2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

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Nominee Wayne Allard Tom Strickland Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 717,893 648,130 Percentage 50.70% 45.77%

County results Allard:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Strickland:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election Wayne Allard Republican Elected U.S. Senator Wayne Allard Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard won re-election to a second term. This is also the last time the sitting US Senator of this seat won reelection and the last election that either party held this seat for two consecutive terms.

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Tom Strickland, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996

Results

Democratic primary results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	110,309	100.00%
Total votes			110,309	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Wayne Allard, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1996

Results

Republican primary results ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wayne Allard (incumbent)	190,250	100.00%
Total votes			190,250	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Wayne Allard (R), incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in the 1996 Senate election
• Tom Strickland, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996

Debate

2002 United States Senate election in Colorado debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Republican	Democratic
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Wayne Allard	Tom Strickland
1	Sep. 7, 2002	Club 20 KJCT-TV	Jasper Welsh	C-SPAN	P	P

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [3]	Lean R	November 4, 2002

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	Wayne Allard (R)	Tom Strickland (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA [4]	October 31 – November 2, 2002	739 (LV)	± 3.7%	50%	46%	4%

Results

General election results ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Wayne Allard (incumbent)	717,899	50.70%	−0.71%
	Democratic	Tom Strickland	648,130	45.77%	+0.03%
	Constitution	Douglas Campbell	21,547	1.52%	n/a
	Libertarian	Rick Stanley	20,776	1.47%	n/a
	Independent	John Heckman	7,140	0.50%	n/a
	Write-in		596	0.04%	n/a
Majority			69,763	4.93%	−0.74%
Turnout			1,416,082	100.00%
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Routt (Largest city: Steamboat Springs)
• Clear Creek (largest city: Idaho Springs)
• La Plata (largest municipality: Durango)
• Saguache (largest city: Center)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Conejos (largest municipality: Manassa)

See also

• 2002 United States Senate election

Notes

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

References

1. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.
3. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
4. SurveyUSA
5. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".