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2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States Senate election in Colorado
country	Colorado
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States Senate election in Colorado
previous_year	1996
next_election	2008 United States Senate election in Colorado
next_year	2008
election_date	November 5, 2002
image_size	x150px
image1	Wayne Allard official portrait (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Wayne Allard
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	717,893
percentage1	50.70%
image2	Thomas L. Strickland official portrait (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Tom Strickland
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	648,130
percentage2	45.77%
map_image	2002 United States Senate election in Colorado results map by county.svg
map_size	250px
map_caption	County results
Allard:
Strickland:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Wayne Allard
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Wayne Allard
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Allard:
Strickland:
The 2002 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard won reelection to a second term. This is also the last time the incumbent Senator of this seat won reelection, and the most recent time that one political party won this seat in two consecutive elections.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Tom Strickland, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Wayne Allard, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in 1996

Results

General election

Candidates

Wayne Allard (R), incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in the 1996 Senate election
Tom Strickland, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado and Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996

Debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Republican	Democratic	Key:
Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn	Republican Party (US)}}"		Democratic Party (US)}}"	Wayne Allard	Tom Strickland	1
Sep. 7, 2002	Club 20
KJCT-TV	Jasper Welsh	[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/colorado-senate-debate/125080)

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 4, 2002

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Wayne
Allard (R)	Tom
Strickland (D)	Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 31 – November 2, 2002	739 (LV)	± 3.7%	50%	46%	4%

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Routt (Largest city: Steamboat Springs)
Clear Creek (largest city: Idaho Springs)
La Plata (largest municipality: Durango)
Saguache (largest city: Center)

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Conejos (largest municipality: Manassa)

Notes

References

"Archived copy".
"Archived copy".
(November 4, 2002). "Senate Races".
[https://www.surveyusa.com/2002Elec.html SurveyUSA]
"Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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