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2002 Maryland gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 Maryland gubernatorial election
country	Maryland
type	presidential
ongoing	no
turnout	61.85% 1.26%
previous_election	1998 Maryland gubernatorial election
previous_year	1998
next_election	2006 Maryland gubernatorial election
next_year	2006
election_date	November 5, 2002
image1	File:Robertehrlichrep.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Bob Ehrlich
party1	Republican Party (United States)
running_mate1	Michael Steele
popular_vote1	879,592
percentage1	51.55%
image2	File:Kathleen Kennedy Townsend giving out awards, 2001, cropped (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
running_mate2	Charles R. Larson
popular_vote2	813,422
percentage2	47.68%
map_image	2002 Maryland gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
map_size	295px
map_caption	County results

title	Governor
before_election	Parris Glendening
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Bob Ehrlich
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Ehrlich:
Townsend:
The 2002 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Democratic Governor Parris Glendening was term-limited and could not seek a third term. Republican Bob Ehrlich defeated Democrat Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, making him the first Republican governor of Maryland since Spiro Agnew, who served from 1967 to 1969. As of , this is the last time Charles County voted Republican in a statewide election.

This election marked the first time since the 1934 gubernatorial election that a Republican won Maryland without Baltimore City or Montgomery County.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Robert Fustero, perennial candidate
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, lieutenant governor

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Bob Ehrlich, U.S. Representative
Ross Z. Pierpont, perennial candidate
James J. Sheridan

Results

General election

Lieutenant Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend won the Democratic nomination, and Congressman Bob Ehrlich won the Republican nomination, both over token opposition.

Ehrlich chose Maryland Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele as his running mate, while Townsend chose Admiral Charles R. Larson as her running mate. Larson switched to the Democratic Party just a few weeks before the election.

Kennedy's selection of Larson as her running mate proved to be an unpopular move, seeing as he was a white former Republican and had been selected without consultation with black Democratic leaders. Ehrlich ran advertisements assailing incumbent Governor Parris Glendening for the increasingly dismal fiscal situation in Maryland, an issue that resonated with Maryland voters. Glendening's unpopularity did little to help his Lieutenant Governor's flailing campaign.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		October 31, 2002
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 4, 2002

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Bob
Ehrlich (R)	Kathleen
Kennedy
Townsend (D)	Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 31 – November 2, 2002	797 (LV)	± 3.6%	51%	46%	2%

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Alleghany (largest municipality: Cumberland)
Howard (largest municipality: Columbia)

Notes

References

"2002 Gubernatorial General Election - Voter Turnout". [[Maryland State Board of Elections]].
(1987). "Maryland Manual". Hall of Records Commission.
"2002 Gubernatorial Election".
[http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/elec02.md.g.hotrace/index.html Election 2002] CNN. {{Webarchive. link. (January 22, 2009)
"For this pair, the talking is over".
(October 31, 2002). "Governor Updated October 31, 2002 {{!}} The Cook Political Report".
(November 4, 2002). "Governors Races".
[https://www.surveyusa.com/2002Elec.html SurveyUSA]

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