The Green Papers: Arkansas 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 21 May 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
2002 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
1990 Census:2,350,624 (0.94% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:2,679,733 (0.95% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):1,412,617
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):1,882,000
Capital:Little Rock
Tuesday 21 May 2002 polls close 7:30p CDT (0030 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:30p CST (0130 UTC)
 

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Arkansas State and Local Government


preview re: General Election in ARKANSAS-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 7:30 PM Central Standard Time
(0130 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • ARKANSAS is electing its Governor in 2002; incumbent Republican Mike Huckabee is a candidate for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • ARKANSAS is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • ARKANSAS is electing 4 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of ARKANSAS not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

None.


Open Seats [those in which an incumbent is not running for re-election] in the U.S. House from ARKANSAS in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

None.

Uncontested Major Races [for Governor, U.S. Senate or U.S. House] in the 5 November 2002 General Election in ARKANSAS:

U.S. House

  • CD 2: incumbent Democrat Congressman Vic Snyder is unopposed.
 

Governor  Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, Governors

Chair up for election Republican Governor Mike Huckabee
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
As Lieutenant Governor, succeeded to the office upon the resignation of Governor Jim Guy Tucker (Democrat): 15 July 1996; first elected to a full term: 1998; re-elected: 2002
Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
  Candidate Democrat Jimmie Lou Fisher
  Elected Republican Governor Mike Huckabee
  Candidate Write-In Barry Emigh
  Candidate Write-In Gene Mason

Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2
Seat up for election
Republican Senator Tim Hutchinson
First elected: 1996
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
  Elected Democrat Mark Pryor
(Arkansas Attorney General)
  Candidate Republican Senator Tim Hutchinson

Class 3 Democrat Senator Blanche Lambert Lincoln
First elected: 1998
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1992, 1994]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004

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):
3 Democrats (3 Renominated);
1 Republican (1 Renominated)

CD 1 Democrat Congressman Marion Berry
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1996
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Berry is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 1

CD 2 Democrat Congressman Vic Snyder
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 1996
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Snyder is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2

CD 3 Republican Congressman John Boozman
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 20 November 2001- in a Special Election re: the resignation of Asa Hutchinson, 6 August 2001
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Boozman is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 3

CD 4 Democrat Congressman Mike Ross
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
First elected: 2000
Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary
 Congressman Ross is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4

108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional Districts for the election of the 108th Congress

CD 1
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Marion Berry
  Candidate Republican Tommy F. Robinson

CD 2
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Uncontested Race **
  Elected Democrat Congressman Vic Snyder

CD 3
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Republican Congressman John Boozman
  Candidate Write-In (George Lyne - pending)

CD 4
Seat up for election
  (pending)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Mike Ross
  Candidate Republican Jay Dickey

 


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