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2002 United States Senate election in North Carolina

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States Senate election in North Carolina
country	North Carolina
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States Senate election in North Carolina
previous_year	1996
next_election	2008 United States Senate election in North Carolina
next_year	2008
election_date	November 5, 2002
image_size	x150px
image1	Elizabeth Dole official photo.jpg
nominee1	Elizabeth Dole
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	1,248,664
percentage1	53.56%
image2	Erskine Bowles in 2010 (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Erskine Bowles
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	1,047,983
percentage2	44.96%
map_image	2002 United States Senate election in North Carolina results map by county.svg
map_size	325px
map_caption	County results
Dole:
Bowles:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Jesse Helms
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Elizabeth Dole
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Dole:
Bowles:
The 2002 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jesse Helms announced in August 2001 that he would retire due to health issues. Republican Elizabeth Dole won the open seat, becoming the first non-incumbent elected Republican Senator in the state's history. This was the first open seat election since 1974 and the first time happened at this seat.

Democratic primary

During the primary campaign, Bowles was considered the choice of the party establishment, receiving support from former Governor Jim Hunt and the AFL-CIO.

Candidates

Dan Blue, State Representative
Erskine Bowles, former White House Chief of Staff
Cynthia D. Brown, Durham City Councilwoman
Elaine Marshall, Secretary of State of North Carolina

Results

Republican primary

Dole was described as the "handpicked" choice of the White House, and received the support of President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, as well as outgoing Senator Jesse Helms.

Candidates

Elizabeth Dole, former United States Secretary of Labor, former United States Secretary of Transportation, former Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, and wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole
James Snyder Jr., former state representative
Jim Parker, physician
Ada Fisher, physician and activist

Results

General election

Candidates

Erskine Bowles (D), former White House Chief of Staff
Elizabeth Dole (R), former United States Secretary of Labor, United States Secretary of Transportation, Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, and wife of U.S. Senator Bob Dole
Sean Haugh (L)

Debates

No.	Date	Moderator	Republican	Democratic	Key:
Participant Absent Not invited Invited Withdrawn	Republican Party (US)}}"	Democratic Party (US)}}"	Elizabeth Dole	Erskine Bowles	1	2
Oct. 14, 2002	Meredith College
WRAL-TV
WTVD-TV	David Crabtree
Larry Stogner	C-SPAN
Oct. 19, 2002	East Carolina University
WCTI-TV
WNCT-TV	Wes Goforth
Alan Hoffman	C-SPAN

Predictions

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

Polling

Poll source	Date(s)
administered	Sample
size	Margin
of error	Elizabeth
Dole (R)	Erskine
Bowles (D)	Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA	October 28–30, 2002	611 (LV)	± 4.0%	50%	46%	4%

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Wake (largest town: Raleigh)
Guilford (Largest city: Greensboro)
Mecklenburg (Largest city: Charlotte)
Buncombe (largest town: Asheville)
Watauga (largest municipality: Boone)
Martin (largest town: Williamston)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Perquimans (Largest city: Hertford)
Granville (largest city: Oxford)
Duplin (Largest city: Wallace)
Jones (Largest city: Maysville)
Madison (Largest city: Mars Hill)
Haywood (Largest city: Waynesville)
Yancey (largest municipality: Burnsville)
Pasquotank (largest municipality: Elizabeth City)

Notes

References

Broder, David. (September 9, 2002). "N.C.'s Democratic Senate Primary Still Open to Upset". [[The Washington Post]].
(May 2022)
. (April 19, 2002). ["CANDIDATE FAULTS DOLE, GOP\ JIM PARKER SAYS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE DOLE CAMPAIGN AREN'T PLAYING FAIR."](https://greensboro.com/candidate-faults-dole-gop-jim-parker-says-the-republican-party-and-the-dole-campaign-arent/article_21d505de-87a2-5cdd-912b-8892a24ca6ca.html).
(May 2022)
[https://www.c-span.org/video/?173203-1/north-carolina-senate-debate C-SPAN]
[https://www.c-span.org/video/?173336-1/north-carolina-senate-debate C-SPAN]
(November 4, 2002). "Senate Races".
[https://www.surveyusa.com/2002Elec.html SurveyUSA]
[http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/NCSBE/Elec/Results/resultsby_contest_single1.asp?ED=11xx05xx2002GENERAL2002AUS%2520SENATE&B1=Submit State Board of Elections]

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