The Green Papers: Midterm Election 2002 |
107th Congress Senate Seats by State |
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Alabama 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Jeff Sessions Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Susan Parker | ||
Libertarian | Jeff Allen | ||
Republican | Senator Jeff Sessions | ||
Alaska 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Vacancy | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Ted Stevens Re-elected 5 November 2002 Appointed by Governor Walter J. Hickel (Republican) on 24 December 1968, to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator E. L. Bartlett (Democrat): 11 December 1968; elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1970; elected to first full term: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 27 August 2002 Primary |
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Alaska Independence | Jim Dore | ||
Democrat | Frank J. Vondersaar | ||
Green | James L. Sykes | ||
Libertarian | Leonard J. "Len" Karpinski | ||
Republican | Senator Ted Stevens | ||
Arkansas 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
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 |
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Democrat | Mark Pryor (Arkansas Attorney General) |
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Republican | Senator Tim Hutchinson | ||
Colorado 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Wayne Allard Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 13 August 2002 - Primary |
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Constitution | Doug "Day Horse" Campbell | ||
Democrat | Tom Strickland | ||
Independent | John Heckman | ||
Libertarian | Rick Stanley | ||
Republican | Senator Wayne Allard | ||
Write-In | Gary Cooper | ||
Delaware 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 7 September 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. | ||
Independent | Maurice "Bud" Barros Independent Party of Delaware |
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Libertarian | Ray Buranello | ||
Natural Law | Robert E. Mattson | ||
Republican | Raymond J. "Ray" Clatworthy | ||
Georgia 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Max Cleland First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 20 August 2002 - Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Max Cleland | ||
Libertarian | Claude "Sandy" Thomas | ||
Republican | Congressman Saxby Chambliss | ||
Idaho 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Larry E. Craig Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988] Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 28 May 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Alan Blinken | ||
Libertarian | Donovan Bramwell | ||
Republican | Senator Larry E. Craig | ||
Illinois 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Richard J. Durbin Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 19 March 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Richard J. Durbin | ||
Libertarian | Steven Burgauer | ||
Republican | Jim Durkin | ||
Iowa 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Tom Harkin Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996; 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982] Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Tom Harkin | ||
Green | Timothy A. "Tim" Harthan | ||
Libertarian | Richard J. Moore | ||
Republican | Congressman Greg Ganske | ||
Kansas 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Pat Roberts Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 6 August 2002 Primary |
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Libertarian | Steven A. Rosile | ||
Reform | George Cook | ||
Republican | Senator Pat Roberts | ||
Kentucky 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Mitch McConnell Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 28 May 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Lois Combs Weinberg The Democratic race for the nomination was Lois Combs Weinberg (50.1%) to Tom Barlow (49.9%). On 14 June the state board of elections certified the vote. Mr. Barlow has endorsed Ms. Weinberg. |
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Republican | Senator Mitch McConnell | ||
Write-In | Andrew Ellis Overby, Sr. | ||
Write-In | Ralph H. Stewart | ||
Louisiana 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Mary L. Landrieu Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 On Ballot - 5 November 2002 General Election / "Open" (non-partisan) Primary |
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Democrat | Raymond Brown Received 2% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. |
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Democrat | Senator Mary L. Landrieu Received 46% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Defeated Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell in 7 December 2002 runoff with 52% of the vote. |
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Independent | Patrick E. "Live Wire" Landry Received 1% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. |
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Independent | James Lemann Received 0% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. |
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Libertarian | Gary D. Robbins Received 0% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. Listed as Independent by Secretary of State |
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Republican | Congressman John Cooksey Received 14% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. Incumbent Congressman current CD 5 |
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Republican | Tony Perkins Received 9% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. State Representative |
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Republican | Ernest Edward Skillman, Jr. Received 0% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will not proceed to runoff. |
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Republican | Suzanne Haik Terrell Received 27% of the 5 November 2002 vote. Will proceed to 7 December 2002 runoff. Elections comissioner |
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No candidate received 50% or move of the vote in the 5 November 2002 election. A run-off election will be held on 7 December 2002 between the two highest vote getters, Democratic Senator Mary Landrieu (46%) and Republican Suzanne Haik Terrell (27%). | |||
Maine 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 11 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Chellie Pingree | ||
