her behalf. Republicans, confident of victory having gained seats in the elections to the House of Representatives and to the Senate, solidifying control of the former and taking control of the latter, publicly called the election "Operation Icing on the Cake".[24][25] Some Democrats responded by calling their efforts "Operation Wipe that Smirk off of Bush's Face"[26] and dubbed Landrieu's subsequent run-off victory, "Operation Pie in the Face".[27]

Jungle Primary election, November 5, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Landrieu (Incumbent)	573,347	46.00%
	Republican	Suzanne Haik Terrell	339,506	27.24%
	Republican	John Cooksey	171,752	13.78%
	Republican	Tony Perkins	119,776	9.61%
	Democratic	Raymond Brown	23,553	1.89%
	Independent	Patrick E. "Live Wire" Landry	10,442	0.84%
	Independent	James Lemann	3,866	0.31%
	Libertarian	Gary D. Robbins	2,423	0.19%
	Republican	Ernest Edward Skillman, Jr.	1,668	0.13%
Turnout			1,246,333	100.00%

Landrieu pulled off what many considered to be an upset victory. The Republicans believed they would most likely win the race. Before the election many Republicans called the race operation icing on the cake. After Landrieu won the runoff Democrats dubbed her victory operation pie in the face. The race was close. In terms of rural parishes the vote was split fairly evenly. Landrieu did well in Caddo Parish home of Shreveport, and in East Baton Rouge Parish home of East Baton Rouge. Ultimately though it was Landrieu's huge win in Orleans Parish home of New Orleans that pushed her over the finish line. Haik Terrell conceded defeat to Landrieu at 12:38 P.M. EST, congratulating Landrieu on her victory. Landrieu would go on to be re-elected to a third term in 2008.

Runoff election, December 7, 2002
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Mary Landrieu (Incumbent)	638,654	51.70%	+1.53%
	Republican	Suzanne Haik Terrell	596,642	48.30%	-1.53%
Majority			42,012	3.40%	+3.06%
Turnout			1,235,296	100.00%
	Democratic hold		Swing

Maine

Maine election


Nominee	Susan Collins	Chellie Pingree
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	295,041	209,858
Percentage	58.4%	41.6%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Susan Collins
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Susan Collins
Republican

Incumbent Republican Susan Collins won re-election to a second term.

Chellie Pingree, State Senator and Senate Majority Leader attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts.[28] Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002.[29] However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.[30]

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated State Senator Chellie Pingree of North Haven in one of the few U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.[31]

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Susan Collins (Incumbent)	295,041	58.44%	+9.25%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree	209,858	41.56%	-2.31%
Majority			85,183	16.87%	+11.57%
Turnout			504,899
	Republican hold		Swing

Massachusetts

Massachusetts election


Nominee	John Kerry	Michael Cloud
Party	Democratic	Libertarian
Popular vote	1,605,976	369,807
Percentage	80.0%	18.4%

Municipal results

U.S. senator before election

John Kerry
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

John Kerry
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud. 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.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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			2,220,301	100%

Michigan

Michigan election


Nominee	Carl Levin	Andrew Raczkowski
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,896,614	1,185,545
Percentage	60.6%	37.9%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

Carl Levin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Carl Levin
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Carl Levin won re-election to a fifth term.

General election[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Carl Levin (Incumbent)	1,896,614	60.61%	+2.25%
	Republican	Andrew Raczkowski	1,185,545	37.89%	-1.98%
	Green	Eric Borregard	23,931	0.76%	+0.76%
	Reform	John Mangopoulos	12,831	0.41%	+0.41%
	Natural Law	Doug Dern	10,366	0.33%	+0.03%
Majority			711,069	22.72%	+4.23%
Turnout			3,129,287
	Democratic hold		Swing

Minnesota

Minnesota election


Nominee	Norm Coleman	Walter Mondale
Party	Republican	Democratic (DFL)
Popular vote	1,116,697	1,067,246
Percentage	49.5%	47.3%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Dean Barkley
Independence

Elected U.S. Senator

Norm Coleman
Republican

Incumbent Democrat Paul Wellstone was running for re-election to a third term, but died in a plane crash eleven days before the election. The Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL) chose former Vice President and 1984 Presidential candidate Walter Mondale to replace Wellstone on the ballot. Mondale lost to Republican Mayor of Saint Paul Norm Coleman. The day before the election, Independence Governor Jesse Ventura had appointed Dean Barkley (IP) to serve the rest of Wellstone's term.[33] As of 2020, this is the last Senate election in Minnesota won by a Republican.

