2002 United States gubernatorial elections
Election results
A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

2002 United States gubernatorial elections

Section Title: Election results
Table Section Text: A bolded state name features an article about the specific election.

State	Incumbent	Party	Status	Opposing candidates

Alabama	Don Siegelman	Democratic	Defeated, 49.0%	Bob Riley (Republican) 49.2% John Sophocleus (Libertarian) 1.7%

Alaska	Tony Knowles	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Frank Murkowski (Republican) 55.8% Fran Ulmer (Democratic) 40.7% Diane Benson (Green) 1.3% Don Wright (Alaskan Indep.) Raymond VinZant (Rep. Mod.) 0.7% Billy Toien (Libertarian) 0.5%

Arizona	Jane Hull	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Janet Napolitano (Democratic) 46.2% Matt Salmon (Republican) 45.2% Richard D. Mahoney (Independent) 6.9% Barry Hess (Libertarian) 1.7%

Arkansas	Mike Huckabee	Republican	Re-elected, 53%	Jimmie Lou Fisher (Democratic) 46%

California	Gray Davis	Democratic	Re-elected, 47.4%	Bill Simon (Republican) 42.4% Peter Camejo (Green) 5.3% Gary Copeland (Libertarian) 2.2% Reinhold Gulke (American Ind.) 1.7% Iris Adam (Natural Law) 1.1%

Colorado	Bill Owens	Republican	Re-elected, 62.6%	Rollie Heath (Democratic) 33.7% Ronald Forthofer (Green) 2.3% Ralph Shnelvar (Libertarian) 1%

Connecticut	John Rowland	Republican	Re-elected, 56.1%	Bill Curry (Democratic) 43.9%

Florida	Jeb Bush	Republican	Re-elected, 56%	Bill McBride (Democratic) 43.1%

Georgia	Roy Barnes	Democratic	Defeated, 46.3%	Sonny Perdue (Republican) 51.4% Garrett Hayes (Libertarian) 2.3%

Hawaii	Ben Cayetano	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Linda Lingle (Republican) 51.6% Mazie Hirono (Democratic) 47% Kau`i Hill (Natural Law) 0.7% Tracy Ryan (Libertarian) 0.4% Jim Brewer (Independent) 0.3%

Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne	Republican	Re-elected, 56.3%	Jerry Brady (Democratic) 41.7% Daniel Adams (Libertarian) 2%

Illinois	George Ryan	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Rod Blagojevich (Democratic) 52.2% Jim Ryan (Republican) 45.1% Cal Skinner (Libertarian) 2.1%

Iowa	Tom Vilsack	Democratic	Re-elected, 52.7%	Doug Gross (Republican) 44.5% Jay Robinson (Green) 1.4% Clyde Cleveland (Libertarian) 1.3%

Kansas	Bill Graves	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Kathleen Sebelius (Democratic) 52.9% Tim Shallenburger (Republican) 45.1% Ted Pettibone (Reform) 1.1% Dennis Hawver (Libertarian) 1.0%

Maine	Angus King	Independent	Term-limited, Democratic victory	John Baldacci (Democratic) 47.2% Peter Cianchette (Republican) 41.5% Jonathan Carter (Green) 9.3% John Michael (Independent) 2.1%

Maryland	Parris Glendening	Democratic	Term-limited, Republican victory	Bob Ehrlich (Republican) 51.6% Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Democratic) 47.7% Spear Lancaster (Libertarian) 0.7%

Massachusetts	Jane Swift (acting)	Republican	Retired, Republican victory	Mitt Romney (Republican) 49.8% Shannon O'Brien (Democratic) 44.9% Jill Stein (G-R) 3.5% Carla Howell (Libertarian) 1.1% Barbara Johnson (Independent) 0.7%

Michigan	John Engler	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Jennifer Granholm (Democratic) 51.4% Dick Posthumus (Republican) 47.4% Douglas Campell (Green) 0.8% Joseph Pilchak (U.S. Taxpayers) 0.4%

