2002 United States Senate elections

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates 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 cycle was held on November 5, 2002, almost 14 months after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Going into the election, Democrats had a 51–49 majority due to an Independent that caucused with them, however, this was reduced to a 50–49–1 plurality following the death of Democrat Paul Wellstone and the appointment of a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota in his place. 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, the Republicans had five open seats, while the Democrats and the Independence Party of Minnesota had one each. However, the Republicans were able to hold their 5 open seats and pick the one that was held by the IPM up, while the Democrats held their only open seat. Republicans also defeated 2 Democratic incumbents, while Democrats defeated 1 Republican incumbent. Together with gains made in the House of Representatives, this election was 1 of 3 mid-term elections in which the party in control of the White House did not lose Congressional seats (the others were 1934 and 1998).

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, his controversial praise for Strom Thurmond's 1948 segregationist Dixiecrat presidential campaign at Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration led to Lott's stepping-down from Senate leadership, and resulted in Tennessee Republican Bill Frist being selected as the new Senate Majority Leader instead.

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. This is also the last midterm election cycle where the party controlling the White House flipped a senate seat in a state they did not win in the preceding presidential election (in this case, Minnesota). since 2025Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), this was the last Senate election cycle where Republicans won Senate elections in Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon, and Virginia.

Results summary

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Democratic

Independent

Republican

Parties							Total
		Democratic	Republican	Independent	Independence	Others
Last elections (2000)		50	50	0	0	0	100
Before these elections		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 49	49	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1	1	0	100
Not up		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 36	29	1	0	—	66
Up		13	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 20	0	1	—	34
	Class 2 (1996→2002)	12	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 20	—	1	—	33
	Special: Class 1	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1	0	—	—	—	1
Incumbent retired		0	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 4	—	1	—	5
	Held by same party	0	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 4	—	0	—	4
	Replaced by other party	colspan=4 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Decrease 1 Independence replaced by Increase 1 Republican	—	1
	Result	0	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 5	0	0	0	5
Regular elections
Incumbent ran		12Template:Efn	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 16Template:Efn	—	0	—	28
	Won re-election	10	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 14	—	0	—	24
	Lost re-election	Decrease 1 Republican replaced by Increase 1 Democrat Decrease 1 Democrat replaced by Increase 1 Republican		—	—	—	2
	Lost or withdrew renomination but held by same party	1	1	—	—	—	2
	Result	12	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 16	0	0	0	28
Special election
Appointee ran		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1	0	—	0	—	1
	Won election	0	—	—	0	—	0
	Lost election	colspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Decrease 1 Democrat replaced by Increase 1 Republican	—	—	—	1
	Result	0	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 1	0	0	0	1
Total elected		12	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 22	0	0	0	34
Net change		Decrease 1	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Increase 2	Steady	Decrease 1	Steady	2
Nationwide vote		19,873,164	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 21,566,016	343,625	45,139/51,863Template:Efn	1,413,653 / 1,406,929Template:Efn	43,241,597
	Share	45.96%	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 49.87%	0.79%	0.10 / 0.12%	3.27 / 3.25%	100%
Result		48	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | 51	1	0	0	100

Source: Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives

Change in composition

Before the elections

After the death of Paul Wellstone on October 25, 2002, and the appointment of Minnesota on November 4.

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Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D40 Iowa Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D39 Ill. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D38 Ga. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D37 Del. Ran	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D36	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D35	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D34	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D33	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D32	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D31
Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D41 La. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D42 Mass. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D43 Mich. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | R44 Mo. (sp) Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D45 Mont. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D46 R.I. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D47 S.D. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D48 W.Va. Ran	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D49 N.J. Withdrew	Template:Party shading/Independent | I1
↑ Plurality with Independent in caucus
Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R41 N.M. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R42 Okla. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R43 Ore. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R44 Va. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R45 Wyo. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R46 N.C. Retired	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R47 S.C. Retired	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R48 Tenn. Retired	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R49 Texas Retired	Template:Party shading/Independence/active | IPM1Template:Efn Minn. RetiredTemplate:Efn
Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R40 N.H. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R39 Neb. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R38 Miss. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R37 Me. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R36 Ky. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R35 Kan. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R34 Idaho Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R33 Colo. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R32 Ark. Ran	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R31 Alaska Ran
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After the elections