In the primaries, Paul Wellstone defeated Dick Franson 93% to 5% and Norm Coleman defeated Jack Shepard 95% to 5%.

At the time of his death, Wellstone was slightly ahead in the polls. After Walter Mondale was chosen as the DFL candidate, in a poll taken a few days before the election Mondale was leading 51% to 45%. Early on Election Day, Mondale was leading in votes. By nightfall, however, Norm Coleman pulled ahead, winning by 49.5 percent to 47.3 percent.

Paul Wellstone still appeared on the ballot despite his death, despite a court order replacing Wellstone's name with Mondale's.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Norm Coleman	1,116,697	49.53%	+8.25%
	Democratic (DFL)	Walter Mondale	1,067,246	47.34%	-2.98%
	Independence	Jim Moore	45,139	2.00%	-4.98%
	Democratic (DFL)	Paul Wellstone (Incumbent, deceased)	11,381	0.50%	n/a
	Green	Ray Tricomo	10,119	0.48%	n/a
	Constitution	Miro Drago Kovatchevich	2,254	0.10%	n/a
	Write-ins		1,803	0.80%	n/a
Majority			49,451	2.19%	Republican gain from Independence
Turnout			2,254,639	80.26%
	Republican gain from Independence		Swing

Mississippi

Mississippi election


Nominee	Thad Cochran	Shawn O'Hara
Party	Republican	Reform
Popular vote	533,269	97,226
Percentage	84.6%	15.4%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

Thad Cochran
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Thad Cochran
Republican

Incumbent Republican Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42% of the vote.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Cochran	533,269	84.58%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	97,226	15.42%
Majority			436,043	69.16%
Turnout			630,495
	Republican hold		Swing

Missouri (Special)

Missouri special election


Nominee	Jim Talent	Jean Carnahan
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	935,032	913,778
Percentage	49.8%	48.7%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Jean Carnahan
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jim Talent
Republican

In the 2000 election, Mel Carnahan, who had died in a plane crash three weeks before, remained on the ballot for election to the Senate. Carnahan beat his Republican opponent, John Ashcroft, who did not legally contest being defeated by a dead candidate. Carnahan's successor as governor, Roger B. Wilson, fulfilled his pre-election promise to appoint Carnahan's widow in her husband's place and a special election was scheduled for 2002.[34][35]

The election would decide who would serve the rest of Senator-elect Mel Carnahan's term, after he died. The winner would serve four more years until the next election in 2006. Governor Roger Wilson had appointed Carnahan's widow Jean to serve temporarily. She then ran for the remainder of the term. Republican Jim Talent defeated her narrowly. While the race would have flipped control of the Senate from the Democrats to the Republicans, the Senate was adjourned, so Talent could not take office and no change in leadership occurred until the 108th Congress began in January 2003.

Democratic primary results[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jean Carnahan (Incumbent)	368,149	83.22
	Democratic	Darrel D. Day	74,237	16.78
Total votes			442,386	100.00

Republican primary results[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Talent	395,994	89.58
	Republican	Joseph A. May	18,525	4.19
	Republican	Doris Bass Landfather	14,074	3.18
	Republican	Scott Craig Babbitt	7,705	1.74
	Republican	Martin Lindstedt	5,773	1.31
Total votes			442,071	100.00

Libertarian primary results[36]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	Tamara A. Millay	1,942	59.35
	Libertarian	Edward Joseph Manley	1,330	40.65
Total votes			3,272	100.00

National security and Carnahan's vote against fellow Missourian John Ashcroft as attorney general were major issues in the campaign. Republicans argued Carnahan owed her vote to Ashcroft, who had lost his bid for re-election to the Senate to Carnahan's husband.[37] Talent, citing Carnahan's votes against homeland-security legislation and missile defense, accused her of being soft on national security, which she objected to, saying he was "doubt[ing] her patriotism."[38]

Jack Abramoff contributed $2,000 to Talent's 2002 senatorial campaign,[39] and Preston Gates & Ellis, a former Abramoff employer, had also contributed $1,000 to Talent's campaign.[40] Talent later returned both contributions.[41] Talent's win returned Republican control of the Senate which had been under slight Democratic dominance resulting from Vermont junior senator Jim Jeffords's decision to renounce the Republican Party, turning independent and making the choice to caucus with the Democrats.

