Election Name: | 2002 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | Bernie Sanders |
Party1: | Independent (United States) |
Alliance1: | Democratic |
Popular Vote1: | 144,880 |
Percentage1: | 64.3% |
Nominee2: | William "Bill" Meub |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 72,813 |
Percentage2: | 32.3% |
Map Size: | 220px |
Representative At-large | |
Before Election: | Bernie Sanders |
Before Party: | Independent (politician) |
After Election: | Bernie Sanders |
After Party: | Independent (politician) |
The 2002 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2002, to elect the U.S. representative from the state's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices.
Meub was considered a moderate Republican, portraying himself as pro-choice and pro-business, and attacking incumbent representative Sanders for being a democratic socialist.[3] Sanders nonetheless easily won re-election.[4]