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Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D40 La. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D39 Iowa Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D38 Ill. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D37 Del. Re-elected	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D36	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D35	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D34	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D33	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D32	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D31
Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D41 Mass. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D42 Mich. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D43 Mont. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D44 N.J. Hold	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D45 R.I. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D46 S.D. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D47 W.Va. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Democratic/active | D48 Ark. Gain	Template:Party shading/Independent | I1	rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R51 Mo. (sp) GainTemplate:Efn
Majority →
Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R41 N.C. Hold	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R42 Okla. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R43 Ore. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R44 S.C. Hold	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R45 Tenn. Hold	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R46 Texas Hold	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R47 Va. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R48 Wyo. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R49 Ga. Gain	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R50 Minn. Gain
Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R40 N.M. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R39 N.H. Hold	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R38 Neb. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R37 Miss. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R36 Me. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R35 Ky. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R34 Kan. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R33 Idaho Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R32 Colo. Re-elected	Template:Party shading/Republican/active | R31 Alaska Re-elected
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Key:

align=center width=35px style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | D# Democratic align=center width=35px Template:Party shading/Independent | I# Independent align=center width=35px style="background:Template:Party color" | IPM# Independence Party of Minnesota align=center width=35px style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | R# Republican

Gains, losses and holds

Retirements

File:2002 United States Senate elections open seats map.svg

Map of retirements:

  Republican incumbent

  Democratic incumbent

  Democratic incumbent withdrew

  Republican incumbent retired or lost renomination

  MN Independence incumbent retired

One Independence and four Republicans retired instead of seeking re-election.

State	Senator	Replaced by	Ref
Minnesota	style="background:Template:Party color" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
North Carolina	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
South Carolina	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Tennessee	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Texas	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Nomination withdrawn

One Democrat was originally sought to run re-election but withdrew.

State	Senator	Replaced by	Ref
New Jersey	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Defeats

Two Democrats and two Republicans sought re-election but lost in the primary or general election.

State	Senator	Replaced by	Ref
Arkansas	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Georgia	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
Missouri (special)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |
New Hampshire	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Post-election changes

One Republican resigned on December 2, 2002, and was replaced by a Republican appointee.

State	Senator	Replaced by
Alaska (Class 3)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" |

Final pre-election predictions

Several sites and individuals published predictions of competitive seats. These predictions looked at factors such as the strength of the incumbent (if the incumbent was running for re-election) and the other candidates, and the state's partisan lean (reflected in part by the state's Cook Partisan Voting Index rating). The predictions assigned ratings to each seat, indicating the predicted advantage that a party had in winning that seat. Most election predictors used:

• "tossup": no advantage
• "tilt" (used by some predictors): advantage that is not quite as strong as "lean"
• "lean": slight advantage
• "likely": significant, but surmountable, advantage
• "safe" or "solid": near-certain chance of victory