Talent's victory was certified November 21, 2002, one day before Congress adjourned, which prevented Republicans from claiming a senate majority. He automatically became a Senator the following day because, under federal law, he formally took office the day after both chambers of Congress adjourned. Because Republicans would hold the majority in the following congress, they saw no need to hold a special session in the 107th to take advantage of their brief majority.[42][43]

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Jim Talent	935,032	49.80%	+1.41%
	Democratic	Jean Carnahan (Incumbent)	913,778	48.67%	-1.80%
	Libertarian	Tamara A. Millay	18,345	0.98%	+0.55%
	Green	Daniel Romano	10,465	0.56%	+0.11%
Majority			21,254	1.13%	-0.94%
Turnout			1,877,620
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

Montana

Montana election

November 4, 2002


Nominee	Max Baucus	Mike Taylor
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	204,853	103,611
Percentage	62.7%	31.7%

U.S. senator before election

Max Baucus
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Max Baucus
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Max Baucus won re-election to a fifth term.[44]

Democratic Party primary results[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Max Baucus (Incumbent)	66,713	100.00%
Total votes			66,713	100.00%

Republican Party primary results[45]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Taylor	48,169	60.16%
	Republican	Brad Johnson	14,252	17.80%
	Republican	John McDonald	10,116	12.63%
	Republican	Melvin Hanson	7,536	9.41%
Total votes			80,073	100.00%

The election got national attention when Baucus's opponent, state senator Mike Taylor, accused Baucus of having implied that Taylor was gay in a campaign ad. The ad was paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, though designed by the Baucus campaign. The ad, which alleged that Taylor had embezzled funds from the cosmetology school he once owned, showed footage from the early 1980s of Taylor massaging another man's face while wearing a tight suit with an open shirt. Due to financial shortages making it impossible for him to continue the race and having concerns about the effect the race was having on his family, Taylor dropped out of the race and Baucus won with 63 percent of the vote.[46]

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Max Baucus	204,853	62.74%	+13.18%
	Republican	Mike Taylor	103,611	31.73%	-12.96%
	Libertarian	Stan Jones	10,420	3.19%
	Green	Bob Kelleher	7,653	2.34%
Majority			101,242	31.00%	+26.14%
Turnout			326,537
	Democratic hold		Swing

Nebraska

Nebraska election

November 7, 2002


Nominee	Chuck Hagel	Charlie Matulka
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	397,438	70,290
Percentage	82.8%	14.6%

U.S. senator before election

Chuck Hagel
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Hagel
Republican

Incumbent Republican Chuck Hagel won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary results[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charlie A. Matulka	33,922	59.31%
	Democratic	Al Hamburg	23,272	40.69%
Total votes			57,194	100.00%

Libertarian Party primary results[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Libertarian	John J. Graziano	228	100.00%
Total votes			228	100.00%

Republican Party primary results[47]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck Hagel (Incumbent)	144,160	100.00%
Total votes			144,160	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Chuck Hagel (Incumbent)	397,438	82.76%	+25.36%
	Democratic	Charlie A. Matulka	70,290	14.64%	-27.96%
	Libertarian	John J. Graziano	7,423	1.55%
	Independent	Phil Chase	5,066	1.05%
Majority			327,148	68.13%	+53.31%
Turnout			480,217
	Republican hold		Swing

New Hampshire

New Hampshire election


Nominee	John E. Sununu	Jeanne Shaheen
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	227,229	207,478
Percentage	50.8%	46.4%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Bob Smith
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John E. Sununu
Republican

Incumbent Republican/Independent U.S. Senator Bob Smith was defeated in the Republican primary and denied renomination.[48] Republican John E. Sununu won the open seat. As of 2017 This is the last time a Republican has won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Hampshire.

