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2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
country	Rhode Island
type	Presidential
previous_election	1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
previous_year	1998
next_election	2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election
next_year	2006
ongoing	no
election_date	November 5, 2002
image1	File:Donald Carcieri (cropped).jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Donald Carcieri
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	181,827
percentage1	54.76%
image2	File:Myrth York 2011 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Myrth York
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	150,229
percentage2	45.24%
map	{{switcher	[[File:2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by county.svg	250px]]
map_caption	Carcieri:
York:
title	Governor
before_election	Lincoln Almond
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Donald Carcieri
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

|County results |[[File:2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election results map by municipality.svg|250px]] |Municipality results}} York:

The 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican governor Lincoln Almond was term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat Myrth York.

In the Republican primary election, Carcieri defeated James Bennett, who had won the endorsement of the state Republican Party.

The 2002 campaign was particularly costly to York as she spent $3.8 million of her own money to finance what was to be her last bid for elected office. A key turning point in the campaign was when York criticized Carcieri for the actions of businesses he had been associated with but refused to answer Carcieri's request that she reveal what companies her personal assets were invested in.

Republican primary

A Republican primary was held on September 10.

Candidates

Donald Carcieri, businessman
Jim Bennett

Results

Results by county

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County	Donald Carcieri	James S. Bennett	Total votes cast	#	%	%	17,227	8,518
	Bristol		1,337		67.15%	654	32.85%	1,991
Kent	4,529	77.01%	1,352	22.99%	5,881
Newport	2,055	58.56%	1,454	41.44%	3,509
Providence	6,091	62.00%	3,733%	38.00%	9,824
	Washington		3,306		70.19%	1,404	29.81%	4,710

Results by municipality

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Municipality	Donald Carcieri	James S. Bennett	Total votes cast	Turnout	#	%	#	%	%	Totals	17,227	66.91%	8,518
	Barrington		796		70.38%		335		29.62%		1,131		12.3%
	Bristol		344		65.77%		179		34.23%		523		5.4%
	Burrillville		121		54.02%		103		45.98%		224		3.2%
	Central Falls		44		64.71%		24		35.29%		68		2.9%
	Charlestown		130		43.77%		167		56.23%		297		6.3%
	Coventry		490		67.96%		231		32.04%		721		4.1%
	Cranston		1,229		66.61%		616		33.39%		1,845		5.2%
	Cumberland		366		59.51%		249		40.49%		615		4.9%
	East Greenwich		1,431		89.94%		160		10.06%		1,591		19.3%
	East Providence		539		64.24%		300		35.76%		839		5.7%
	Exeter		288		71.64%		114		28.36%		402		14.3%
	Foster		113		69.75%		49		30.25%		162		6.4%
	Glocester		145		71.78%		57		28.22%		202		3.9%
	Hopkinton		88		49.16%		91		50.84%		179		4.5%
	Jamestown		300		68.18%		140		31.82%		440		13.5%
	Johnston		134		67.00%		66		33.00%		200		2.5%
	Lincoln		1,089		56.60%		835		43.40%		1,924		18.9%
	Little Compton		164		66.67%		82		33.33%		246		11.3%
	Middletown		309		62.30%		187		37.70%		496		7.1%
	Narragansett		438		71.69%		173		28.31%		611		6.2%
	New Shoreham		11		24.44%		34		75.56%		45		4.6%
	Newport		381		55.22%		309		44.78%		690		8.0%
	North Kingstown		1,380		85.29%		238		14.71%		1,618		10.9%
	North Providence		244		74.85%		82		25.15%		326		3.0%
	North Smithfield		223		48.48%		237		51.52%		460		7.9%
	Pawtucket		328		56.36%		254		43.64%		582		3.2%
	Portsmouth		704		54.15%		596		45.85%		1,300		15.2%
	Providence		629		64.12%		352		35.88%		981		2.2%
	Richmond		149		68.98%		67		31.02%		216		5.8%
Scituate		316		69.60%		138		30.40%		454		7.7%
	Smithfield		377		65.00%		203		35.00%		580		5.8%
	South Kingstown		543		64.18%		303		35.82%		846		6.4%
	Tiverton		197		58.46%		140		41.54%		337		4.7%
	Warren		106		63.46%		61		36.53%		167		2.6%
	Warwick		2,046		73.32%		783		27.68%		2,829		7.8%
	West Greenwich		279		56.25%		217		43.75%		496		9.8%
	West Warwick		207		76.10%		65		23.90%		272		4.2%
	Westerly		355		75.85%		113		24.15%		468		4.4%
	Woonsocket		194		53.59%		168		46.41%		362		2.9%

Source:

Democratic primary

A Democratic primary was held on September 10.

