2002 United States Senate election in Iowa
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Democratic primary
Candidates
- Tom Harkin, incumbent United States Senator
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | Script error: No such module "string". | 99.34% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Write-ins | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.66% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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Republican primary
Candidates
- Greg Ganske, U.S. Representative from Des Moines
- Bill Salier, hog farmer
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Greg Ganske | Script error: No such module "string". | 58.97% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Bill Salier | Script error: No such module "string". | 40.95% | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Write-ins | Script error: No such module "string". | 0.08% | |
| Total votes | Script error: No such module "string". | 100.00% | ||
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General election
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 6, 2002
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Template:USRaceRating | November 4, 2002 |
Polling
| Poll source | Date(s) administered |
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Margin of error |
Tom Harkin (D) |
Greg Ganske (R) |
Other / Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SurveyUSA[3] | October 27–29, 2002 | 605 (LV) | ± 4.1% | style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" align=center| 60% | 38% | 2% |
Results
Template:Election box write-in with party link| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | Template:Replace | 54.18% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Greg Ganske | 447,892 | 43.78% | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Timothy A. Harthan | 11,340 | 1.11% | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard J. Moore | 8,864 | 0.87% | ||
| Majority | 106,386 | 10.40% | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 1,023,075 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
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Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic
- Adair (Largest city: Greenfield)
- Adams (Largest city: Corning)
- Allamakee (Largest city: Waukon)
- Audubon (Largest city: Audubon)
- Calhoun (Largest city: Rockwell City)
- Carroll (Largest city: Carroll)
- Cherokee (Largest city: Cherokee)
- Clay (Largest city: Spencer)
- Decatur (Largest city: Lamoni)
- Franklin (Largest city: Hampton)
- Guthrie (Largest city: Guthrie Center)
- Hancock (Largest city: Garner)
- Hardin (Largest city: Iowa Falls)
- Kossuth (Largest city: Algona)
- Monona (Largest city: Onawa)
- Pocahontas (Largest city: Pocahontas)
- Ringgold (Largest city: Mount Ayr)
- Taylor (Largest city: Bedford)
- Union (Largest city: Creston)
- Woodbury (Largest city: Sioux City)
- Wright (Largest city: Eagle Grove)
- Louisa (largest city: Wapello)
- Buena Vista (largest city: Storm Lake)
- Humboldt (largest city: Humboldt)
- Ida (largest city: Ida Grove)
- Sac (largest city: Sac City)
- Dickinson (Largest city: Spirit Lake)
- Wayne (Largest city: Corydon)
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Delaware (Largest city: Manchester)
See also
Notes
References
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