2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky explained

Election Name:2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky
Country:Kentucky
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1996 United States Senate election in Kentucky
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky
Next Year:2008
Election Date:November 5, 2002
Nominee1:Mitch McConnell
Party1:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:731,679
Percentage1:64.68%
Nominee2:Lois Combs Weinberg
Party2:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:399,634
Percentage2:35.32%
Map Size:300px
U.S. Senator
Before Election:Mitch McConnell
Before Party:Republican Party (United States)
After Election:Mitch McConnell
After Party:Republican Party (United States)

The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won Franklin County, and the most recent in which he won urban Jefferson and Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either Hillary Clinton in 2016 or Joe Biden in 2020, signifying their leftward drift.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

McConnell was unopposed.

General election

Candidates

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Senate Races. https://web.archive.org/web/20021118115505/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm. November 18, 2002. www.centerforpolitics.org. en-US. November 4, 2002. June 25, 2021. dead. mdy-all.
  2. https://www.surveyusa.com/2002Elec.html SurveyUSA