Constituency	Incumbent		2002 election ratings
State	Senator	Last electionTemplate:Efn	Sabato's Crystal Ball	Result
Alabama	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Sessions, Jeff" | Jeff Sessions	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="52.45" | 52.45% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="58.58" | Sessions 58.58% R
Alaska	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Stevens, Ted" | Ted Stevens	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="76.71" | 76.71% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="78.17" | Stevens 78.17% R
Arkansas	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Hutchinson, Tim" | Tim Hutchinson	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="52.70" | 52.70% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-53.86" | Pryor 53.86% D (flip)
Colorado	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Allard, Wayne" | Wayne Allard	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="51.41" | 51.41% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="50.70" | Allard 50.70% R
Delaware	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Biden, Joe" | Joe Biden	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-60.04" | 60.04% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-58.22" | Biden 58.22% D
Georgia	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Cleland, Max" | Max Cleland	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-48.87" | 48.87% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="52.77" | Chambliss 52.77% R (flip)
Idaho	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Craig, Larry" | Larry Craig	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="57.02" | 57.02% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="65.16" | Craig 65.16% R
Illinois	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Durbin, Dick" | Dick Durbin	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-56.09" | 56.09% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-60.33" | Durbin 60.33% D
Iowa	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Harkin, Tom" | Tom Harkin	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-51.81" | 51.81% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-54.18" | Harkin 54.18% D
Kansas	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Roberts, Pat" | Pat Roberts	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="62.02" | 62.02% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="82.52" | Roberts 82.52% R
Kentucky	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="McConnell, Mitch" | Mitch McConnell	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="55.45" | 55.45% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="64.68" | McConnell 64.68% R
Louisiana	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Landrieu, Mary" | Mary Landrieu	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-50.17" | 50.17% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-51.70" | Landrieu 51.70% D
Maine	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Collins, Susan" | Susan Collins	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="49.18" | 49.18% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="58.44" | Collins 58.44% R
Massachusetts	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Kerry, John" | John Kerry	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-52.21" | 52.21% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-80.03" | Kerry 80.03% D
Michigan	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Levin, Carl" | Carl Levin	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-58.36" | 58.36% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-60.61" | Levin 60.61% D
Minnesota	style="background:Template:Party color" data-sort-value="Barkley, Dean" | Dean Barkley (retiring)	Template:Party shading/Vacant data-sort-value="0" | Appointed (2002)Template:Efn	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="49.53" | Coleman 49.53% R (flip)
Mississippi	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Cochran, Thad" | Thad Cochran	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="71.03" | 71.03% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="84.58" | Cochran 84.58% R
Missouri	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Carnahan, Jean" | Jean Carnahan	Template:Party shading/Vacant data-sort-value="0" | Appointed (2001)Template:Efn	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="49.80" | Talent 49.80% R (flip)
Montana	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Baucus, Max" | Max Baucus	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-49.56" | 49.56% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-62.74" | Baucus 62.74% D
Nebraska	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Hagel, Chuck" | Chuck Hagel	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="56.14" | 56.14% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="82.76" | Hagel 82.76% R
New Hampshire	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Smith, Bob" | Bob Smith (lost renomination)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="49.25" | 49.25% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="50.12" | Sununu 50.12% R
New Jersey	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Torricelli, Bob" | Bob Torricelli (withdrew)	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-52.12" | 52.12% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-53.88" | Lautenberg 53.88% D
New Mexico	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Domenici, Pete" | Pete Domenici	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="64.73" | 64.73% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="65.03" | Domenici 65.03% R
North Carolina	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Helms, Jesse" | Jesse Helms (retiring)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="52.64" | 52.64% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="53.56" | Dole 53.56% R
Oklahoma	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Inhofe, Jim" | Jim Inhofe	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="56.68" | 56.68% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="57.30" | Inhofe 57.30% R
Oregon	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Smith, Gordon" | Gordon Smith	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="49.80" | 49.80% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="56.21" | Smith 56.21% R
Rhode Island	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Reed, Jack" | Jack Reed	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-63.31" | 63.31% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-78.43" | Reed 78.43% D
South Carolina	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Thurmond, Strom" | Strom Thurmond (retiring)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="53.38" | 53.38% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="54.40" | Graham 54.40% R
South Dakota	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Johnson, Tim" | Tim Johnson	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-51.32" | 51.32% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-49.62" | Johnson 49.62% D
Tennessee	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Thompson, Fred" | Fred Thompson (retiring)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="61.37" | 61.37% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="54.28" | Alexander 54.28% R
Texas	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Gramm, Phil" | Phil Gramm (retiring)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="54.78" | 54.78% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="55.30" | Cornyn 55.30% R
Virginia	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Warner, John" | John Warner	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="52.48" | 52.48% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="82.58" | Warner 82.58% R
West Virginia	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Rockefeller, Jay" | Jay Rockefeller	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-76.65" | 76.65% D	Template:USRaceRating	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="-63.11" | Rockefeller 63.11% D
Wyoming	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="Enzi, Mike" | Mike Enzi	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="54.06" | 54.06% R	Template:USRaceRating	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" data-sort-value="72.95" | Enzi 72.95% R

