2002 United States Senate election in Maine

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2002 United States Senate election in Maine
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  2008 Susan Collins 2 by 3 crop.jpg Pingree-chellie.jpg
Nominee Susan Collins Chellie Pingree
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote295,041209,858
Percentage58.44%41.56%

2002 United States Senate election in Maine results map by county.svg
2002 United States Senate election in Maine results map by municipality.svg
Collins:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Pingree:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Susan Collins
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Susan Collins
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

General election

Campaign

Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts. [1] Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002. [2] However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it. [3]

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated Pingree in one of the first U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history. [4]

Debate

2002 United States Senate election in Maine debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Republican Democratic
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Susan Collins Chellie Pingree
1Oct. 19, 2002 Maine Public Barbara Cariddi
Charlotte Renner
C-SPAN PP

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Likely RNovember 4, 2002

Results

General election results [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Susan Collins (incumbent) 295,041 58.44% +9.25%
Democratic Chellie Pingree 209,85841.56%−2.31%
Majority85,18316.87%+11.57%
Turnout 504,899100.00%N/A
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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References

  1. Griffin, Walter (October 30, 2002). "Senate rivals clash on federal tax cuts". Bangor Daily News via news.google.com.
  2. "Collins, Pingree oppose invasion". Sun Journal. AP. August 24, 2002 via news.google.com.
  3. Griffin, Walter (October 23, 2002). "Collins, Pingree divided on Iraq". Bangor Daily News via news.google.com.
  4. "CNN.com - Collins wins re-election in Maine, CNN projects - Nov. 6, 2002". edition.cnn.com.
  5. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  6. "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS". clerk.house.gov.