Republican | Senator Susan M. Collins | ||
Massachusetts 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator John F. Kerry Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 17 September 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator John F. Kerry | ||
Libertarian | Michael E. Cloud | ||
Write-In | Randall Forsberg Democrat for US Senate |
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Michigan 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Carl Levin Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 6 August 2002 - Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Carl Levin | ||
Green | Eric Borregard | ||
Natural Law | Doug Dern | ||
Reform | John S. Mangopoulos | ||
Republican | Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski | ||
Minnesota 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Independent | |||
Class 2 |
Independent | Senator Dean Barkley Appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura (Independent) to fill vacancy caused by the death of Senator Paul D. Wellstone (Democrat) on 25 October 2002 Senator Wellstone was a candidate for re-election at the time of his passing, having been Renominated in the 10 September 2002 Primary. Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Open Seat - Mr. Barkley will only serve until the winner of the 5 November General Election is officially certified by the Minnesota Secretary of State; this could take up to several weeks after the election, however. |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Constitution | Miro Drago Kovatchevich | ||
Democrat | Walter F. "Fritz" Mondale Nominated by Convention: 30 October 2002. Replacement Candidacy necessitated by death of Senator Paul Wellstone in a plane crash, 25 October 2002. Former Senator and Vice-President Mondale has publicly indicated he will accept nomination by the Democrat-Farmer Labor Party, as the Democrats are formally known in Minnesota, and it is expected that Mr. Mondale will be formally nominated at a rump Party Convention in Minneapolis during the evening of 30 October. A new candidate must be named by the close of business at the office of the Minnesota Secretary of State on 31 October as per the State's Election Law (see 'MINNESOTA STATUTES' below). The Democrat-Farmer Labor Party, or DFL- as what is known in the rest of the Nation as the Democratic Party is formally called in Minnesota- will hold a rump Convention in Minneapolis beginning at 7 PM CST on Wednesday 30 October(0100 UTC, 31 Oct); the Convention will be made up of the some 875 delegates and alternates who make up the DFL's State Central Committee and will formally ratify the choice for replacement candidate nominated by the DFL's Executive Committee earlier in the day. This will give ample time for the DFL State Chairman and the DFL State Secretary to then file the necessary paperwork with the Minnesota Secretary of State before the legal deadline (the next day, Thursday 31 October) has passed. |
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Green | Ray Tricomo | ||
Independence | Jim Moore | ||
Republican | Norm Coleman For the time being, Interim Independent Senator Dean Barkley (appointed by Governor Jesse Ventura) will complete the term of Democratic Senator Paul Wellstone who was killed in a plane crash on 25 October 2002 |
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MINNESOTA STATUTES 204D.28: United States senate vacancy; manner of filling.Subdivision 11. Temporary appointment. Subdivision 12. Succession by regularly elected senator. MINNESOTA STATUTES 204B.13: Vacancy in nominationSubdivision 1. Death or withdrawal. A vacancy in nomination may be filled in the manner provided by this section. A vacancy in nomination exists when: Subdivision 2. Partisan office; nomination by party. | |||
Mississippi 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
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 | ||
Missouri 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican | |||
Class 1 |
Democrat | Senator Jean Carnahan Jean Carahan was appointed by Democatic Governor Roger Wilson to fill the seat of her deceased husband, Governor Mel Carnahan, who was posthumously relected on 7 November 2000. She was sworn in on 3 January 2001. Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 6 August 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Jean Carnahan | ||
Green | Daniel "Digger" Romano | ||
Libertarian | Tamara Millay | ||
Republican | Jim Talent Senator-elect Talent will take office before the 108th Congress meets. He will become Senator upon the Friday 22 November 2002 certification of the vote. |
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Montana 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Max Baucus 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 | Senator Max Baucus | ||
Green | Bob Kelleher | ||
Libertarian | Stan Jones | ||
Republican | Mike Taylor 21 October 2002: State Senator Mike Taylor resumes his campaign. 10 October 2002: State Senator Mike Taylor suspended his campaign for the Senate. His name, however, will remain on the ballot. The Republican party is considering a write-in candidate. |
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Nebraska 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Chuck Hagel Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary |
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By Petition | Phil Chase | ||
Democrat | Charlie A. Matulka | ||
Libertarian | John J. Graziano | ||
Republican | Senator Chuck Hagel | ||
New Hampshire 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Robert C. "Bob" Smith First elected: 1990; re-elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Lost Primary - 10 September 2002 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Democrat | Governor Jeanne Shaheen announced 6 February 2002 |
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Green | (Aaron Michael Rizzio - pending) Listed as Independent by SoS |
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Independent | (David Gosselin - pending) | ||
Libertarian | Ken Blevens | ||
Republican | Congressman John E. Sununu Congressman CD 1 |
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New Jersey 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Robert G. Torricelli First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 On Ballot - Withdrew his candidacy, 30 September 2002; had been Renominated by same party- 4 June 2002 Primary |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Conservative | Norman E. Wahner Party designation: Independent |