Candidates

Antonio J. Pires, former Rhode Island state representative.
Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General of Rhode Island, former U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island
Myrth York, former Rhode Island senator, 1994 and 1998 Democratic nominee for governor

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Pires	Whitehouse	York	Undecided
Taubman Center for Public Policy	August 31-September 2, 2002	437	± 5.0%	13%	26%	32%	29%

Results

Results by county

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Results by municipality

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Results by county

County	Antonio J. Pires	Sheldon Whitehouse	Myrth York	Total votes cast	#	%	#	#	Totals	22.45%	38.39%
	Bristol		1,277		27.67%		1,682	36.45%	1,656	35.88%	4,615
Kent	3,014	19.31%	6,265	40.13%	6,333	40.56%	15,612
Newport	1,032	15.41%	2,943	43.93%	2,724	40.66%	6,699
Providence	19,404	24.13%	30,311	37.70%	30,687	38.17%	80,402
	Washington		2,111		17.31%		4,679	38.37%	5,406	44.33%	12,196

Results by municipality

Municipality	Antonio J. Pires	Sheldon Whitehouse	Myrth York	Total votes cast	Turnout	#	%	#	%	#	%	%	Totals	26,838	22.45%	45,880	38.39%
	Barrington		278		17.46%		692		43.47%		622		39.07%		1,592		16.5%
	Bristol		710		35.52%		642		32.12%		647		32.37%		1,999		15.8%
	Burrillville		194		17.67%		436		39.71%		468		42.62%		1,098		12.8%
	Central Falls		593		40.15%		362		24.51%		522		35.34%		1,477		29.0%
	Charlestown		75		15.89%		168		35.59%		229		48.52%		472		10.1%
	Coventry		577		20.67%		1,061		38.02%		1,153		41.31%		2,791		13.5%
	Cranston		1,843		19.68%		3,818		40.76%		3,706		39.56%		9,367		20.5%
	Cumberland		2,005		39.87%		1,699		33.78%		1,325		26.35%		5,029		24.9%
	East Greenwich		155		18.15%		337		39.46%		362		42.39%		854		10.6%
	East Providence		2,025		33.65%		1,878		31.21%		2,114		35.13%		6,017		24.6%
	Exeter		61		16.18%		146		38.73%		170		45.09%		377		11.5%
	Foster		41		17.23%		85		35.71%		112		47.06%		238		9.3%
	Glocester		96		18.64%		219		42.52%		200		38.83%		515		8.9%
	Hopkinton		25		8.56%		136		46.58%		131		44.86%		292		6.7%
	Jamestown		150		16.78%		348		38.93%		396		44.30%		894		23.9%
	Johnston		1,193		19.24%		2,817		45.44%		2,190		35.32%		6,200		31.7%
	Lincoln		770		32.24%		902		37.77%		716		29.98%		2,388		18.9%
	Little Compton		48		16.27%		136		46.10%		111		37.63%		295		13.3%
	Middletown		138		14.35%		420		43.66%		404		42.00%		962		12.2%
	Narragansett		663		22.29%		1,208		40.62%		1,103		37.09%		2,974		24.3%
	New Shoreham		15		16.13%		20		21.51%		58		62.37%		93		7.8%
	Newport		258		11.34%		1,171		51.47%		846		37.19%		2,275		20.2%
	North Kingstown		432		17.92%		915		37.95%		1,064		44.13%		2,411		14.8%
	North Providence		1,163		19.77%		2,830		48.10%		1,891		32.14%		5,884		23.5%
	North Smithfield		263		21.06%		567		45.40%		419		33.55%		1,249		17.6%
	Pawtucket		4,348		49.49%		1,891		21.53%		2,546		28.98%		8,785		25.6%
	Portsmouth		258		17.40%		587		39.58%		638		43.02%		1,483		15.3%
	Providence		3,726		14.23%		10,035		38.34%		12,414		47.43%		26,175		28.7%
	Richmond		52		14.09%		128		34.69%		189		51.22%		369		9.0%
Scituate		141		24.06%		214		36.52%		231		39.42%		586		10.0%
	Smithfield		453		23.03%		810		41.18%		704		35.79%		1,967		15.9%
	South Kingstown		575		16.45%		1,213		34.70%		1,708		48.86%		3,496		22.4%
	Tiverton		180		22.78%		281		35.57%		329		41.65%		790		8.3%
	Warren		289		28.22%		348		33.98%		387		37.79%		1,024		12.8%
	Warwick		1,719		19.08%		3,571		39.64%		3,719		41.28%		9,009		17.2%
	West Greenwich		57		20.21%		113		40.07%		112		39.72%		282		9.8%
	West Warwick		506		18.91%		1,183		44.21%		987		36.88%		2,676		18.5%
	Westerly		213		12.44%		745		43.52%		754		44.04%		1,712		13.0%
	Woonsocket		550		16.05%		1,748		51.01%		1,129		32.94%		3,427		17.7%

Source:

General election

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	Donald
Carcieri (R)	Myrth
York (D)	Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 28–30, 2002	593 (LV)	± 4.2%	48%	45%	7%

Results

By county

Donald Carcieri
Republican	Myrth York
Democratic	County	Votes	%	Votes	%
Bristol	10,707	58.6%	7,555	41.4%
Kent	36,470	60.2%	24,139	39.8%
Newport	17,008	57.8%	12,408	42.2%
Providence	89,697	50.5%	87,818	49.5%
Washington	27,945	60.4%	18,309	39.6%

Notes

References

(2014-06-20). "Fung moves closer to capturing Republican governor endorsement". Rhode Island Public Radio.
Fenton, Josh. "Myrth York Leads New Anti-Cianci Group and Launches TV Ad".
"Rhode Island Board of Elections: Elections & Voting".
"2002 Statewide Primary".
[https://www.brown.edu/Administration/News_Bureau/2002-03/02-015.html Taubman Center for Public Policy]
"Rhode Island Board of Elections: Elections & Voting".
(October 31, 2002). "Governor Updated October 31, 2002 {{!}} The Cook Political Report".
(November 4, 2002). "Governors Races".
[https://www.surveyusa.com/2002Elec.html SurveyUSA]
http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/generalelection/governor.php {{Dead link. (March 2022)

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