The Green Papers: Mississippi 2002 Midterm Election
 
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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)
Governor:1(Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2000 Representatives:5(1.15% of 435)
2002 Representatives:4(0.92% of 435)
1990 Census:2,575,475 (1.04% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:2,852,927 (1.01% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):1,729,200
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):2,014,000
Capital:Jackson
Tuesday 4 June 2002 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 25 June 2002 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:00p CST (0100 UTC)
Tuesday 19 November 2002 polls close 7:00p CST (0100 UTC)
 

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Mississippi State and Local Government

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

Polls close: 7 PM Central Standard Time
(0100 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • MISSISSIPPI is NOT electing its Governor in 2002.
  • MISSISSIPPI is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Republican Thad Cochran is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • MISSISSIPPI is electing 4 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State lost one (1) House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
  • There is one House seat which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election--
    new CD 3: Democrat Congressman Ronnie Shows [current CD 4] will be facing Republican Congressman Chip Pickering [current CD 3] on 5 November.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of MISSISSIPPI 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 MISSISSIPPI 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 MISSISSIPPI:

    None.

 
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.
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
Class 2
Seat up for election		 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
  Withdrawn Democrat Steven Douglas Turney - withdrew
• 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.
  Candidate Reform Shawn O'Hara
• Running under the banners of "Reform Party of Mississippi" and "Independent Candidate".
  Elected 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
 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
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Rex N. Weathers
  Candidate Libertarian Harold M. Taylor
  Candidate Reform Brenda Blackburn
  Elected Republican Congressman Roger F. Wicker
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Bennie G. Thompson
  Candidate Reform Lee Dilworth
  Candidate Republican Clinton B. LeSueur
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Incumbents running against one another **
  Candidate Democrat Congressman Ronnie Shows
• (incumbent old CD 4)
  Candidate Independent Harvey Darden
  Candidate Independent Jim Giles
  Candidate Libertarian Brad A. McDonald
  Candidate Reform Carroll Grantham
  Elected Republican Congressman Charles W. "Chip" Pickering, Jr.
• (incumbent old CD 3)
CD 4
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Gene Taylor
  Candidate Libertarian Wayne L. Parker
  Candidate Reform Thomas R. Huffmaster
  Candidate Republican Karl Cleveland Mertz
 

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