The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party,which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election,known as class 2 Senate seats,were last up for regular election in 1996. The election cycle was held on November 5,2002,almost 14 months after the September 11,2001,attacks.
Samuel Bruce Graves Jr. is an American politician serving as the United States representative for Missouri's 6th congressional district,serving since 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district stretches across most of the northern third of the state,from the Kansas border to the Illinois border. The bulk of its population lives in the northern part of the Kansas City area,including the northern fourth of Kansas City. Graves is the dean of Missouri's congressional delegation.
Jim Waring is an American politician,who served as state senator for seven years in the Arizona State Senate and now represents District 2 on the Phoenix City Council.
The Libertarian Party of Connecticut is a statewide affiliate of the U.S. Libertarian Party. According to the bylaws posted on its web site,the Connecticut Libertarian Party has the basic aims of furthering individual freedom and opposing the initiation of force against individuals,among other things. It does this by engaging in political,educational,and social activities.
Ruth Johnson is an American businesswoman and politician currently serving as a member of the Michigan Senate since 2019. She was the 42nd Secretary of State of Michigan from 2011 to 2019 and a member of the Michigan House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. She is a Republican.
Mary Adelaide Lundby was a state Senator from the Iowa's 18th District. She served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2009,serving as Minority Leader from 2006 to 2007 and as Co-Majority Leader in 2006. She also served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995,serving as Speaker pro Tempore from 1992 to 1994. Prior to her election to the Iowa House,Lundby had served as the co-chair of the Linn County Republican party,as a member of the Linn County Republican Central Committee,and as staff assistant to then-senator Roger Jepsen. She graduated from Upper Iowa University,majoring in Political Science and History.
Herman Charles Quirmbach is an American politician and academic. He is a member of the Iowa Senate from the 23rd district. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2003 and on the Ames City Council from 1995 to 2003.
Jeff Danielson is a former Democratic Iowa State Senator. Having served the 30th Senate District between 2013 and 2019,he had also previously served the 10th Senate District up until redistricting,between 2005 and 2013.
Lee Constantine is an American politician and real estate broker. He served as a Republican member of the Florida Senate from 2000 to 2010,and of the Florida House of Representatives from 1992 through 2000,representing Orange and Seminole counties.
Dick Leslie Dearden was an American politician who was the Iowa State Senator from the 34th District. A Democrat,he served in the Iowa Senate from 1995 to 2017 representing the Northeast part of Des Moines and Pleasant Hill,Iowa.
Royd E. Chambers was the Iowa State Representative from the 5th District. He served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 through 2013.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 2,2010,in 37 states and two territories. These elections coincided with the elections for the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives as well as other state and local elections. As in most midterm elections,the party controlling the White House lost ground. Democrats took five governorships from the Republicans,while Republicans took 12 governorships from the Democrats. An independent won one governorship previously held by a Republican,while a Republican won one governorship previously held by an independent. Republicans held a majority of governorships for the first time since before the 2006 elections. One state,Louisiana,had no election for governor,but it did feature a special election for lieutenant governor.
Patrick Grassley is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he is the grandson of Iowa United States Senator Chuck Grassley. He has served as the Iowa State Representative for its 57th District since 2023,having previously served the state's 17th (2007–2013) and 50th (2013–2023) districts in the Iowa House of Representatives. He was elected Speaker of the state's House in 2020.
Robert Mason Hogg is the Iowa State Senator from the 33rd District. A Democrat,he has served in the Iowa Senate since 2007 after having served in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2003 to 2007. He ran in the Democratic primary for the 2016 United States Senate election in Iowa,but he lost to former Iowa Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge. In June 2021,Hogg announced his intention to not seek re-election to his seat in 2022.
The 2000 U.S. Senate election in California was held on November 7,2000. Incumbent Democrat Dianne Feinstein won her second full term.
Bradley Jay Little is an American politician serving as the 33rd governor of Idaho since January 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he served as the 42nd lieutenant governor of Idaho from 2009 to 2019 and as an Idaho state senator from 2001 to 2009.
The 1998 United States Senate election in Colorado was held November 3,1998,alongside other elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell won re-election to a second term by a landslide. This was Campbell's first election as a Republican as he left the Democratic Party in 1995.
Eric Mark Chelgren is an American politician who served in the Iowa Senate. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the Iowa Senate in 2010 and re-elected in 2014. He represented District 41.
John Eric Braun is an American politician from Washington. A Republican,Braun serves in the Washington State Senate,representing the 20th district. Braun serves as the President of Braun Northwest and as an officer in the US Navy Reserve.
Norm Semanko is a former Idaho Republican Party chairman and currently practices law at Parsons Behle and Latimer.
