2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee

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2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee
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Turnout50.40% Decrease2.svg [1] 12.37 pp
  Lamar Alexander black and white photo.jpg BobClement.jpg
Nominee Lamar Alexander Bob Clement
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote891,498728,232
Percentage54.28%44.34%
2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg
County results
Alexander:     40–50%     50–60%     60—70%     70–80%
Clement:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Fred Thompson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Lamar Alexander
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson decided to retire. Former Republican Governor Lamar Alexander won the open seat.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lamar Alexander 295,052 53.79%
Republican Ed Bryant233,67842.60%
Republican Mary Taylor-Shelby5,5891.02%
Republican June Griffin4,9300.90%
Republican Michael Brent Todd4,0020.73%
Republican James E. DuBose3,5720.65%
Republican Christopher G. Fenner1,5520.28%
Republican Write-ins1070.03%
Total votes548,482 100.00%
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Results by county:
  Alexander
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   60–70%
  •   60–70%
  Bryant
  •   40–50%
  •   50–60%
  •   50–60%
  •   70–80%
  •   80–90%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bob Clement 418,172 82.18%
Democratic Gary G. Davis50,5639.94%
Democratic Cher A. Hopkey14,4812.85%
Democratic Michael L. Hampstead12,9402.54%
Democratic Alvin M. Strauss12,2412.41%
Democratic Write-ins4780.08%
Total votes508,875 100.00%

General election

Campaign

Alexander raised $2 million through June 2002. [4] Clement attacked the Governor for his corporate connections and business dealings. By October, Clement had nearly raised $900,000, while Alexander raised almost $3 million. [5] Bush, who had a 60% approval rating in the state, helped campaign and raise money for Alexander. [6] Alexander was also endorsed by the NRA Political Victory Fund. [7]

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [8] Likely RNovember 4, 2002

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Lamar
Alexander (R)		Bob
Clement (D)		Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA [9] October 26–28, 2002726 (LV)± 3.8%52%41%7%

In a September poll from the Knoxville News Sentinel, Alexander was up 45% to 27%. In a DNSC poll during the same month, Alexander was up 49% to 42%. In a mid October Zogby poll had the governor leading 49% to 36%. [10] A late October WREG-TV poll had Alexander leading 45% to 36%. [11]

Results

United States Senate election in Tennessee, 2002 [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Lamar Alexander 891,498 54.28% −7.09%
Democratic Bob Clement 728,23244.34%+7.52%
Independent John Jay Hooker 6,4010.39%N/A
Independent Wesley M. Baker6,1060.37%N/A
Independent Connie Gammon5,3490.33%N/A
Independent Karl Stanley Davidson2,2170.13%N/A
Independent Basil Marceaux 1,1700.07%N/A
Write-ins3560.02%N/A
Majority 163,2669.94%−14.61%
Turnout 1,642,43250.40%
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2002". Tennessee Secretary of State. November 5, 2002. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved June 3, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F3F35A6FADD62C1&p_docnum=2&p_queryname=15 [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F6B623AA37922AC&p_docnum=6&p_queryname=18 [ dead link ]
  6. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F619F2C1D75492C&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=15 [ dead link ]
  7. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F71FA86E46BE3D8&p_docnum=16&p_queryname=18 [ dead link ]
  8. ↑ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  9. ↑ SurveyUSA
  10. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=110FA9E198336770&p_docnum=14&p_queryname=18 [ dead link ]
  11. ↑ http://0-infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated5&p_action=doc&p_docid=0F75BDFE8D07F58E&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=18 [ dead link ]
  12. ↑ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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