2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election

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2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election
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Nominee Mike Johanns Stormy Dean
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Dave Heineman Melany Chesterman
Popular vote330,349132,348
Percentage68.68%27.52%
2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Johanns:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     80–90%
Governor before election

Mike Johanns
Republican

Elected Governor

Mike Johanns
Republican

The 2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election, held on November 5, 2002, featured incumbent Republican Governor of Nebraska Mike Johanns defeating his Democratic opponent Stormy Dean in a landslide.

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This was the first gubernatorial election in Nebraska where the winning primary candidates chose their running mates after the primary election. Prior to this, both the governor and the lieutenant governor were chosen at the primary election. [1] This was also the first gubernatorial election in which a Republican was re-elected in more than forty years. [2]

Republican Party primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Johanns (incumbent) 128,277 86.84
Republican Robert J. Wicht19,44113.16
Total votes147,718 100

Democratic Party primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic Party primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Stormy Dean 47,369 77.26
Democratic Luis R. Calvillo13,94322.74
Total votes61,312 100

Nebraska Party primary

Candidates

Results

Nebraska Party primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Nebraska Paul A. Rosberg 36 100.00
Total votes36 100.00

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [4] Safe ROctober 31, 2002
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe RNovember 4, 2002

Results

Nebraska gubernatorial election, 2002 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Mike Johanns (incumbent) 330,349 68.68% +14.78%
Democratic Stormy Dean132,34827.52%−18.46%
Nebraska Paul A. Rosberg18,2943.80%
Majority 198,00141.17%+33.24%
Turnout 480,991
Republican hold Swing

By County

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. ↑ "State Executive Branch" (PDF). Nebraska State Government. Nebraska Office of the Governor. p. 424. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ↑ "The President's New Cabinet". Scholastic News. January 2005. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved April 23, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ "Governor Updated October 31, 2002 | The Cook Political Report". The Cook Political Report. October 31, 2002. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Governors Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on December 12, 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Governor". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.


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