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The United States Senate election of 2002 in Massachusetts was held on November 5, 2002 with the incumbent Democratic Senator John Kerry defeating his challengers.
[edit] Results
General election |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
±% |
|
Democratic |
John Kerry |
1,605,976 |
80.0 |
|
|
Libertarian |
Michael Cloud |
369,807 |
18.4 |
|
|
Democratic |
Randall Forsberg (write-in) |
24,898 |
1.2 |
|
|
|
All others |
6,077 |
0.3 |
|
Total votes |
2,006,758 |
|
|
|
|
Blank |
213,543 |
|
|
Turnout |
2,220,301 |
|
|
[edit] Candidates
[edit] Democratic Party
- Senator John Kerry - incumbent Senator elected in 1984 and reelected in 1990 and 1996. Subsequently ran for president in 2004.
- Randall Forsberg (Write-In) - anti-war write-in candidate to protest John Kerry's support of the invasion of Iraq.
[edit] External links and references
Recent Elections in Massachusetts (with winners) |
General |
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
State |
State Senate |
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
State House |
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
Governor |
1982 (Dukakis), 1986 (Dukakis), 1990 (Weld), 1994 (Weld), 1998 (Cellucci), 2002 (Romney), 2006 (Patrick), 2010 |
Council |
2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 |
Federal |
U.S. Senate |
Class 1: 1964 (T. Kennedy), 1970 (T. Kennedy), 1976 (T. Kennedy), 1982 (T. Kennedy), 1988 (T. Kennedy), 1994 (T. Kennedy), 2000 (T. Kennedy), 2006 (T. Kennedy), 2012
Class 2: 1936 (Lodge), …, 1966 (Brooke), 1972 (Brooke), 1978 (Tsongas), 1984 (Kerry), 1990 (Kerry), 1996 (Kerry), 2002 (Kerry), 2008 |
U.S. House |
2002, 2004, 2006, 2007 (5th), 2008 |
President |
2000, 2004, 2008 (D prim), (R prim) |