Senator Bob Smith, the incumbent Republican Senator, briefly left the party in 1999 to run for president as an independent, claiming that the Republican platform was "not worth the paper it's written on".[49] He rejoined the GOP a few months later, saying he made a mistake.[49] Nonetheless, the party never fully forgave him, and some of his fellow Republican Senators went so far as to endorse his primary opponent, Rep. John Sununu,[50] who would go on to win by 8 points.

Republican primary results[51]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Sununu	81,920	53.35%
	Republican	Bob Smith (Incumbent)	68,608	44.68%
Total votes			150,528	100.00%

During the campaign, there was a major scandal that involved the use of a telemarketing firm hired by that state's Republican Party (NHGOP) for election tampering. The GOP Marketplace, based in Northern Virginia, jammed another phone bank being used by the state Democratic Party and the firefighters' union for efforts to turn out voters on behalf of New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen on Election Day. The tampering involved using a call center to jam the phone lines of a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) operation. In the end, 900 calls were made for 45 minutes of disruption to the Democratic-leaning call centers. In addition to criminal prosecutions, disclosures in the case came from a civil suit filed by the state's Democratic Party against the state's Republican Party (now settled). Four of those involved were convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, federal crimes and sentenced to prison for their involvement as of 2018. One conviction was reversed by an appeals court, a decision prosecutors appealed. James Tobin, the defendant freed on appeal, was later indicted on charges of lying to the FBI during the original investigation.

General election[52]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	John Sununu	227,229	50.8%
Democratic	Jeanne Shaheen	207,478	46.4%
Libertarian	Ken Blevens	9,835	2.2%
Republican hold		Swing

New Jersey

New Jersey election


Nominee	Frank Lautenberg	Doug Forrester
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	1,138,193	928,439
Percentage	53.88%	43.95%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

Robert Torricelli
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Frank Lautenberg
Democratic

The race was to originally feature Democrat Robert Torricelli, who was running for a second term in the seat he had won when former Senator Bill Bradley elected not to run for a fourth term in 1996 and who had been the state's senior Senator following Frank Lautenberg's retirement at the end of the 106th United States Congress, against former West Windsor Township mayor Douglas Forrester, who had won the Republican nomination.

Torricelli, however, had been the target of an ethics probe and eventually dropped out of the race on September 30 due to ethical concerns and poor poll numbers against Forrester, a relatively unknown opponent.[53] The New Jersey Democratic Party convinced the retired Lautenberg to join the race after Torricelli dropped out. In the case of The New Jersey Democratic Party v. Samson, 175 N.J. 178 (2002), Forrester sued to stop Democratic Party efforts to have Lautenberg replace Torricelli. The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled unanimously on October 2 that the party could switch Lautenberg's name in for Sen. Torricelli's on the ballot.[54] Forrester received the endorsement of President George W. Bush.[55]

In the general election, Lautenberg defeated Forrester and became the state's junior Senator for the second time when he was sworn in on January 3, 2003 (Bradley, elected in 1978, was the senior Senator during Lautenberg's first fourteen years in office and Jon Corzine, who was elected to Lautenberg's old Senate seat, became the senior Senator in 2003 as Lautenberg's previous eighteen years in the Senate were not counted towards seniority.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Frank Lautenberg	1,138,193	53.88%
	Republican	Doug Forrester	928,439	43.95%
	Green	Ted Glick	24,308	1.15%
	Libertarian	Elizabeth Macron	12,558	0.59%
	Conservative	Norman E. Wahner	6,404	0.30%
	Socialist	Greg Pason	2,702	0.13%
Majority			209,754	9.93%
Turnout
	Democratic hold		Swing

New Mexico

New Mexico election


Nominee	Pete Domenici	Gloria Tristani
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	314,193	168,886
Percentage	65.0%	35.0%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Pete Domenici
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Domenici
Republican

Incumbent Republican Pete Domenici won re-election to a sixth term. As of 2018, this is the last Senate election in New Mexico won by a Republican.

