Kansas gubernatorial election, 2002

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2002
Kansas
 
Nominee Kathleen Sebelius Tim Shallenburger
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 441,858 376,830
Percentage 52.87% 45.09%

County Results
Governor before election

Bill Graves
Republican

 Elected Governor

Kathleen Sebelius
Democratic

The Kansas gubernatorial election of 2002 was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Governor Bill Graves, a Republican was barred from seeking a third term by the Kansas Constitution. Kansas Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius, the Democratic nominee, squared off against Kansas State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger, the Republican nominee, with Sebelius defeating Shallenburger to become the second female Governor of Kansas.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kathleen Sebelius 87,499 100.00
Total votes 87,499 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Shallenburger 122,141 41.47
Republican Dave Kerr 86,995 29.54
Republican Bob Knight 77,642 26.36
Republican Dan Bloom 7,726 2.62
Total votes 294,504 100.00

General election

Results

Kansas gubernatorial election, 2002[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kathleen Sebelius 441,858 52.87% +30.22%
Republican Tim Shallenburger 376,830 45.09% -28.28%
Reform Ted Pettibone 8,907 1.07% +0.01%
Libertarian Dennis Hawver 8,097 0.97%
Majority 65,028 7.78% -42.93%
Turnout 835,692
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.kssos.org/elections/02elec/2002PrimaryOfficialResults.pdf
  2. ↑ http://www.kssos.org/elections/02elec/2002GeneralOfficialResults.pdf
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, November 03, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.