2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska

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2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
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Nominee Chuck Hagel Charlie Matulka
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote397,43870,290
Percentage82.76%14.64%

2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska results map by county.svg
County results
Hagel:     60-70%     70-80%     80-90%     >90%

U.S. senator before election

Chuck Hagel
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Chuck Hagel
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charlie A. Matulka 33,922 59.31%
Democratic Al Hamburg23,27240.69%
Total votes57,194 100.00%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Results

Libertarian Party primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Libertarian John J. Graziano 228 100.00%
Total votes228 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Chuck Hagel (inc.) 144,160 100.00%
Total votes144,160 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [3] Safe RNovember 4, 2002

Results

2002 United States Senate election in Nebraska [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Chuck Hagel (inc.) 397,438 82.76% +25.36%
Democratic Charlie A. Matulka70,29014.64%−27.96%
Libertarian John J. Graziano7,4231.55%+0.15%
Independent Phil Chase5,0661.05%
Majority327,14868.13%+53.31%
Total votes480,217 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. "The 2002 Elections: Midwest; Nebraska". November 7, 2002 via NYTimes.com.
  2. 1 2 3 John A. Gale. Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska, Primary Election, May 14, 2002 (PDF).
  3. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. John A. Gale. Official Report of the Board of State Canvassers of the State of Nebraska, General Election, November 7, 2002 (PDF).