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County results
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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.[1] Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002.[2] However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.[3]
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.[4]
Debate
| No. | Date | Host | Moderator | Link | Republican | Democratic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn |
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| Susan Collins | Chellie Pingree | |||||
| 1 | Oct. 19, 2002 | Maine Public | Barbara Cariddi Charlotte Renner |
C-SPAN | P | P |
Predictions
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] | Likely R | November 4, 2002 |
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Susan Collins (incumbent) | 295,041 | 58.44% | +9.25% | |
| Democratic | Chellie Pingree | 209,858 | 41.56% | −2.31% | |
| Majority | 85,183 | 16.87% | +11.57% | ||
| Turnout | 504,899 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
Results by county
| County | Susan Collins Republican |
Chellie Pingree Democratic |
Margin | Total votes cast | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
| Androscoggin | 20,095 | 55.2% | 16,312 | 44.8% | 3,783 | 10.4% | 36,407 |
| Aroostook | 17,869 | 68.3% | 8,287 | 31.7% | 9,582 | 36.6% | 26,156 |
| Cumberland | 64,123 | 56.1% | 50,095 | 43.9% | 14,028 | 12.2% | 114,218 |
| Franklin | 6,555 | 57.9% | 4,773 | 42.1% | 1,782 | 15.8% | 11,328 |
| Hancock | 13,399 | 57.5% | 9,885 | 42.5% | 3,514 | 15.0% | 23,284 |
| Kennebec | 24,724 | 53.4% | 21,615 | 46.6% | 3,109 | 6.8% | 46,339 |
| Knox | 8,691 | 52.6% | 7,831 | 47.4% | 860 | 5.2% | 16,522 |
| Lincoln | 9,609 | 59.3% | 6,589 | 40.7% | 3,020 | 18.6% | 16,198 |
| Oxford | 11,821 | 57.4% | 8,788 | 42.6% | 3,033 | 14.8% | 20,609 |
| Penobscot | 35,024 | 63.1% | 20,505 | 36.9% | 14,519 | 26.2% | 55,529 |
| Piscataquis | 4,633 | 65.3% | 2,459 | 34.7% | 2,174 | 30.6% | 7,092 |
| Sagadahoc | 8,403 | 56.8% | 6,384 | 43.2% | 2,019 | 13.6% | 14,787 |
| Somerset | 10,353 | 57.4% | 7,685 | 42.6% | 2,668 | 14.8% | 18,038 |
| Waldo | 8,489 | 57.6% | 6,238 | 42.4% | 2,251 | 15.2% | 14,727 |
| Washington | 7,697 | 65.5% | 4,050 | 34.5% | 3,647 | 31.0% | 11,747 |
| York | 43,556 | 60.6% | 28,362 | 39.4% | 15,194 | 21.2% | 71,918 |
| Totals | 295,041 | 58.4% | 209,858 | 41.6% | 85,183 | 16.8% | 504,899 |
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican
- Androscoggin (largest city: Lewiston)
- Cumberland (largest municipality: Portland)
- Kennebec (largest city: Augusta)
See also
References
- Griffin, Walter (October 30, 2002). "Senate rivals clash on federal tax cuts". Bangor Daily News – via news.google.com.
- "Collins, Pingree oppose invasion". Sun Journal. AP. August 24, 2002 – via news.google.com.
- Griffin, Walter (October 23, 2002). "Collins, Pingree divided on Iraq". Bangor Daily News – via news.google.com.
- "CNN.com - Collins wins re-election in Maine, CNN projects - Nov. 6, 2002". CNN.
- "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
- "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS". clerk.house.gov.
External links
Official campaign websites (archived)