2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico

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2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  Pete Domenici official portrait 2.jpg Gloria Tristani (cropped).jpg
Nominee Pete Domenici Gloria Tristani
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote314,193168,886
Percentage65.04%34.96%

2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg
County results
Domenici:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tristani:     50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Pete Domenici
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pete Domenici
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici won re-election to a sixth term. As of 2023, this is the last time a Republican has won a U.S. Senate election in New Mexico.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gloria Tristani 109,084 77.71%
Democratic Francesa Lobato31,22822.24%
Democratic Don E. Durham (write-in)730.05%
Total votes140,385 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Pete Domenici (incumbent) 91,898 99.93%
Republican Orlin G. Cole (write-in)620.07%
Total votes91,960 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Predictions

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

Results

General election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Pete Domenici (incumbent) 314,193 65.04% +0.32%
Democratic Gloria Tristani 168,86334.96%+5.17%
Majority145,32430.09%-4.86%
Turnout 483,056
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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  4. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".