The Green Papers: Mississippi 2002 Midterm Election |
Mississippi
First Party Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2002 Second Party Primary (Runoff): Tuesday 25 June 2002 Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Midterm Election Runoff (if needed): Tuesday 19 November 2002 (cancelled) |
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preview re: General Election in MISSISSIPPI-
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Governor Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, Governors | |||
Democrat | Governor Ronnie Musgrove First elected: 1999 Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2003 The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit. |
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Senate 6-year term, 107th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||
Class 1 | Republican | Senator Trent Lott First elected: 1988; re-elected: 1994, 2000 Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Thad Cochran Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | The Democratic race for the Senate nomination did not appear on the 4 June primary ballot in Yazoo County. Mississippi's Democratic Party chairman apparently recommended certification of the result [Steven Douglas Turney (30,809 votes - 52.23%); James W. "Bootie" Hunt (28,176 votes - 47.77%)] as-is on 12 June. Some 3700 voters cast ballots in Yazoo County in the primary. |
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Reform | Shawn O'Hara Running under the banners of "Reform Party of Mississippi" and "Independent Candidate". |
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Republican | Senator Thad Cochran | ||
107th House of Representatives 2-year term, House (2001-2002) | |||
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress | |||
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 2 Republicans (2 Renominated); 3 Democrats (3 Renominated) | |||
CD 1 | Republican | Congressman Roger F. Wicker Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1994 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Wicker is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1 | |||
CD 2 | Democrat | Congressman Bennie G. Thompson Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected in Special Election, 13 April 1993, re: resignation of Congressman Mike Espy, 21 January 1993 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Thompson is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2 | |||
CD 3 | Republican | Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr. Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Pickering is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3. He will be running against Democratic Congressman Shows (old CD 4) in November. | |||
CD 4 | Democrat | Congressman Ronnie Shows First elected: 1998 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Shows is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3. He ran against and lost to Republican Congressman Pickering (old CD 3) on 5 November. | |||
CD 5 | Democrat | Congressman Gene Taylor Re-elected 5 November 2002 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Congressman Taylor is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4. | |||
108th House of Representatives 2-year term, House (2003-2004) | |||
CD 1 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Rex N. Weathers | ||
Libertarian | Harold M. Taylor | ||
Reform | Brenda Blackburn | ||
Republican | Congressman Roger F. Wicker | ||
CD 2 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Congressman Bennie G. Thompson | ||
Reform | Lee Dilworth | ||
Republican | Clinton B. LeSueur | ||
CD 3 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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  | ** Incumbents running against one another ** | ||
Democrat | Congressman Ronnie Shows (incumbent old CD 4) |
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Independent | Harvey Darden | ||
Independent | Jim Giles | ||
Libertarian | Brad A. McDonald | ||
Reform | Carroll Grantham | ||
Republican | Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr. (incumbent old CD 3) |
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CD 4 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Congressman Gene Taylor | ||
Libertarian | Wayne L. Parker | ||
Reform | Thomas R. Huffmaster | ||
Republican | Karl Cleveland Mertz |
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