2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  1998 November 5, 20022006 
  Marktaylorpic (cropped).jpg No image.svg
Nominee Mark Taylor Steve Stancil
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,041,231914,312
Percentage51.87%45.54%

2002 Georgia Lieutenant Governor Election.svg
2002 GA LT Gov.svg
Taylor:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Stancil:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     40–50%     50%
     No data

The 2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 2002 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Mark Taylor won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Steve Stancil.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Mark Taylor (incumbent) 409,769 100.00
Total votes409,769 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

  • Steve Stancil, State Representative from Canton
  • Mike Beatty, State Senator from Holders

Defeated in primary

Results

Republican primary results by county:
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Beatty
Beatty--<40%
Beatty--40-50%
Beatty--50-60%
Beatty--60-70%
Beatty--80-90%
Beatty-->90%
Stancil
Stancil--<40%
Stancil--40-50%
Stancil--50-60%
Stancil--60-70%
Stancil-->70% 2002 Georgia Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Election.svg
Republican primary results by county:
  Beatty
  •   Beatty—<40%
  •   Beatty—40–50%
  •   Beatty—50–60%
  •   Beatty—60–70%
  •   Beatty—80–90%
  •   Beatty—>90%
  Stancil
  •   Stancil—<40%
  •   Stancil—40–50%
  •   Stancil—50–60%
  •   Stancil—60–70%
  •   Stancil—>70%
Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Beatty 199,848 44.82
Republican Steve Stancil 194,444 43.61
Republican Elbert Bartell51,61011.57
Total votes445,902 100.0

Runoff Results

Republican runoff results by county:
Stancil
Stancil--50-60%
Stancil--60-70%
Stancil--70%-80%
Stancil-->80%
Beatty
Beatty--50-60%
Beatty--60-70%
Beatty--70-80%
Beatty--80-90%
Beatty-->90%
Tie
Tie--50%
No data
No data 2002 Georgia Lieutenant Governor Republican Primary Runoff Election.svg
Republican runoff results by county:
  Stancil
  •   Stancil—50–60%
  •   Stancil—60–70%
  •   Stancil—70%-80%
  •   Stancil—>80%
  Beatty
  •   Beatty—50–60%
  •   Beatty—60–70%
  •   Beatty—70–80%
  •   Beatty—80–90%
  •   Beatty—>90%
  Tie
  •   Tie—50%
  No data
  •   No data
Republican primary runoff results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Steve Stancil 90,329 50.54
Republican Mike Beatty 88,39849.46
Total votes178,727 100.0

General election

Results

2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Mark Taylor (incumbent) 1,041,231 51.87% -4.47%
Republican Steve Stancil914,31246.25%+7.07%
Libertarian Herbie Galloway51,2182.55%-1.95%
Write-in 7880.04%+0.02%
Total votes2,007,539 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

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