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Democrat | Frank Lautenberg 7 October 2002- The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from the ruling of the New Jersey Supreme Court, thus clearing the way for former Senator Lautenberg's name to appear on the General Election ballot. 2 October 2002- In a unanimous ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court decided that the Democrats could replace the name of Senator Bob Torricelli on the ballot with that of former Senator Lautenberg. 1 October 2002 - Governor Jim McGreevey announced that (pending NJ Supreme Court approval) former Senator Frank Lautenberg would replace incumbent Senator Robert Torricelli as the Democratic candidate for the Class 2 Senate seat in the 5 November election. |
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Democrat | 7 October 2002- With the U.S. Supreme Court having refused to hear an appeal from the 2 October ruling of the NJ Supreme Court, Senator Torricelli's name will now be legally replaced on the General Election ballot by that of former Senator Frank Lautenberg. 30 September 2002- For the time being, Senator Torricelli's name remains on the General Election ballot pending the resolution in the courts of legal issues re: the application of New Jersey Election Law to this situation. |
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Green | John "Ted" Glick Party designation: Independent |
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Libertarian | Elizabeth Macron Party designation: Independent |
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Republican | Douglas R. Forrester | ||
Socialist | Gregory Pason Party designation: Independent |
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New Mexico 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Democrat, 1 Republican | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Pete V. Domenici Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Gloria Tristani | ||
Republican | Senator Pete V. Domenici | ||
North Carolina 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Jesse Helms First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Open Seat - Vountary Retirement |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Democrat | Erskine B. Bowles | ||
Libertarian | Sean Newton Haugh | ||
Natural Law | (Norio Kushi - pending) Mr. Kushi is challenging North Carolina ballot access laws which require smaller third parties to obtain 50,000 signatures in order to appear on the ballot. For more information http://www.mdcnc.org/page2.php. |
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Republican | Elizabeth H. Dole | ||
Write-In | Paul G. DeLaney | ||
Oklahoma 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator James M. Inhofe Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected to fill out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill the impending vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator David L. Boren (Democrat): effective, 15 November 1994 but announced before the 1994 Oklahoma state/local Primary in August 1994, allowing for this Special Election to take place; elected to a full term: 1996; re-elected 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 27 August 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | David Walters No candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the 27 August Primary. A 17 September runnoff election was held between the 2 highest vote getters: David Walters (49%) and Tom Boettcher (34%). 27 August primary candidates not proceeding to the runoff: Jim Rogers (10%); George Gentry (7%). |
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Independent | James Germalic | ||
Republican | Senator James M. Inhofe | ||
Oregon 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Gordon H. Smith Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 21 May 2002 Primary |
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Constitution | Lon Mabon | ||
Democrat | Bill Bradbury | ||
Libertarian | Dan Fitzgerald | ||
Republican | Senator Gordon H. Smith | ||
Rhode Island 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 10 September 2002 - Primary |
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Democrat | Senator John F. "Jack" Reed | ||
Republican | Robert G. Tingle | ||
South Carolina 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator J. Strom Thurmond First elected as an Independent candidate to this seat: 1954 (the only United States Senator ever elected solely by write-in vote: the write-in campaign was caused by Thurmond's failure to win endorsement by the state Democratic Party [Senator Burnet R. Maybank (Democrat) had died: 1 September 1954 but had been previously renominated for re-election to the seat in the 13 July 1954 primary; Thurmond's campaign was a protest against the Party hierarchy, and not the Party rank-and-file, replacing Maybank as the Democrat nominee]); resigned 4 April 1956 in order to contest for the Democrat nomination for the Senate in a Special Primary that Summer; elected as a Democrat to finish out the term in a Special Election held to fill vacancy caused by his own resignation: 1956; re-elected as a Democrat: 1960; changed Party affiliation to Republican: 16 September 1964; re-elected as a Republican: 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement |
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Constitution | Ted Adams | ||
Democrat | Alex Sanders | ||
Libertarian | Victor Kocher | ||
Republican | Congressman Lindsey Graham | ||
South Dakota 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator Tim Johnson Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator Tim Johnson | ||
Libertarian | Not listed by Secretary of State. 17 October 2002 - suspended campaign and endorsed Republican John Thune in the race for U.S. Senate. |
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Republican | Congressman John Thune Congressman South Dakota At-Large |
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Close race. Incumbent Democratic Senator Tim Johnson (167,481 votes, 49.62%) vs Republican Congressman John Thune (166,957 votes, 49.47%). Congressman Thune has apparently declined to request a recount. This race can now be called for Senator Johnson. | |||
Tennessee 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Fred Thompson First elected to finish out the term in a Special Election: 1994 [held to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Albert A. Gore, Jr. (Democrat): 1 January 1993- which Harlan Mathews (Democrat) had been appointed by Governor Ned R. McWherter (Democrat) to fill, 2 January 1993]; elected to a full term: 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement |
