2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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Nominee Thad Cochran Shawn O'Hara Party Republican Reform Popular vote 533,269 97,226 Percentage 84.58% 15.42%

County results Cochran:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%

U.S. senator before election Thad Cochran Republican Elected U.S. Senator Thad Cochran Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42%. O'Hara's percentage of the vote was more than double Ross Perot's statewide total of 5.84% in the 1996 presidential election. His percentage was also the highest percentage for a Reform candidate in a U.S. Senate election.

Major candidates

Reform

• Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate

Republican

• Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [1]	Safe R	November 4, 2002

Results

General election results ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Thad Cochran (incumbent)	533,269	84.58%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	97,226	15.42%
Majority			436,043	69.16%
Turnout			630,495
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Wilkinson (Largest city: Centreville)
• Claiborne (largest municipality: Port Gibson)
• Holmes (Largest city: Durant)

See also

• 2002 United States Senate elections

References

1. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
2. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".