2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts explained

Election Name:2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
Country:Massachusetts
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
Previous Year:1996
Next Election:2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
Next Year:2008
Election Date:November 5, 2002
Image1:John Kerry headshot with US flag (2).jpg
Nominee1:John Kerry
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:1,605,976
Percentage1:80.03%
Nominee2:Michael Cloud
Party2:Libertarian Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:369,807
Percentage2:18.43%
Map Size:250px
U.S. Senator
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run.

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 at that time, though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016 and Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in Arkansas in 2020. Cloud also won the largest number of raw votes for a Libertarian candidate at the time, since eclipsed by Harrington.

Kerry's support for the invasion of Iraq also prompted a late write-in challenge by anti-war candidate Randall Forsberg.

General election

Candidates

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

External links

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.