2002 Michigan Attorney General election

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2002 Michigan Attorney General election
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  1998 November 5, 2002 2006  
Turnout30.57%
  Mike Cox Summer 2009.JPG Garypeters.jpg
Nominee Mike Cox Gary Peters
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote1,499,0661,493,866
Percentage48.86%48.69%

2002 Michigan Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results

Cox:     40-50%     50-60%     60-70%     70-80%

Contents

Peters:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Jennifer Granholm
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Mike Cox
Republican

The 2002 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm chose not to seek re-election and instead successfully ran for governor. Republican nominee Mike Cox narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Gary Peters with 48.86% of the vote in a close race decided by 5,200 votes. Cox became the first Republican to win the Attorney General office in Michigan since Frank Millard did so in 1950.

General election

Candidates

Major party candidates

Other candidates

Results

Michigan Attorney General election, 2002 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Cox 1,499,066 48.86
Democratic Gary Peters 1,493,86648.69
Green Jerry Kaufman47,8941.56
U.S. TaxpayersGerald Van Sickle27,1860.89
Total votes3,068,012 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

References

  1. "Our Campaigns - MI Attorney General- Nov 05, 2002". Our Campaigns. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
  2. "2002 Michigan Election Results" . Retrieved December 20, 2019.