2002 United States Senate election in Iowa

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2002 United States Senate election in Iowa
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  Tom Harkin official portrait (cropped).jpg Greg Ganske's Official Portrait.jpg
Nominee Tom Harkin Greg Ganske
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote554,278447,892
Percentage54.18%43.78%

2002 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg
County results
Harkin:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Ganske:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     80–90%

U.S. senator before election

Tom Harkin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Harkin
Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fourth term in office. Harkin was opposed in the general election by U.S. Congressman Greg Ganske, who fought off a difficult challenger in the Republican primary. Though Harkin narrowly defeated his opponent six years earlier, he was able to defeat Ganske by a comfortable margin to win re-election.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Harkin (incumbent) 83,505 99.34%
Democratic Write-ins5550.66%
Total votes84,060 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Ganske 116,229 58.97%
Republican Bill Salier80,70040.95%
Republican Write-ins1670.08%
Total votes197,096 100.00%

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [2] Lean DNovember 4, 2002

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Tom
Harkin (D)
Greg
Ganske (R)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [3] October 27–29, 2002605 (LV)± 4.1%60%38%2%

Results

United States Senate election in Iowa, 2002 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tom Harkin (incumbent) 554,278 54.18% +2.37%
Republican Greg Ganske 447,89243.78%−2.94%
Green Timothy A. Harthan11,3401.11%
Libertarian Richard J. Moore8,8640.87%
Write-in 7010.06%
Majority106,38610.40%+5.30%
Turnout 1,023,075
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. 1 2 "Election: 2002 Primary Election (6/4/2002)" (PDF). State of Iowa Secretary of State.
  2. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. SurveyUSA
  4. Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 15.