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2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky
country	Kentucky
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States Senate election in Kentucky
previous_year	1996
next_election	2008 United States Senate election in Kentucky
next_year	2008
election_date	November 5, 2002
image1	File:Mitch-McConnell-110th.jpg
image_size	150x150px
nominee1	Mitch McConnell
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	731,679
percentage1	64.68%
image2	3x4.svg
nominee2	Lois Combs Weinberg
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	399,634
percentage2	35.32%
map_image	2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky results map by county.svg
map_size	300px
map_caption	County results
McConnell:
Weinberg:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Mitch McConnell
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Mitch McConnell
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

McConnell:
Weinberg:
The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won Franklin County, and the most recent in which he won urban Jefferson and Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either Hillary Clinton in 2016 or Joe Biden in 2020, signifying their leftward drift.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Lois Combs Weinberg, Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky
Tom Barlow, former U.S. Representative from Paducah (199395)

Results

Democratic primary results by county

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Republican primary

Candidates

Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

McConnell was unopposed.

General election

Candidates

Mitch McConnell (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Lois Combs Weinberg (D), Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Mitch
McConnell (R)	Lois
Weinberg (D)	Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 28–30, 2002	705 (LV)	± 3.8%	66%	29%	4%

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Magoffin (Largest city: Salyersville)
Webster (Largest city: Providence)
Morgan (Largest city: West Liberty)
Henderson (Largest city: Henderson)
Letcher (Largest city: Jenkins)
Muhlenberg (Largest city: Central City)
Fulton (Largest city: Fulton)
Bath (Largest city: Owingsville)
Marion (Largest city: Lebanon)
Menifee (Largest city: Frenchburg)
Rowan (Largest city: Morehead)
Jefferson (Largest city: Louisville)
Carlisle (Largest city: Bardwell)
Livingston (Largest city: Salem)
Hopkins (Largest city: Madisonville)
Marshall (Largest city: Benton)
Graves (Largest city: Mayfield)
Hickman (Largest city: Clinton)
Lyon (Largest city: Eddyville)
Montgomery (Largest city: Mount Sterling)
Union (Largest city: Morganfield)
Perry (Largest city: Hazard)
Ballard (Largest city: LaCenter)
Boyd (Largest city: Ashland)
Harlan (Largest city: Cumberland)

Notes

References

"KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REPORT OF "OFFICIAL" ELECTION NIGHT TALLY RESULT".
(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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