United States Senate election in Maine, 2002

United States Senate election in Maine, 2002
1996 ←
 November 5, 2002
 → 2008
 
Nominee Susan Collins Chellie Pingree
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 295,041 209,858
Percentage 58.44% 41.56%
County results
U.S. Senator before election

Susan Collins
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

Susan Collins
Republican
Elections in Maine

The 2002 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a second term.

Contents

Candidates

Democratic

Republican

Campaign

Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts.[1] Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002.[2] However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.[3]

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated State Senator Chellie Pingree of North Haven in one of the few U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.[4]

Results

General election results[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Susan Collins (inc.) 295,041 58.44% +9.25%
Democratic Chellie Pingree 209,858 41.56% -2.31%
Majority 85,183 16.87% +11.57%
Turnout 504,899
Republican hold Swing
Preceded by
2000
Olympia Snowe		 Maine U.S. Senate elections
2002		 Succeeded by
2006
Olympia Snowe

References

  1. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9KVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sA0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4390,4071363&dq=susan+collins+pingree&hl=en
  2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gJk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1507,4158086&dq=susan+collins&hl=en
  3. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=76VJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sA0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3854,1996336&dq=susan+collins+pingree&hl=en
  4. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/elec02.me.s.hotrace/
  5. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm

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