Democratic primary results[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Tristani	109,084	77.71%
	Democratic	Francesa Lobato	31,228	22.24%
	Democratic	Don E. Durham (write-in)	73	0.05%
Total votes			140,385	100.00%

Republican primary results[56]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Domenici (Incumbent)	91,898	99.93%
	Republican	Orlin G. Cole (write-in)	62	0.07%
Total votes			91,960	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Pete Domenici (Incumbent)	314,193	65.04%	+0.32%
	Democratic	Gloria Tristani	168,863	34.96%	+5.17%
Majority			145,324	30.09%	-4.86%
Turnout			483,056
	Republican hold		Swing

North Carolina

North Carolina election


Nominee	Elizabeth Dole	Erskine Bowles
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,248,664	1,047,983
Percentage	53.56%	44.96%

County Results

Senator before election

Jesse Helms
Republican

Elected Senator

Elizabeth Dole
Republican

Incumbent Republican Jesse Helms decided to retire due to health issues. Republican Elizabeth Dole won the open seat over Democrat Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff.

Democratic Primary[57]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Erskine Bowles	277,329	43.4%
Democratic	Dan Blue	184,216	28.8%
Democratic	Elaine Marshall	97,392	15.2%
Democratic	Cynthia D. Brown	27,799	4.4%
Democratic	Others	52,289	8.2%

Republican Primary[58]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Elizabeth Dole	342,631	80.4%
Republican	James Snyder Jr.	60,477	14.2%
Republican	Jim Parker	8,752	2.1%
Republican	Ada Fisher	6,045	1.4%
Republican	Others	8,201	1.9%

General election[59]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Elizabeth Dole	1,248,664	53.56%	+0.92%
	Democratic	Erskine Bowles	1,047,983	44.96%	−0.96%
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	33,807	1.45%	+0.46%
	Write-in	Paul DeLaney	727	0.03%	+0.02%
Majority			200,681	8.60%	+1.88%
Turnout			2,331,181
	Republican hold		Swing

Oklahoma

Oklahoma election


Nominee	Jim Inhofe	David Walters
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	583,579	369,789
Percentage	57.30%	36.31%


Nominee	James Germalic
Party	Independent
Popular vote	65,056
Percentage	6.39%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

James Inhofe
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

James Inhofe
Republican

Incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe won re-election to a second term over Democrat David Walters, a former Governor of the state.

General election[60]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Inhofe	583,579	57.30%
	Democratic	David Walters	369,789	36.31%
	Independent (US)	James Germalic	65,056	6.39%
Majority			213,790	20.99%
Turnout			1,018,424
	Republican hold		Swing

Oregon

Oregon election


Nominee	Gordon Smith	Bill Bradbury
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	712,287	501,898
Percentage	56.2%	39.6%

County Results

Senator before election

Gordon Smith
Republican

Elected Senator

Gordon Smith
Republican

Incumbent Republican Gordon Smith ran for re-election to a second term. Smith, who had only served one term in the U.S. Senate, had a popularity rating slightly lower than 50% before the summer of 2002 began.[61] Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury emerged as the Democratic nominee, and though a competitive gubernatorial election occurred at the same time, Bradbury's campaign was never able to gain traction and Smith overwhelmingly won re-election. As of 2017, this is the last Senate election in Oregon won by a Republican.

Democratic primary results[62]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Bradbury	279,792	85.89%
	Democratic	Craig Hanson	27,472	8.43%
	Democratic	Greg Haven	13,995	4.30%
	Democratic	Write-ins	4,480	1.38%
Total votes			325,739	100.00%

Republican primary results[62]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gordon Smith (Incumbent)	306,504	98.89%
	Republican	Write-ins	3,439	1.11%
Total votes			309,943	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Gordon Smith (Incumbent)	712,287	56.21%	+6.41%
	Democratic	Bill Bradbury	501,898	39.61%	-6.30%
	Libertarian	Dan Fitzgerald	29,979	2.37%	+1.43%
	Constitution	Lon Mabon	21,703	1.71%
	Write-ins		1,354	0.11%
Majority			210,389	16.60%	+12.71%
Turnout			1,267,221
	Republican hold		Swing