Race summary

Special elections during the 107th Congress

In these special elections, the winner was seated in the fall of 2002; ordered by election date, then state.

State	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Missouri (Class 1)	Jean Carnahan	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	2001 (appointed)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Interim appointee lost election. New senator elected November 5, 2002. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist

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	Incumbent			Result	Candidates
	Senator	Party	Electoral history
Alabama		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Alaska		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1968 (appointed) 1970 (special) 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Arkansas		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Democratic gain.	Template:Plainlist
Colorado		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Delaware		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Georgia		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Incumbent lost re-election. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Idaho		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Illinois		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Iowa		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kansas		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Kentucky		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Louisiana		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Maine		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Massachusetts		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Michigan		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Minnesota	Template:Efn	style="background:Template:Party color" | Independence	2002 (appointed)	style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Interim appointee retired. Republican gain.	Template:Plainlist
Mississippi		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Montana		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Nebraska		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
New Hampshire		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1990 1996	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent lost renomination. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Jersey		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	Template:Party shading/Democratic/Hold | Incumbent renominated but withdrew. Democratic hold.	Template:Plainlist
New Mexico		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
North Carolina		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Oklahoma		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994 (special) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Oregon		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Rhode Island		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
South Carolina		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1954 (write-in)Template:Efn 1954 (appointed) 1956 (resigned) 1956 (special) 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
South Dakota		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Tennessee		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1994 (special) 1996	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold.	Template:Plainlist
Texas		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1984 1990 1996	Template:Party shading/Republican/Hold | Incumbent retired. Republican hold. Incumbent resigned November 30, 2002, to give Cornyn preferential seniority. Winner appointed December 2, 2002.	Template:Plainlist
Virginia		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
West Virginia		style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist
Wyoming		style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	Template:Plainlist

Closest races

In eleven races the margin of victory was under 10%

District	Winner	Margin
South Dakota	data-sort-value=-1 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	0.16%
Missouri (special)	data-sort-value=-1 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican (flip)	1.1%
Minnesota	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican (flip)	2.2%Template:Efn
Louisiana	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic	3.4%
New Hampshire	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	4.4%
Colorado	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	4.9%
Georgia	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican (flip)	6.9%
Arkansas	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | Democratic (flip)	7.0%
North Carolina	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	8.6%
Tennessee	data-sort-value=0.5 style="background-color:Template:Republican Party (US)/meta/shading" | Republican	9.9%
New Jersey	data-sort-value=0.5 style="color:black;background-color:Template:Democratic Party (US)/meta/shading" | 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, and comfortably won re-election to a second term over state Auditor Susan Parker .

Sessions was not challenged in the primary.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Susan Parker		47.99%
		Julian L. McPhillips		42.78%
		Wayne Sowell		9.23%
Total votes				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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Susan Parker		65.15%
		Julian L. McPhillips		34.85%
Total votes				100.00%

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Susan Parker	538,878	39.83%
		Jeff Allen	20,234	1.50%
	No party	Write-In Votes	1,350	0.10%
Majority			253,683	18.75%
Turnout			1,353,023
	hold		Swing

Alaska

Incumbent Ted Stevens ran for and won a seventh 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.

