2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

Summary

The 2002 United States Senate election in Colorado was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Wayne Allard won re-election to a second term.

2002 United States Senate election in Colorado

← 1996 November 5, 2002 2008 →
 
Nominee Wayne Allard Tom Strickland
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 717,893 648,130
Percentage 50.70% 45.77%

County results
Allard:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Strickland:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Wayne Allard
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Wayne Allard
Republican

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Strickland 110,309 100.00%
Total votes 110,309 100.00%

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Results edit

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Wayne Allard (incumbent) 190,250 100.00%
Total votes 190,250 100.00%

General election edit

Candidates edit

Debates edit

  • Complete video of debate, September 7, 2002

Predictions edit

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3] Lean R November 4, 2002

Polling edit

Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Wayne
Allard (R)
Tom
Strickland (D)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA October 31 – November 2, 2002 739 (LV) ± 3.7% 50% 46% 4%

Results edit

General election results[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Wayne Allard (incumbent) 717,899 50.70% -0.71%
Democratic Tom Strickland 648,130 45.77% +0.03%
Constitution Douglas Campbell 21,547 1.52% n/a
Libertarian Rick Stanley 20,776 1.47% n/a
Independent John Heckman 7,140 0.50% n/a
Write-in 596 0.04% n/a
Majority 69,763 4.93% -0.74%
Turnout 1,416,082 100.00%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 31, 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".