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2002 United States Senate election in Oregon

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Field	Value
election_name	2002 United States Senate election in Oregon
country	Oregon
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	1996 United States Senate election in Oregon
previous_year	1996
next_election	2008 United States Senate election in Oregon
next_year	2008
election_date	November 5, 2002
image_size	x155px
image1	Gordon Smith official portrait (cropped).jpg
nominee1	Gordon Smith
party1	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1	712,287
percentage1	56.21%
image2	Bill Bradbury (cropped).jpg
nominee2	Bill Bradbury
party2	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2	501,898
percentage2	39.61%
map_image	2002 United States Senate election in Oregon results map by county.svg
map_size	260px
map_caption	County results

title	Senator
before_election	Gordon Smith
before_party	Republican Party (United States)
after_election	Gordon Smith
after_party	Republican Party (United States)

Smith:
Bradbury:

The 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Gordon Smith ran for re-election to a second term. Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury emerged as the Democratic nominee, and though a competitive gubernatorial election occurred at the same time, Bradbury's campaign was never able to gain traction and Smith overwhelmingly won re-election (Bradbury only carried Multnomah County). As of , this is the last time the Republicans have won a U.S. Senate election in Oregon or any mainland West Coast states.

Along with Maine 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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State
Craig Hanson
Greg Haven

Results

Republican primary

Gordon Smith, incumbent United States Senator

Results

General election

Campaign

Smith, who had only served one term in the U.S. Senate, had slightly lower than a 50% approval rating before the summer of 2002 began. By July 2002, Smith had raised over $5 million, while Bradbury raised only about $1 million.

Predictions

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

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Clatsop (largest city: Astoria)
Lane (largest city: Eugene)
Lincoln (largest city: Newport)
Benton (largest city: Corvallis)

References

"Content Manager WebDrawer - 2002 Primary Election Official Results".
(8 June 2002). "A Senate Candidate's Refrain: 'Could You Stretch It to $500?'". The New York Times.
(July 16, 2002). "Smith, Hooley maintain comfortable fund-raising leads". USA Today.
(November 4, 2002). "Senate Races".
Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002". [[U.S. Government Printing Office]].

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