Minnesota	Jesse Ventura	Reform Party/Independence	Retired, Republican victory	Tim Pawlenty (Republican) 44.4% Roger Moe (Democratic) 36.5% Tim Penny (Independence) 16.2% Ken Pentel (Green) 2.3% Kari Sachs (Socialist Workers) 0.1% Lawrence Aeshliman (Constitution) 0.1%

Nebraska	Mike Johanns	Republican	Re-elected, 68.9%	Stormy Dean (Democratic) 27.5% Paul Rosberg (Nebraska) 3.8%

Nevada	Kenny Guinn	Republican	Re-elected, 68.3%	Joe Neal (Democratic) 22% None of the above 4.7% Dick Geyer (Libertarian) 1.6% David Holmgren (Indep. American) 1.4% Jerry Norton (Independent) 1.1% Charles Laws (Green) 1%

New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Craig Benson (Republican) 58.6% Mark Fernald (Democratic) 38.2% John Babiarz (Libertarian) 2.9%

New Mexico	Gary Johnson	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Bill Richardson (Democratic) 56% John Sanchez (Republican) 39% David Bacon (Green) 5%

New York	George Pataki	Republican, Conservative	Re-elected, 49.4%	Carl McCall (Democratic), (Working Families 33.5% Tom Golisano (Independence) 14.3% Jerry Cronin (Right to Life) 0.9% Stanley Aronowitz (Green) 0.9% Thomas Leighton (Marijuana Reform) 0.5% Andrew Cuomo (Liberal) 0.3% Scott Jeffrey (Libertarian) 0.1%%

Ohio	Bob Taft	Republican	Re-elected, 57.7%	Tim Hagan (Democratic) 38.3% John Eastman (Independent) 3.9%

Oklahoma	Frank Keating	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Brad Henry (Democratic) 43.3% Steve Largent (Republican) 42.6% Gary Richardson (Independent) 14.1%

Oregon	John Kitzhaber	Democratic	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Ted Kulongoski (Democratic) 49% Kevin Mannix (Republican) 46.1% Tom Cox (Libertarian) 4.58%

Pennsylvania	Mark Schweiker	Republican	Retired, Democratic victory	Ed Rendell (Democratic) 53.4% Mike Fisher (Republican) 44.4% Ken Krawchuk (Libertarian) 1.14% Michael Morrill (Green) 1.07%

Rhode Island	Lincoln Almond	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Don Carcieri (Republican) 54.8% Myrth York (Democratic) 45.2%

South Carolina	Jim Hodges	Democratic	Defeated, 47.1%	Mark Sanford (Republican) 52.9%

South Dakota	Bill Janklow	Republican	Term-limited, Republican victory	Mike Rounds (Republican) 56.8% Jim Abbott (Democratic) 41.9% James Carlson (Independent) 0.7% Nathan Barton (Libertarian) 0.6%

Tennessee	Don Sundquist	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Phil Bredesen (Democratic) 50.7% Van Hilleary (Republican) 47.6%

Texas	Rick Perry	Republican	Re-elected, 57.8%	Tony Sanchez (Democratic) 40% Jeff Daiell (Libertarian) 1.6% Rahul Mahajan (Green) 1%

Vermont	Howard Dean	Democratic	Retired, Republican victory	Jim Douglas (Republican) 44.9% Doug Racine (Democratic) 42.4% Cornelius Hogan (Independent) 9.7% Cris Ericson (Make Marijuana Legal) 0.8% Michael Badamo (VT Progressive) 0.6% Joel Williams (Libertarian) 0.4% Patricia Hejny (VT Grassroots) 0.3% Marilynn Christian (Restore Justice-Freedom) 0.3% Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union) 0.3%

Wisconsin	Scott McCallum	Republican	Defeated, 41.4%	Jim Doyle (Democratic) 45.1% Ed Thompson (Libertarian) 10.5% Jim Young (Green) 2.5%

Wyoming	Jim Geringer	Republican	Term-limited, Democratic victory	Dave Freudenthal (Democratic) 50% Eli Bebout (Republican) 47.9% Dave Dawson (Libertarian) 2.12%

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