| Country: | North Dakota |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2000 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
| Previous Year: | 2000 |
| Next Election: | 2004 United States House of Representatives election in North Dakota |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
| Image Upright: | 0.5 |
| Image1: | Pomeroy.jpg |
| Candidate1: | Earl Pomeroy |
| Party1: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 121,073 |
| Percentage1: | 52.4% |
| Candidate2: | Rick Clayburgh |
| Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote2: | 109,957 |
| Percentage2: | 47.6% |
| Map Size: | 250px |
| U.S. Representative | |
| Before Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
| Before Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
| After Election: | Earl Pomeroy |
| After Party: | North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party |
The 2002 U.S. House of Representatives election for the state of North Dakota's at-large congressional district was held November 5, 2002. The incumbent, Democratic-NPL Congressman Earl Pomeroy was re-elected to his sixth term, defeating Republican candidate Rick Clayburgh.
Only Pomeroy filed as a Dem-NPLer, and the endorsed Republican candidate was Rick Clayburgh, who was serving as the North Dakota State Tax Commissioner. Pomeroy and Clayburgh won the primary elections for their respective parties.[1]
The election was the closest for Pomeroy in all of his career as congressman until his defeat in 2010; he won by just over 11,000 votes. This was because Clayburgh ran an aggressive campaign, and was the most well-known candidate ever to face Pomeroy; he had held a statewide office for 8 years. United States Vice President Dick Cheney campaigned for Clayburgh in Fargo, North Dakota on July 29.[2]