Rhode Island

Rhode Island election

November 4, 2002


Nominee	Jack Reed	Robert Tingle
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	253,922	69,881
Percentage	78.4%	21.6%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Jack Reed
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Reed
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Jack Reed won re-election to a second term. Reed was an extremely popular senator, with a May Brown University poll showing the incumbent with a 73% approval rating, higher than any other elected lawmaker in the state.[63] Reed's best performance was in Providence County, where he won with over 80% of the vote over Republican Robert Tingle, casino pit boss and nominee for RI-02 in 2000[64]

Democratic primary results[65]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Reed (Incumbent)	85,315	100.00%
Total votes			85,315	100.00%

Republican Party primary results[65]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Tingle	16,041	100.00%
Total votes			16,041	100.00%

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jack Reed (Incumbent)	253,922	78.43%	+15.12%
	Republican	Robert Tingle	69,881	21.57%	-13.38%
Majority			183,966	56.85%	+28.50%
Turnout			323,582
	Democratic hold		Swing

South Carolina

South Carolina election


Nominee	Lindsey Graham	Alex Sanders
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	600,010	487,359
Percentage	54.4%	44.2%

U.S. senator before election

Strom Thurmond
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lindsey Graham
Republican

Long-time Incumbent Strom Thurmond decided to retire at the age of 100, becoming the first Centenarian to ever serve in Congress, and at that time was the longest serving Senator in U.S. history (a record later surpassed by West Virginia's Robert Byrd). Republican Lindsey Graham won the open seat.

Alex Sanders, the former president of the College of Charleston, entered the race and faced no opposition from South Carolina Democrats, thereby avoiding a primary election.

Representative Lindsey Graham had no challenge for the Republican nomination and thus avoided a primary election. This was due in large part because the South Carolina Republicans were preoccupied with the gubernatorial race and also because potential rivals were deterred by the huge financial war chest Graham had amassed early in the campaign.

The election campaign between Graham and Sanders was bitterly fought. Graham campaigned that he had a consistent conservative voting record that he claimed closely matched that of outgoing Senator Strom Thurmond. Sanders campaigned on his membership in the NAACP, the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and the NRA. He said that he was against the death penalty for religious reasons, supported abortion rights, and supported greater government involvement in education. Graham attacked Sanders for these positions consistently throughout the campaign, and Sanders hit back at Graham for wanting to privatize social security. Graham won the election by slightly over 10 percent.

General election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lindsey Graham	600,010	54.4%	+1.0%
	Democratic	Alex Sanders	487,359	44.2%	+0.2%
	Constitution	Ted Adams	8,228	0.7%	+0.7%
	Libertarian	Victor Kocher	6,684	0.6%	-0.5%
	No party	Write-Ins	667	0.1%	+0.1%
Majority			112,651	10.2%	+0.8%
Turnout			1,102,948	53.9%	-10.1%
	Republican hold		Swing

South Dakota

South Dakota election


Nominee	Tim Johnson	John Thune
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	167,481	166,957
Percentage	49.6%	49.5%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Tim Johnson
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tim Johnson
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Tim Johnson won re-election to a second term by a margin of 524 votes.

Democratic primary results[66]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Johnson (Incumbent)	65,438	94.84%
	Democratic	Herman Eilers	3,558	5.16%
Total votes			68,996	100.00%

Thune, who was considered a rising star in his party, ran against Tim Johnson, who narrowly won his first senate election in 1996. Thune launched a television advertising campaign mentioning al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, controversially contending that both were seeking nuclear weapons and that the country needed a missile defense system, something Johnson voted against 29 times and that Thune supported. Johnson attacked Thune for politicizing national security.[67] President George W. Bush campaigned for Thune in late October.[68] More than $20 million was spent in the election. Both candidates had raised over $5 million each.[69]