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United States Senate election in Alaska, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Frank Vondersaar	24,133	10.51%
		Jim Sykes	16,608	7.24%
		Jim Dore	6,724	2.93%
		Leonard Karpinski	2,354	1.03%
	Write-ins		291	0.13%
Majority			155,305	67.66%
Turnout			229,548
	hold		Swing

Arkansas

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

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

Republican Primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tim Hutchinson		77.7%
		Jim Bob Duggar		22.3%
Total votes				100.0%

Arkansas U.S. Senate Election 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mark Pryor		53.9%
		Tim Hutchinson (Incumbent)		46.1%
	gain from

Colorado

Incumbent Republican Wayne Allard won re-election to a second term over former U.S. Attorney Tom Strickland.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tom Strickland		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Wayne Allard (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Tom Strickland	648,130	45.77%
		Douglas Campbell	21,547	1.52%
		Rick Stanley	20,776	1.47%
	Independent	John Heckman	7,140	0.50%
	Write-ins		596	0.04%
Majority			69,763	4.93%
Turnout			1,416,082
	hold		Swing

Delaware

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

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Raymond J. Clatworthy	94,793	40.80%
		Maurice Barros	996	0.43%
		Raymond T. Buranello	922	0.40%
		Robert E. Mattson	350	0.15%
Majority			40,460	17.42%
Turnout			232,314
	hold		Swing

Georgia

Incumbent Democrat Max Cleland ran for re-election to a second term, but lost to Republican U.S. Representative 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. Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona said of one ad: "It's worse than disgraceful. It's reprehensible." McCain, along with Republican Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, made significant complaints to the Republican National Committee until the ads were taken down. Nevertheless, Chambliss defeated Cleland by nearly seven percentage points.

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Max Cleland (incumbent)	931,857	45.9%
		Claude Thomas	26,981	1.3%
Majority			139,296	6.9%
Turnout			2,029,991	100.0%
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Idaho

Incumbent Republican Larry Craig easily won re-election to a third term over former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Alan Blinken.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Alan Blinken		70.90%
		Dave Sneddon		29.10%
Total votes				100.00%

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Donovan Bramwell		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Larry Craig (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alan Blinken	132,975	32.55%
		Donovan Bramwell	9,354	2.29%
Majority			133,240	32.61%
Turnout			408,544
	hold		Swing

Illinois

Incumbent Democrat Dick Durbin won re-election to a second term. Durbin faced off against state Representative and future Illinois House minority leader Jim Durkin, whom he was able to beat, ensuring his return to the Senate.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Dick Durbin (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jim Durkin		45.81%
		Jim Oberweis		31.45%
		John H. Cox		22.74%
Total votes				100.00%

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

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jim Durkin	1,325,703	38.02%
		Steven Burgauer	57,382	1.65%
Majority			778,063	22.31%
Turnout			3,486,851
	hold		Swing

Iowa

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tom Harkin (Incumbent)		99.34%
		Write-ins		0.66%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Greg Ganske		58.97%
		Bill Salier		40.95%
		Write-ins		0.08%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Greg Ganske	447,892	43.78%
		Timothy A. Harthan	11,340	1.11%
		Richard J. Moore	8,864	0.87%
	Write-ins		701	0.06%
Majority			106,386	10.40%
Turnout			1,023,075
	hold		Swing

Kansas

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

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pat Roberts (Incumbent)		83.70%
		Tom Oyler		16.30%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Steven Rosile	70,725	9.10%
		George Cook	65,050	8.37%
Majority			570,350	73.42%
Turnout			776,850
	hold		Swing

Kentucky

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

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Lois Combs Weinberg		50.10%
		Tom Barlow		49.90%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Lois Combs Weinberg	399,634	35.32%
Majority			332,045	29.35%
Turnout			1,131,313
	hold		Swing

Louisiana

Incumbent Democrat Mary Landrieu narrowly 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". Some Democrats responded by calling their efforts "Operation Wipe that Smirk off of Bush's Face" and dubbed Landrieu's subsequent narrow run-off victory, "Operation Pie in the Face".

