Election Name: | 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
Country: | Arkansas |
Flag Year: | 1924 |
Type: | presidential |
Ongoing: | no |
Previous Election: | 1996 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
Previous Year: | 1996 |
Next Election: | 2008 United States Senate election in Arkansas |
Next Year: | 2008 |
Election Date: | November 5, 2002 |
Image1: | File:Mark Pryor, head and shoulders photo portrait with flag, 2006.jpg |
Nominee1: | Mark Pryor |
Party1: | Democratic Party (United States) |
Popular Vote1: | 435,347 |
Percentage1: | 53.86% |
Nominee2: | Tim Hutchinson |
Party2: | Republican Party (United States) |
Popular Vote2: | 372,909 |
Percentage2: | 46.14% |
Map Size: | 210px |
U.S. Senator | |
Before Election: | Tim Hutchinson |
Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
After Election: | Mark Pryor |
After Party: | Democratic Party (United States) |
The 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but was defeated by Democratic candidate Mark Pryor, whose father David had held the seat from 1979 to 1997. This was the only Senate seat in the 2002 midterm elections to switch from Republican to Democratic, and Hutchinson was the only incumbent Republican senator to lose reelection during that cycle.