2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
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Nominee Donald Carcieri Myrth York
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote181,827150,229
Percentage54.8%45.2%
2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg
Carcieri:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
York:     50–60%     60–70%
Governor before election

Lincoln Almond
Republican

Elected Governor

Donald Carcieri
Republican

The 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican governor Lincoln Almond was term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat Myrth York. As of 2022, this was the last time the Republican candidate won Providence County.[ original research? ]

Contents

In the Republican primary election, Carcieri defeated James Bennett, who had won the endorsement of the state Republican Party. [1]

The 2002 campaign was particularly costly to York as she spent $3.8 million of her own money to finance what was to be her last bid for elected office. A key turning point in the campaign was when York criticized Carcieri for the actions of businesses he had been associated with but refused to answer Carcieri's request that she reveal what companies her personal assets were invested in. [2]

Republican primary

A Republican primary was held on September 10.

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Donald Carcieri 17,227 66.91
Republican James S. Bennett8,51833.09
Total votes25,745 100.00

Results by county

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Results by county
Carcieri
  •   Carcieri—50–60%
  •   Carcieri—60–70%
  •   Carcieri—70–80%
CountyDonald CarcieriJames S. BennettTotal votes cast
#%#%
Bristol 1,33767.15%65432.85%1,991
Kent 4,52977.01%1,35222.99%5,881
Newport 2,05558.56%1,45441.44%3,509
Providence 6,09162.00%3,733%38.00%9,824
Washington 3,30670.19%1,40429.81%4,710
Totals17,22766.91%8,51833.09%25,745

Results by municipality

Results by municipality Carcieri Carcieri--50-60% Carcieri--60-70% Carcieri--70-80% Carcieri--80-90% Bennett Bennett--50-60% Bennett--70-80% Rhode Island Republican gubernatorial primary results by municipality, 2002.svg
Results by municipality
Carcieri
  •   Carcieri—50–60%
  •   Carcieri—60–70%
  •   Carcieri—70–80%
  •   Carcieri—80–90%
Bennett
  •   Bennett—50–60%
  •   Bennett—70–80%
MunicipalityDonald CarcieriJames S. BennettTotal votes castTurnout
#%#%%
Barrington 79670.38%33529.62%1,13112.3%
Bristol 34465.77%17934.23%5235.4%
Burrillville 12154.02%10345.98%2243.2%
Central Falls 4464.71%2435.29%682.9%
Charlestown 13043.77%16756.23%2976.3%
Coventry 49067.96%23132.04%7214.1%
Cranston 1,22966.61%61633.39%1,8455.2%
Cumberland 36659.51%24940.49%6154.9%
East Greenwich 1,43189.94%16010.06%1,59119.3%
East Providence 53964.24%30035.76%8395.7%
Exeter 28871.64%11428.36%40214.3%
Foster 11369.75%4930.25%1626.4%
Glocester 14571.78%5728.22%2023.9%
Hopkinton 8849.16%9150.84%1794.5%
Jamestown 30068.18%14031.82%44013.5%
Johnston 13467.00%6633.00%2002.5%
Lincoln 1,08956.60%83543.40%1,92418.9%
Little Compton 16466.67%8233.33%24611.3%
Middletown 30962.30%18737.70%4967.1%
Narragansett 43871.69%17328.31%6116.2%
New Shoreham 1124.44%3475.56%454.6%
Newport 38155.22%30944.78%6908.0%
North Kingstown 1,38085.29%23814.71%1,61810.9%
North Providence 24474.85%8225.15%3263.0%
North Smithfield 22348.48%23751.52%4607.9%
Pawtucket 32856.36%25443.64%5823.2%
Portsmouth 70454.15%59645.85%1,30015.2%
Providence 62964.12%35235.88%9812.2%
Richmond 14968.98%6731.02%2165.8%
Scituate 31669.60%13830.40%4547.7%
Smithfield 37765.00%20335.00%5805.8%
South Kingstown 54364.18%30335.82%8466.4%
Tiverton 19758.46%14041.54%3374.7%
Warren 10663.46%6136.53%1672.6%
Warwick 2,04673.32%78327.68%2,8297.8%
West Greenwich 27956.25%21743.75%4969.8%
West Warwick 20776.10%6523.90%2724.2%
Westerly 35575.85%11324.15%4684.4%
Woonsocket 19453.59%16846.41%3622.9%
Totals17,22766.91%8,51833.09%25,7456.3%

Source: [4]

Democratic primary

A Democratic primary was held on September 10.