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Jungle Primary election, November 5, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Suzanne Haik Terrell	339,506	27.24%
		John Cooksey	171,752	13.78%
		Tony Perkins	119,776	9.61%
		Raymond Brown	23,553	1.89%
	Independent	Patrick E. "Live Wire" Landry	10,442	0.84%
	Independent	James Lemann	3,866	0.31%
		Gary D. Robbins	2,423	0.19%
		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.

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Runoff election, December 7, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Suzanne Haik Terrell	596,642	48.30%
Majority			42,012	3.40%
Turnout			1,235,296	100.00%
	hold		Swing

Maine

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

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

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by some 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.

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Chellie Pingree	209,858	41.56%
Majority			85,183	16.87%
Turnout			504,899
	hold		Swing

Massachusetts

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, and again by Ricky Dale Harrington in Arkansas in 2020.

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General election results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Michael Cloud	369,807	16.66%
		Randall Forsberg (write-in)	24,898	1.12%
		All others	6,077	0.27%
		Blank / Scattering	213,543	9.62%
Total votes			2,220,301	100%

Michigan

Incumbent Democrat Carl Levin comfortably won re-election to a fifth term over state Representative Andrew Raczkowski.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Andrew Raczkowski	1,185,545	37.89%
		Eric Borregard	23,931	0.76%
		John Mangopoulos	12,831	0.41%
		Doug Dern	10,366	0.33%
Majority			711,069	22.72%
Turnout			3,129,287
	hold		Swing

Minnesota

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 Saint Paul Mayor Norm Coleman. The day before the election, Independence Governor Jesse Ventura had appointed Dean Barkley (IP) to serve the rest of Wellstone's term. since 2023Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), this was 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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Walter Mondale	1,067,246	47.34%
		Jim Moore	45,139	2.00%
		Paul Wellstone (Incumbent, deceased)	11,381	0.50%
		Ray Tricomo	10,119	0.48%
		Miro Drago Kovatchevich	2,254	0.10%
	Write-ins		1,803	0.80%
Majority			49,451	2.19%
Turnout			2,254,639	80.26%
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Mississippi

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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Shawn O'Hara	97,226	15.42%
Majority			436,043	69.16%
Turnout			630,495
	hold		Swing

Missouri (special)

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.

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 former U.S. Representative 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 no change in leadership occurred until the 108th Congress began in January 2003.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jean Carnahan (Incumbent)		83.22
		Darrel D. Day		16.78
Total votes				100.00

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jim Talent		89.58
		Joseph A. May		4.19
		Doris Bass Landfather		3.18
		Scott Craig Babbitt		1.74
		Martin Lindstedt		1.31
Total votes				100.00

Libertarian primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tamara A. Millay		59.35
		Edward Joseph Manley		40.65
Total votes				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. 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."

Jack Abramoff contributed $2,000 to Talent's 2002 senatorial campaign, and Preston Gates & Ellis, a former Abramoff employer, had also contributed $1,000 to Talent's campaign. Talent later returned both contributions. 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 as soon as special election results were certified and 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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jean Carnahan (Incumbent)	913,778	48.67%
		Tamara A. Millay	18,345	0.98%
		Daniel Romano	10,465	0.56%
Majority			21,254	1.13%
Turnout			1,877,620
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Montana

Incumbent Democrat Max Baucus easily won re-election to a fifth term.

Democratic Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Max Baucus (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mike Taylor		60.16%
		Brad Johnson		17.80%
		John McDonald		12.63%
		Melvin Hanson		9.41%
Total votes				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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mike Taylor	103,611	31.73%
		Stan Jones	10,420	3.19%
		Bob Kelleher	7,653	2.34%
Majority			101,242	31.00%
Turnout			326,537
	hold		Swing

Nebraska

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

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Charlie A. Matulka		59.31%
		Al Hamburg		40.69%
Total votes				100.00%

Libertarian Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John J. Graziano		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Chuck Hagel (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Charlie A. Matulka	70,290	14.64%
		John J. Graziano	7,423	1.55%
	Independent	Phil Chase	5,066	1.05%
Majority			327,148	68.13%
Turnout			480,217
	hold		Swing

New Hampshire

Incumbent Republican/Independent U.S. Senator Bob Smith was defeated in the Republican primary and denied renomination. Republican U.S. Representative 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". He rejoined the GOP a few months later, saying he made a mistake. 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, who would go on to win by 8 points.

