2002 United States Senate election in Michigan

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2002 United States Senate election in Michigan
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  Carl Levin official portrait (cropped).jpg Rocky Raczkowski.jpg
Nominee Carl Levin Rocky Raczkowski
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote1,896,6141,185,545
Percentage60.61%37.89%

2002 United States Senate election in Michigan results map by county.svg
2002 United States Senate election in Michigan results map by municipality.svg
Levin:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Raczkowski:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     

U.S. senator before election

Carl Levin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Carl Levin
Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a fifth term.

Contents

General election

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [1] Safe DNovember 4, 2002

Results

Michigan U.S. Senate Election, 2002 [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Carl Levin (incumbent) 1,896,614 60.61% +2.25%
Republican Rocky Raczkowski 1,185,54537.89%-1.98%
Green Eric Borregard23,9310.76%+0.76%
Reform John Mangopoulos12,8310.41%+0.41%
Natural Law Doug Dern10,3660.33%+0.03%
Majority711,06922.72%+4.23%
Turnout 3,129,287
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

  1. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. Johnson, Ruth (December 17, 2002). "Election Results: GENERAL ELECTION - November 05, 2002 (United States Senator 6 Year Term (1) Position)". Michigan Department of State. Archived from the original on March 18, 2013.