Candidates

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		PiresWhitehouseYorkUndecided
Taubman Center for Public Policy [5] August 31-September 2, 2002437± 5.0%13%26%32%29%

Results

Results by county York York--30-40% York--40-50% Whitehouse Whitehouse--30-40% Whitehouse--40-50% Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial primary results by county, 2002.svg
Results by county
York
  •   York—30–40%
  •   York—40–50%
Whitehouse
  •   Whitehouse—30–40%
  •   Whitehouse—40–50%
Results by municipality York York--30-40% York--40-50% York--50-50% York--60-70% Whitehouse Whitehouse--30-40% Whitehouse--40-50% Whitehouse--50-60% Pires Pires--30-40% Pires--40-50% Rhode Island Democratic gubernatorial primary results by municipality, 2002.svg
Results by municipality
York
  •   York—30–40%
  •   York—40–50%
  •   York—50–50%
  •   York—60–70%
Whitehouse
  •   Whitehouse—30–40%
  •   Whitehouse—40–50%
  •   Whitehouse—50–60%
Pires
  •   Pires—30–40%
  •   Pires—40–50%
Democratic primary results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Myrth York 46,806 39.16
Democratic Sheldon Whitehouse45,88038.39
Democratic Antonio J. Pires26,83822.45
Total votes119,524 100.00

Results by county

CountyAntonio J. Pires Sheldon Whitehouse Myrth York Total votes cast
#%#%#%
Bristol 1,27727.67%1,68236.45%1,65635.88%4,615
Kent 3,01419.31%6,26540.13%6,33340.56%15,612
Newport 1,03215.41%2,94343.93%2,72440.66%6,699
Providence 19,40424.13%30,31137.70%30,68738.17%80,402
Washington 2,11117.31%4,67938.37%5,40644.33%12,196
Totals26,83822.45%45,88038.39%46,80639.16%119,524

Results by municipality

MunicipalityAntonio J. Pires Sheldon Whitehouse Myrth York Total votes castTurnout
#%#%#%%
Barrington 27817.46%69243.47%62239.07%1,59216.5%
Bristol 71035.52%64232.12%64732.37%1,99915.8%
Burrillville 19417.67%43639.71%46842.62%1,09812.8%
Central Falls 59340.15%36224.51%52235.34%1,47729.0%
Charlestown 7515.89%16835.59%22948.52%47210.1%
Coventry 57720.67%1,06138.02%1,15341.31%2,79113.5%
Cranston 1,84319.68%3,81840.76%3,70639.56%9,36720.5%
Cumberland 2,00539.87%1,69933.78%1,32526.35%5,02924.9%
East Greenwich 15518.15%33739.46%36242.39%85410.6%
East Providence 2,02533.65%1,87831.21%2,11435.13%6,01724.6%
Exeter 6116.18%14638.73%17045.09%37711.5%
Foster 4117.23%8535.71%11247.06%2389.3%
Glocester 9618.64%21942.52%20038.83%5158.9%
Hopkinton 258.56%13646.58%13144.86%2926.7%
Jamestown 15016.78%34838.93%39644.30%89423.9%
Johnston 1,19319.24%2,81745.44%2,19035.32%6,20031.7%
Lincoln 77032.24%90237.77%71629.98%2,38818.9%
Little Compton 4816.27%13646.10%11137.63%29513.3%
Middletown 13814.35%42043.66%40442.00%96212.2%
Narragansett 66322.29%1,20840.62%1,10337.09%2,97424.3%
New Shoreham 1516.13%2021.51%5862.37%937.8%
Newport 25811.34%1,17151.47%84637.19%2,27520.2%
North Kingstown 43217.92%91537.95%1,06444.13%2,41114.8%
North Providence 1,16319.77%2,83048.10%1,89132.14%5,88423.5%
North Smithfield 26321.06%56745.40%41933.55%1,24917.6%
Pawtucket 4,34849.49%1,89121.53%2,54628.98%8,78525.6%
Portsmouth 25817.40%58739.58%63843.02%1,48315.3%
Providence 3,72614.23%10,03538.34%12,41447.43%26,17528.7%
Richmond 5214.09%12834.69%18951.22%3699.0%
Scituate 14124.06%21436.52%23139.42%58610.0%
Smithfield 45323.03%81041.18%70435.79%1,96715.9%
South Kingstown 57516.45%1,21334.70%1,70848.86%3,49622.4%
Tiverton 18022.78%28135.57%32941.65%7908.3%
Warren 28928.22%34833.98%38737.79%1,02412.8%
Warwick 1,71919.08%3,57139.64%3,71941.28%9,00917.2%
West Greenwich 5720.21%11340.07%11239.72%2829.8%
West Warwick 50618.91%1,18344.21%98736.88%2,67618.5%
Westerly 21312.44%74543.52%75444.04%1,71213.0%
Woonsocket 55016.05%1,74851.01%1,12932.94%3,42717.7%
Totals26,83822.45%45,88038.39%46,80639.16%119,52420.4%

Source: [4]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [7] TossupOctober 31, 2002
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Lean D (flip)November 4, 2002

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Donald
Carcieri (R)		Myrth
York (D)		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [9] October 28–30, 2002593 (LV)± 4.2%48%45%7%

Results

Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2002 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Donald Carcieri 181,827 54.76% +3.76%
Democratic Myrth York 150,22945.24%+3.24%
Majority31,5989.52%+0.52%
Turnout 332,056
Republican hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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  3. ↑ "Rhode Island Board of Elections: Elections & Voting". Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  4. 1 2 "2002 Statewide Primary". State of Rhode Island Board of Elections. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
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  9. ↑ SurveyUSA
  10. ↑ http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/generalelection/governor.php [ dead link ]

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