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2002 United States Senate election in Maine

2002 election in Maine, United States

Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States Senate election in Maine
country	Maine
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States Senate election in Maine
previous_year	1996
next_election	2008 United States Senate election in Maine
next_year	2008
election_date	November 5, 2002
image_size	x155px
image1	2008 Susan Collins 2 by 3 crop.jpg
nominee1	Susan Collins
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	295,041
percentage1	58.44%
image2	Pingree-chellie.jpg
nominee2	Chellie Pingree
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	209,858
percentage2	41.56%
map	{{switcher
map_caption	Collins:
Pingree:
Tie:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Susan Collins
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Susan Collins
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

|280px |County results |280px |Municipality results}} Pingree:
Tie: The 2002 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a second term.

Along with Oregon and New Mexico, this was one of the three Republican-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Al Gore won in the 2000 presidential election.

Candidates

Democratic

Chellie Pingree, State Senator and Senate Majority Leader

Republican

Susan Collins, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1997

General election

Campaign

Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts. Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002. However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated Pingree in one of the first U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.

Debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Republican	Democratic	Key:
Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn	Republican Party (US)}}"		Democratic Party (US)}}"	Susan Collins	Chellie Pingree	1
Oct. 19, 2002	Maine Public	Barbara Cariddi
Charlotte Renner	[C-SPAN](https://www.c-span.org/video/?173354-1/maine-senate-debate)

Predictions

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

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Androscoggin (largest city: Lewiston)
Cumberland (largest municipality: Portland)
Kennebec (largest city: Augusta)

References

Griffin, Walter. (October 30, 2002). "Senate rivals clash on federal tax cuts". Bangor Daily News.
(August 24, 2002). "Collins, Pingree oppose invasion". Sun Journal.
Griffin, Walter. (October 23, 2002). "Collins, Pingree divided on Iraq". Bangor Daily News.
"CNN.com - Collins wins re-election in Maine, CNN projects - Nov. 6, 2002".
(November 4, 2002). "Senate Races".
"2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".

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