2002 United States Senate elections
Elections leading to the next Congress
In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2003; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

2002 United States Senate elections

Section Title: Elections leading to the next Congress
Table Section Text: In these general elections, the winners were elected for the term beginning January 3, 2003; ordered by state. All of the elections involved the Class 2 seats.

State (linked to summaries below)	Incumbent	Results	Candidates

Senator	Party	Electoral history

Alabama	Jeff Sessions	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jeff Sessions (Republican) 58.6% Susan Parker (Democratic) 39.8% Jeff Allen (Libertarian) 1.5%

Alaska	Ted Stevens	Republican	1968 (Appointed) 1970 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Ted Stevens (Republican) 78% Frank J. Vondersaar (Democratic) 11% Jim Sykes (Green) 8% Jim Dore (AI) 3% Leonard Karpinski (Libertarian) 1%

Arkansas	Tim Hutchinson	Republican	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain.	√ Mark Pryor (Democratic) 53.9% Tim Hutchinson (Republican) 46.1%

Colorado	Wayne Allard	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Wayne Allard (Republican) 50.7% Tom Strickland (Democratic) 45.8% Douglas Campbell (Constitution) 1.5% Rick Stanley (Libertarian) 1.5% John Heckman (Concerns of People) 0.5%

Delaware	Joe Biden	Democratic	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Joe Biden (Democratic) 58.2% Raymond J. Clatworthy (Republican) 40.8% Maurice Barros (IPD) 0.4% Raymond T.

Georgia	Max Cleland	Democratic	1996	Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain.	√ Saxby Chambliss (Republican) 52.7% Max Cleland (Democratic) 45.9% Claude Thomas (Libertarian) 1.4%

Idaho	Larry Craig	Republican	1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Larry Craig (Republican) 65% Alan Blinken (Democratic) 33% Donovan Bramwell (Libertarian) 2%

Illinois	Dick Durbin	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Dick Durbin (Democratic) 60.3% Jim Durkin (Republican) 38% Steven Burgauer (Libertarian) 1.6%

Iowa	Tom Harkin	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tom Harkin (Democratic) 54.2% Greg Ganske (Republican) 43.8% Tim Harthan (Green) 1.1% Richard J. Moore (Libertarian) 0.9%

Kansas	Pat Roberts	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pat Roberts (Republican) 82.5% Steven A. Rosile (Libertarian) 9.1% George Cook (Reform) 8.4%

Kentucky	Mitch McConnell	Republican	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mitch McConnell (Republican) 64.7% Lois Combs Weinberg (Democratic) 35.3%

Louisiana	Mary Landrieu	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mary Landrieu (Democratic) 51.7% Suzanne Haik Terrell (Republican) 48.3%

Maine	Susan Collins	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Susan Collins (Republican) 58.4% Chellie Pingree (Democratic) 41.6%

Massachusetts	John Kerry	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Kerry (Democratic) 72.3% Michael E. Cloud (Libertarian) 16.6% Blank/Scattering 9.6% Randall Forsberg, Write-in 1.1% Other 0.3%

Michigan	Carl Levin	Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Carl Levin (Democratic) 60.6% Andrew Raczkowski (Republican) 37.9% Eric Borregard (Green) 0.8% John S. Mangopoulos (Reform) 0.4% Doug Dern (Natural Law) 0.3%

Minnesota	Dean Barkley	Independence	2002 (Appointed)	DFL senator was renominated but died October 25, 2002. Dean Barkley was appointed November 4, 2002 to finish the term.	√ Norm Coleman (Republican) 49.5% Walter Mondale (DFL) 47.3% Jim Moore (Independence) 2% Paul Wellstone (DFL) 0.5% Ray Tricomo (Green) 0.4% Miro Drago Kovatchevich (Constitution) 0.1%

Mississippi	Thad Cochran	Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Thad Cochran (Republican) 85.6% Shawn O'Hara (Reform) 15.4%

Montana	Max Baucus	Democratic	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Max Baucus (Democratic) 62.7% Mike Taylor (Republican) 31.7% Stan Jones (Libertarian) 3.2% Bob Kelleher (Green) 2.3%

Nebraska	Chuck Hagel	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Chuck Hagel (Republican) 82.8% Charlie A. Matulka (Democratic) 14.6% John J. Graziano (Libertarian) 1.5% Phil Chase (Independent) 1.1%

New Hampshire	Bob Smith	Republican	1990 1990 (Appointed) 1996	Incumbent lost renomination. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ John E. Sununu (Republican) 50.8% Jeanne Shaheen (Democratic) 46.4% Ken Blevens (Libertarian) 2.2%

New Jersey	Robert Torricelli	Democratic	1996	Incumbent renominated but withdrew. New senator elected. Democratic hold.	√ Frank Lautenberg (Democratic) 53.9% Doug Forrester (Republican) 44% Ted Glick (Green) 1.2% Elizabeth Macron (Libertarian) 0.6% Norman E. Wahner (NJ Conservative) 0.3% Gregory Pason (Socialist) 0.1%

New Mexico	Pete Domenici	Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Pete Domenici (Republican) 65% Gloria Tristani (Democratic) 35%

North Carolina	Jesse Helms	Republican	1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Elizabeth Dole (Republican) 53.6% Erskine Bowles (Democratic) 45% Sean Haugh (Libertarian) 1.5%

Oklahoma	Jim Inhofe	Republican	1994 (Special) 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jim Inhofe (Republican) 57.3% David Walters (Democratic) 36.3% James Germalic (Independent) 6.4%

Oregon	Gordon Smith	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Gordon Smith (Republican) 56.2% Bill Bradbury (Democratic) 39.6% Dan Fitzgerald (Libertarian) 2.4% Lon Mabon (Constitution) 1.7%

Rhode Island	Jack Reed	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jack Reed (Democratic) 78.4% Robert Tingle (Republican) 21.6%

South Carolina	Strom Thurmond	Republican	1954 1954 (Appointed) 1956 (Resigned) 1956 (Special) 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Lindsey Graham (Republican) 54.4% Alex Sanders (Democratic) 44.2% Ted Adams (Constitution) 0.8% Victor Kocher (Libertarian) 0.6%

South Dakota	Tim Johnson	Democratic	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Tim Johnson (Democratic) 49.6% John Thune (Republican) 49.5% Kurt Evans (Libertarian) 0.9%

Tennessee	Fred Thompson	Republican	1994 (Special) 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ Lamar Alexander (Republican) 54% Bob Clement (Democratic) 44%

Texas	Phil Gramm	Republican	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent retired. New senator elected. Republican hold.	√ John Cornyn (Republican) 55.3% Ron Kirk (Democratic) 43.3% Scott Jameson (Libertarian) 0.8% Roy H. Williams (Green) 0.6%

Virginia	John Warner	Republican	1978 1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ John Warner (Republican) 82.6% Nancy Spannaus (Independent) 9.7% Jacob G. Hornberger (Independent) 7.1%

West Virginia	Jay Rockefeller	Democratic	1984 1990 1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Jay Rockefeller (Democratic) 63.1% Jay Wolfe (Republican) 36.9%

Wyoming	Mike Enzi	Republican	1996	Incumbent re-elected.	√ Mike Enzi (Republican) 73% Joyce Jansa Corcoran (Democratic) 27%

Sentence(s)

Republicans defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, while incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas lost to Democrat Mark Pryor.

final_sentence: Republicans defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, while incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas lost to Democrat Mark Pryor.