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Democrat | Congressman Bob Clement | ||
Independent | Wesley M. Baker | ||
Independent | Karl Stanley Davidson | ||
Independent | Connie Gammon Tennessee Independent Party |
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Independent | John Jay Hooker John Jay Hooker is running as an Independent candidate for Governor, Senator, and Congressman CD 5. |
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Independent | Harold Gary Keplinger | ||
Independent | Basil J. Marceaux, I Basil J. Marceaux is running as an Independent candidate for Governor and Senator. |
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Republican | Lamar Alexander | ||
Texas 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Phil Gramm First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement |
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Democrat | Ron Kirk | ||
Green | Roy H. Williams | ||
Independent | (Eric Lawrence Kirkland - pending) | ||
Libertarian | Scott Lanier Jameson | ||
Republican | John Cornyn | ||
Write-In | James .W. Wright | ||
Virginia 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator John W. Warner Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1978; re-elected: 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 11 June 2002 Nominee |
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Independent | Jacob G. Hornberger, Jr. | ||
Independent | Nancy B. Spannaus | ||
Republican | Senator John W. Warner | ||
West Virginia 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Democrats | |||
Class 2 |
Democrat | Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1984; re-elected: 1990, 1996, 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 14 May 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Senator John D. "Jay" Rockefeller, IV | ||
Republican | Jay Wolfe | ||
Wyoming 6-year term | |||
Partisan Composition: 2 Republicans | |||
Class 2 |
Republican | Senator Michael B. Enzi Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002 Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 Renominated - 20 August 2002 Primary |
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Democrat | Joyce Jansa Corcoran | ||
Republican | Senator Michael B. Enzi |
Notes |
Senate ClassClass 1 seats begin their new terms at noon on 3 January 2001... next regular election for these seats is in 2006. For more information review UNITED STATES SENATE: Electoral "Classes" Article I, Section 3, clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States reads as follows: "Immediately after [the Senate of the United States] shall be assembled in Consequence of the first Election, they shall be divided as equally as may be into three classes. The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year..." Pursuant to this Constitutional provision, a three-Senator Committee was appointed by the Senate on 11 May 1789 to come up with a plan to carry out the requirements of that provision; this Committee reported to the Senate on 14 May 1789 a plan to divide the then 20 Senators (there were 10 of the 13 original States represented in the Senate at the time- each having 2 Senators: North Carolina and Rhode Island had yet to ratify the U.S. Constitution, while New York had so ratified but had failed to elect Senators as of that date) into the requisite three electoral Classes: under this plan, three groups of Senators (set up in such a way so as no State had its two Senators in the same group) were to be listed and the first Senator on each list (a list which was set up geographically north-to-south in the manner in which the Electoral Vote for President was counted before Congress at that time, so that two of the first Senators on these lists were from New Hampshire and the third was the first Senator in alphabetical order from Massachusetts) was to each blindly draw a piece of paper numbered either "1", "2" or "3" out of a box in the possession of the Secretary of the Senate. This plan being agreeable to the Senate and so approved, the drawing of lots in this manner was carried out the following day (15 May 1789)- such lot drawing ultimately determining that, to start with, Classes 1 and 2 were to have 7 Senators each and Class 3 was to have only 6 Senators. When New York finally seated its two Senators during the ensuing Summer, there was another lot drawing (actually a double-lot drawing) on 28 July 1789 to determine the Classes for these seats: since one of the seats had to be Class 3 to make it equal in number to that of the other two Classes so far, the two New York Senators each blindly drew between two pieces of paper, one marked "3", the other which was blank- after this, there was a second lot drawing in which the New York Senator who had drawn the blank paper blindly drew again between two pieces of paper marked "1" and "2": he drew "1" so that New York would henceforth have Senators of electoral Classes 1 and 3. When North Carolina seated its two Senators after ratifying the Constitution on 21 November 1789, there was yet another lot drawing (on 29 January 1790) in which North Carolina's two Senators each blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "2" and "3" (since there were now 12 States and, thus, 24 Senators: 24 being equally divisible by 3, there would now have to be 8 Senators in each of the three Classes to fulfill the Constitutional provision that, as nearly as was practicable, one third of the Senate be elected every second year). After Rhode Island- the last of the 13 original States- finally ratified the Constitution on 29 May 1790 and subsequently seated its two Senators that Summer, there was yet one more lot drawing in the First Congress (on 25 June 1790) in which Rhode Island's two Senators blindly drew between pieces of paper marked "1", "2" and "3": one Senator drew "2", the other drew "1"- thereby determining electoral Classes 1 and 2 as those for the Senators from this State. When Vermont was admitted to the Union as the 14th state on 4 March 1791, there was again a double lot drawing as there had been for New York. From that day until this, whenever a new State has been admitted to the Union, these types of lot drawings (the type determined by the necessity of keeping the number of Senators in each electoral Class as close to one third as possible at the time of said lot drawing) between the new State's first Senators is held before the Senate to determine in just which of the three electoral Classes that State's Senate seats will be placed from then on. |
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