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		John Sununu		53.35%
		Bob Smith (Incumbent)		44.68%
Total votes				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 since 2018Template:Dated maintenance category (articles). 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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jeanne Shaheen	207,478	46.4%
		Ken Blevens	9,835	2.2%
	hold		Swing

New Jersey

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. 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. Forrester received the endorsement of President George W. Bush.

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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Doug Forrester	928,439	43.95%
		Ted Glick	24,308	1.15%
		Elizabeth Macron	12,558	0.59%
	Conservative	Norman E. Wahner	6,404	0.30%
		Greg Pason	2,702	0.13%
Majority			209,754	9.93%
Turnout
	hold		Swing

New Mexico

Incumbent Republican Pete Domenici easily won re-election to a sixth term. As of 2022, this is the last Senate election in New Mexico won by a Republican.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Gloria Tristani		77.71%
		Francesa Lobato		22.24%
		Don E. Durham (write-in)		0.05%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Pete Domenici (Incumbent)		99.93%
		Orlin G. Cole (write-in)		0.07%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Gloria Tristani	168,863	34.96%
Majority			145,324	30.09%
Turnout			483,056
	hold		Swing

North Carolina

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

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Democratic Primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dan Blue	184,216	28.8%
		Elaine Marshall	97,392	15.2%
		Cynthia D. Brown	27,799	4.4%
		Others	52,289	8.2%

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Republican Primary

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		James Snyder Jr.	60,477	14.2%
		Jim Parker	8,752	2.1%
		Ada Fisher	6,045	1.4%
		Others	8,201	1.9%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Erskine Bowles	1,047,983	44.96%
		Sean Haugh	33,807	1.45%
	Write-in	Paul DeLaney	727	0.03%
Majority			200,681	8.60%
Turnout			2,331,181
	hold		Swing

Oklahoma

Incumbent Republican Jim Inhofe won re-election to a second term over Democratic former Governor David Walters.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		David Walters	369,789	36.31%
	Independent	James Germalic	65,056	6.39%
Majority			213,790	20.99%
Turnout			1,018,424
	hold		Swing

Oregon

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. 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 comfortably won re-election. As of 2022, this is the last Senate election in Oregon won by a Republican.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bill Bradbury		85.89%
		Craig Hanson		8.43%
		Greg Haven		4.30%
		Write-ins		1.38%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Gordon Smith (Incumbent)		98.89%
		Write-ins		1.11%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bill Bradbury	501,898	39.61%
		Dan Fitzgerald	29,979	2.37%
		Lon Mabon	21,703	1.71%
	Write-ins		1,354	0.11%
Majority			210,389	16.60%
Turnout			1,267,221
	hold		Swing

Rhode Island

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. 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

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Jack Reed (Incumbent)		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican Party primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Robert Tingle		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Robert Tingle	69,881	21.57%
Majority			183,966	56.85%
Turnout			323,582
	hold		Swing

South Carolina

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 National Rifle Association of America (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.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Alex Sanders	487,359	44.2%
		Ted Adams	8,228	0.7%
		Victor Kocher	6,684	0.6%
	No party	Write-Ins	667	0.1%
Majority			112,651	10.2%
Turnout			1,102,948	53.9%
	hold		Swing

South Dakota

Incumbent Democrat Tim Johnson won re-election to a second term by a margin of 524 votes, defeated Republican incumbent U.S. Representative John Thune.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Tim Johnson (Incumbent)		94.84%
		Herman Eilers		5.16%
Total votes				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. President George W. Bush campaigned for Thune in late October. More than $20 million was spent in the election. Both candidates had raised over $5 million each.