Johnson narrowly prevailed over Thune by a mere 524 votes. Despite the extreme closeness of the election, Thune did not contest the results and conceded defeat on the late afternoon of November 9. Johnson's narrow victory may be attributed to his strong support in Minnehaha County home of Sioux Falls. Thune also underperformed in typically Republican areas. Johnson was sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2003.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Tim Johnson (Incumbent)	167,481	49.62%	-1.70%
	Republican	John Thune	166,949	49.47%	+0.79%
	Libertarian	Kurt Evans	3,070	0.91%
Plurality			532	0.15%	-2.49%
Turnout			334,438
	Democratic hold		Swing

Tennessee

Tennessee election


Nominee	Lamar Alexander	Bob Clement
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	891,420	728,295
Percentage	54.27%	44.34%

County Results

Senator before election

Fred Thompson
Republican

Elected Senator

Lamar Alexander
Republican

Incumbent Republican Fred Thompson decided to retire. Republican Lamar Alexander, former U.S. Secretary of Education and former Governor of Tennessee, won the open seat over Democrat Bob Clement, U.S. Representative.

Republican Primary results[70]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lamar Alexander	295,052	53.79%
	Republican	Ed Bryant	233,678	42.60%
	Republican	Mary Taylor-Shelby	5,589	1.02%
	Republican	June Griffin	4,930	0.90%
	Republican	Michael Brent Todd	4,002	0.73%
	Republican	James E. DuBose	3,572	0.65%
	Republican	Christopher G. Fenner	1,552	0.28%
	Republican	Write-ins	107	0.03%
Total votes			548,482	100.00%

Democratic primary results[71]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Clement	418,172	82.18%
	Democratic	Gary G. Davis	50,563	9.94%
	Democratic	Cher A. Hopkey	14,481	2.85%
	Democratic	Michael L. Hampstead	12,940	2.54%
	Democratic	Alvin M. Strauss	12,241	2.41%
	Democratic	Write-ins	478	0.08%
Total votes			508,875	100.00%

Alexander raised $2 million through June 2002.[72] Clement attacked the Governor for his corporate connections and business dealings. By October, Clement had nearly raised $900,000, while Alexander raised almost $3 million.[73] Bush, who had a 60% approval rating in the state, helped campaign and raise money for Alexander.[74] Alexander was also endorsed by the NRA.[75]

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Lamar Alexander	891,498	54.28%	-7.09%
	Democratic	Bob Clement	728,232	44.34%	+7.52%
	Independent	John Jay Hooker	6,401	0.39%
	Independent	Wesley M. Baker	6,106	0.37%
	Independent	Connie Gammon	5,349	0.33%
	Independent	Karl Stanley Davidson	2,217	0.13%
	Independent	Basil Marceaux	1,170	0.07%
	Write-ins		356	0.02%
Majority			163,266	9.94%	-14.61%
Turnout			1,642,432
	Republican hold		Swing

Texas

Texas election


Nominee	John Cornyn	Ron Kirk
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	2,496,243	1,955,758
Percentage	55.3%	43.3%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Phil Gramm
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Cornyn
Republican

Incumbent Republican Phil Gramm decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican John Cornyn won the open seat over the Democratic Mayor of Dallas, Ron Kirk.

Despite the fact that Texas is a red state, Kirk ran on a socially progressive platform: supporting abortion rights and opposing Bush judicial nominee Priscilla Owen, although Kirk was a former George W. Bush supporter.[76] He also supported increases in defense spending, such as Bush's proposed $48 billion increase in military spending, except for the money Bush wanted to use for missile defense.[77] Kirk had the support of former Governor Ann Richards and former U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen.

Cornyn was criticized for taking campaign money from Enron and other controversial companies.

The race was perceived as close, with an October Dallas Morning News poll showing Cornyn leading 47% to 37%. However, Cornyn won election by 12 percent.[78] A record $18 million was spent in the election.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Cornyn	2,496,243	55.3%
	Democratic	Ron Kirk	1,955,758	43.3%
	Libertarian	Scott Jameson	35,538	0.8%
	Green	Roy Williams	25,051	0.6%
	Write-In	James W. Wright	1,422	0.0%
Majority			540,485	11.97%
Turnout			4,514,012
	Republican hold		Swing

Virginia

Virginia election

November 4, 2002

Turnout

29.0% (voting eligible)[79]


Nominee	John Warner	Nancy Spannaus
Party	Republican	Independent
Popular vote	1,229,894	145,102
Percentage	82.6%	9.7%


Nominee	Jacob Hornberger
Party	Independent
Popular vote	106,055
Percentage	7.1%

U.S. Senate election results map. Red denotes counties/districts won by Warner.

