2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

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2002 United States Senate election in Colorado
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  1996 November 5, 2002 2008  
  Wayne Allard, official photo portrait 2.jpg Thomas L. Strickland official portrait.jpg
Nominee Wayne Allard Tom Strickland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote717,893648,130
Percentage50.70%45.77%

2002 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
County results
Allard:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Strickland:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Wayne Allard
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wayne Allard
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Tom Strickland 110,309 100.00%
Total votes110,309 100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Wayne Allard (incumbent) 190,250 100.00%
Total votes190,250 100.00%

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [lower-alpha 1]
Margin
of error
Wayne
Allard (R)
Tom
Strickland (D)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA October 31 – November 2, 2002739 (LV)± 3.7%50%46%4%

Results

General election results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Wayne Allard (incumbent) 717,899 50.70% -0.71%
Democratic Tom Strickland 648,13045.77%+0.03%
Constitution Douglas Campbell21,5471.52%n/a
Libertarian Rick Stanley20,7761.47%n/a
Independent John Heckman7,1400.50%n/a
Write-in 5960.04%n/a
Majority69,7634.93%-0.74%
Turnout 1,416,082100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

Notes

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

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