2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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Nominee Jim Inhofe David Walters James Germalic Party Republican Democratic Independent Popular vote 583,579 369,789 65,056 Percentage 57.30% 36.31% 6.39%

County results Inhofe:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Walters:     40–50%     50–60%

U.S. senator before election James Inhofe Republican Elected U.S. Senator James Inhofe Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe won re-election to a second full term. This was the only Oklahoma U.S. Senate race since 1974 that the winner was of a different party than the winner of the concurrent gubernatorial election.

Major candidates

Democratic

• David Walters, former Governor

Independent

• James Germalic

Republican

• James Inhofe, incumbent U.S. Senator

General election

Debates

• Complete video of debate, October 21, 2002
• Complete video of debate, October 23, 2002

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [a]	Margin of error	James Inhofe (R)	David Walters (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA [2]	November 1–3, 2002	710 (LV)	± 3.8%	53%	36%	12%

Results

General election results ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	James Inhofe (incumbent)	583,579	57.30%
	Democratic	David Walters	369,789	36.31%
	Independent	James Germalic	65,056	6.39%
Majority			213,790	20.99%
Turnout			1,018,424
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Cotton (Largest city: Walters)
• Greer (Largest city: Mangum)
• Marshall (Largest city: Madill)
• Osage (Largest city: Hominy)
• Tillman (Largest city: Frederick)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Kiowa (Largest city: Hobart)
• Love (Largest city: Marietta)

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See also

• 2002 United States Senate elections

Notes

1. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
2. SurveyUSA
3. "Our Campaigns - OK US Senate Race - Nov 05, 2002".
4. "2002 Senatorial General Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip's election atlas.
5. "1996 Senatorial General Election Results - Oklahoma". Dave Leip's election atlas.

External links

Official campaign websites (archived)

• Jim Inhofe (R) for Senate
• David Walters (D) for Senate