A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 5, 2002. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives.
See main article: 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election.
Election Name: | 2002 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | Brian Dubie |
Party1: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote1: | 94,044 |
Percentage1: | 41.2% |
Nominee2: | Peter Shumlin |
Party2: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote2: | 73,501 |
Percentage2: | 32.2% |
Nominee3: | Anthony Pollina |
Party3: | Vermont Progressive Party |
Popular Vote3: | 56,564 |
Percentage3: | 24.8% |
Lieutenant Governor | |
Before Election: | Doug Racine |
Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
After Election: | Brian E. Dubie |
After Party: | Vermont Republican Party |
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Doug Racine (since 1997) did not run again for a fourth term, instead ran for governor.
Brian E. Dubie was unopposed in the Republican primary. He previously ran for lieutenant governor as the Republican nominee in 2000.
State Senator Peter Shumlin was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Anthony Pollina, Progressive nominee for Governor in 2000 and U.S. Representative in 1984, ran unopposed in the Progressive primary.
Sally Ann Jones, activist, ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.
Election Name: | 2002 Vermont secretary of state election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Vermont secretary of state election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Vermont secretary of state election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | Deborah Markowitz |
Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 131,469 |
Percentage1: | 58.8% |
Nominee2: | Michael S. Bertrand |
Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 82,905 |
Percentage2: | 37.1% |
Secretary of State | |
Before Election: | Deborah Markowitz |
Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
After Election: | Deborah Markowitz |
After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Deborah Markowitz (since 1999) ran again for a third term.
Markowitz ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Bertrand ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Markowitz also ran unopposed in the Progressive primary as a write-in candidate.
Leslie Yvonne Scaffidi, Liberty Union nominee for Secretary of State in 2000, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
Tina M. Thompson ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.
Election Name: | 2002 Vermont treasurer election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Vermont treasurer election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Vermont treasurer election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | Jeb Spaulding |
Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 127,459 |
Percentage1: | 57.2% |
Nominee2: | John V. Labarge |
Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 82,905 |
Percentage2: | 37.1% |
Nominee3: | Claude Bouchard |
Party3: | Grassroots Party |
Popular Vote3: | 10,757 |
Percentage3: | 4.9% |
Treasurer | |
Before Election: | Jim Douglas |
Before Party: | Vermont Republican Party |
After Election: | Jeb Spaulding |
After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Republican treasurer Jim Douglas (since 1995) did not run again for a fifth term, instead ran for governor.
John V. Labarge, Member of the Vermont House of Representatives (1993-2003), ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Jerry Levy, Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 2000, 1998, 1994, 1992, 1988, 1986, and 1982, Vermont Secretary of State in 1984, and auditor in 1980, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
Claude Bouchard, Republican candidate for State Representative from Franklin-3 in the 2002 primary, ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.
Election Name: | 2002 Vermont attorney general election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Vermont attorney general election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Vermont attorney general election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | William H. Sorrell |
Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 125,495 |
Percentage1: | 56.6% |
Nominee2: | Larry Drown |
Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 67,360 |
Percentage2: | 30.4% |
Nominee3: | Cindy Hill |
Party3: | Vermont Progressive Party |
Popular Vote3: | 16,152 |
Percentage3: | 7.3% |
Attorney General | |
Before Election: | William H. Sorrell |
Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
After Election: | William H. Sorrell |
After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Attorney General William H. Sorrell (since 1997) ran again for a fourth term.
Sorrell was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Larry Drown, Republican nominee for Secretary of State in 2000, Democratic nominee for State Representative from Washington-1 in 1998, and Reform Party nominee for State Senator from Washington County in 1996, ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
After losing the Progressive primary, Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
Christopher Costanzo, Libertarian nominee for State Senator in 2000, for Attorney General in 1998, and for Secretary of State in 1996, ran unopposed for the Libertarian State Committee's nomination.
Mann Ward ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.
Election Name: | 2002 Vermont Auditor of Accounts election |
Country: | Vermont |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 2000 Vermont auditor of accounts election |
Previous Year: | 2000 |
Next Election: | 2004 Vermont auditor of accounts election |
Next Year: | 2004 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Nominee1: | Elizabeth M. Ready |
Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Popular Vote1: | 113,240 |
Percentage1: | 51.3% |
Nominee2: | Bruce Hyde |
Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
Popular Vote2: | 93,342 |
Percentage2: | 42.3% |
Auditor of Accounts | |
Before Election: | Elizabeth M. Ready |
Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
After Election: | Elizabeth M. Ready |
After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Democratic Auditor Elizabeth M. Ready (since 2001) ran again for a second term.
Ready ran unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Bruce Hyde, former State Representative (1995-2001), ran unopposed in the Republican primary.
Murray Ngoima, Liberty Union nominee for Lieutenant Governor in 1996 and for Treasurer in 1994, 1992, and 1990, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination.
Dennis Lane, Libertarian nominee for Secretary of State in 1998, and Grassroots nominee for Governor in 1996 and 1994, ran unopposed for the Libertarian State Committee's nomination.
Lynn Appleby ran unopposed for the Grassroots State Committee's nomination.