U.S. senator before election

John Warner
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

John Warner
Republican

Incumbent Republican John Warner won re-election to a fifth term, making him one of only three Virginia U.S. Senators to serve five or more terms.[80] No Democrat ran against Warner, and he won every single county and city in the state with at least 60% of the vote. As of 2016, this is the last Senate election in Virginia won by a Republican.

General election[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	John Warner (Incumbent)	1,229,894	82.58%	+30.10%
	Independent	Nancy B. Spannaus	145,102	9.74%
	Independent	Jacob Hornberger	106,055	7.12%
	Write-ins		8,371	0.56%	+0.43%
Majority			1,084,792	72.83%	+67.75%
Turnout			1,489,422
	Republican hold		Swing

West Virginia

West Virginia election


Nominee	Jay Rockefeller	Jay Wolfe
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	275,281	160,902
Percentage	63.11%	36.89%

County Results

U.S. senator before election

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Jay Rockefeller
Democratic

Incumbent Democrat Jay Rockefeller won re-election to a fourth term over Republican State Senator Jay Wolfe.

Rockefeller was the heavy favorite, with one poll showed him leading 72% to 17%.[81] Rockefeller had $2.9 million cash on hand to Wolfe at $100,536 (In mid-October). Wolfe was endorsed by President George W. Bush and the National Rifle Association, but it wasn't enough to make the election competitive. Rockefeller won by a margin of over 25 percent.[82]

General election[83]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Jay Rockefeller (Incumbent)	275,281	63.11%	-13.54%
	Republican	Jay Wolfe	160,902	36.89%	+13.54%
Majority			114,379	26.22%	-27.08%
Turnout			436,183
	Democratic hold		Swing

Wyoming

Wyoming election


Nominee	Mike Enzi	Joyce Corcoran
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	133,710	49,570
Percentage	73.0%	27.0%

County results

U.S. senator before election

Mike Enzi
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mike Enzi
Republican

Incumbent Republican Mike Enzi won re-election to a second term.

Democratic primary results[84]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Corcoran	30,548	100.00%
Total votes			30,548	100.00%

Republican primary results[85]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Enzi (Incumbent)	78,612	85.87%
	Republican	Crosby Allen	12,931	14.13%
Total votes			91,543	100.00%

Enzi stated that his top priorities were education, jobs, national security and retirement security.[86] He had $485,000 cash on hand in June 2002, when Joyce Corcoran (D), Mayor of Lander first filed.[87]

General election[88]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Mike Enzi (Incumbent)	133,710	72.95%	+18.90%
	Democratic	Joyce Corcoran	49,570	27.05%	-15.17%
Majority			84,140	45.91%	+34.06%
Turnout			183,280
	Republican hold		Swing

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Includes candidates from Louisiana's General Election, not run-off. Totals do not include participating voters who declined to cast a vote for U.S. Senate.
Senator caucused with neither party.
Minnesota was the "tipping point" state.

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Elections Division from the Louisiana Secretary of State
2002 Massachusetts state-wide election results
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[1] Includes candidates from Louisiana's General Election, not run-off. Totals do not include participating voters who declined to cast a vote for U.S. Senate.

[2] Senator caucused with neither party.

[7] Minnesota was the "tipping point" state.

2002 United States Senate elections

Gains and losses

Results summary

Change in composition

Before the elections

After the elections

Gains and losses

Democratic gains

Republican gains

Race summary

Special elections during the 107th Congress

Elections leading to the next Congress

Closest Races

Alabama

Alaska

Arkansas

Colorado

Delaware

Georgia

Idaho

Illinois

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri (Special)

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

North Carolina

Oklahoma

Oregon

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Virginia

West Virginia

Wyoming

See also

Notes

References

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