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 Oglala Lakota County. Thune also underperformed in typically Republican areas. Johnson was sworn in for a second term on January 3, 2003. Thune would later be elected to the other Senate seat in 2004, defeating Minority Leader Tom Daschle. He would then serve with Johnson in 2005.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Thune	166,949	49.47%
		Kurt Evans	3,070	0.91%
Plurality			532	0.15%	-2.49%
Turnout			334,438
	hold		Swing

Tennessee

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Lamar Alexander		53.79%
		Ed Bryant		42.60%
		Mary Taylor-Shelby		1.02%
		June Griffin		0.90%
		Michael Brent Todd		0.73%
		James E. DuBose		0.65%
		Christopher G. Fenner		0.28%
		Write-ins		0.03%
Total votes				100.00%

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Bob Clement		82.18%
		Gary G. Davis		9.94%
		Cher A. Hopkey		2.85%
		Michael L. Hampstead		2.54%
		Alvin M. Strauss		2.41%
		Write-ins		0.08%
Total votes				100.00%

Alexander raised $2 million through June 2002. 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. Bush, who had a 60% approval rating in the state, helped campaign and raise money for Alexander. Alexander was also endorsed by the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Bob Clement	728,232	44.34%
	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%
Turnout			1,642,432	50.40%
	hold		Swing

Texas

Incumbent Republican Phil Gramm decided to retire instead of seeking a fourth term. Republican state Attorney General John Cornyn won the open seat over the Democratic Dallas Mayor 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. 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. 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 competitive, with an October Dallas Morning News poll showing Cornyn leading 47% to 37%. However, Cornyn won election by 12 percent. A record $18 million was spent in the election.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Ron Kirk	1,955,758	43.3%
		Scott Jameson	35,538	0.8%
		Roy Williams	25,051	0.6%
	Write-In	James W. Wright	1,422	0.0%
Majority			540,485	11.97%
Turnout			4,514,012
	hold		Swing

Virginia

Incumbent Republican John Warner overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term, making him one of only three Virginia U.S. Senators to serve five or more terms. 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 2022, this is the last Senate election in Virginia won by a Republican.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Nancy B. Spannaus	145,102	9.74%
	Independent	Jacob Hornberger	106,055	7.12%
	Write-ins		8,371	0.56%
Majority			1,084,792	72.83%
Turnout			1,489,422
	hold		Swing

West Virginia

Incumbent Democrat Jay Rockefeller easily 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%. 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 of America (NRA), but it wasn't enough to make the election competitive. Rockefeller won by a margin of over 25 percent.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Jay Wolfe	160,902	36.89%
Majority			114,379	26.22%
Turnout			436,183
	hold		Swing

Wyoming

Incumbent Republican Mike Enzi easily won re-election to a second term over Lander Mayor Joyce Corcoran.

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Joyce Corcoran		100.00%
Total votes				100.00%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
		Mike Enzi (Incumbent)		85.87%
		Crosby Allen		14.13%
Total votes				100.00%

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

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General election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Joyce Corcoran	49,570	27.05%
Majority			84,140	45.91%
Turnout			183,280
	hold		Swing

See also

• 2002 United States elections
  • 2002 United States gubernatorial elections
  • 2002 United States House of Representatives elections
• 107th United States Congress
• 108th United States Congress

References

• Robert M. Sanders; "How Environmentally-Friendly Candidates Fared in the Congressional Elections of 2002: A Time of Green Anxiety?" International Social Science Review, Vol. 79, 2004
• Elections Division from the Louisiana Secretary of State
• 2002 Massachusetts state-wide election results

External links

• Clerk of the House of Representatives – Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002
• United States Election 2002 Web Archive from the U.S. Library of Congress