2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

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2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  Jim Inhofe official photo (cropped).jpg David Walters.jpg 3x4.svg
Nominee Jim Inhofe David Walters James Germalic
Party Republican Democratic Independent
Popular vote583,579369,78965,056
Percentage57.30%36.31%6.39%

2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma results map by county.svg
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 first election since 1978 that the winner was of a different party than the concurrent gubernatorial election.

Contents

Major candidates

Democratic

Independent

Republican

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [1] Likely RNovember 4, 2002

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
James
Inhofe (R)
David
Walters (D)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [2] November 1–3, 2002710 (LV)± 3.8%53%36%12%

Results

General election results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican James Inhofe (incumbent) 583,579 57.30%
Democratic David Walters369,78936.31%
IndependentJames Germalic65,0566.39%
Majority213,79020.99%
Turnout 1,018,424
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

[4] [5]

See also

Notes

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

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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. 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.