2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Oklahoma Knowpia

2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma
	County results ; Inhofe: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Walters: 40–50% 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; James Inhofe; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; James Inhofe; Republican

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

Major candidates edit

Democratic edit

David Walters, former Governor

Independent edit

James Germalic

Republican edit

James Inhofe, incumbent U.S. Senator

General election edit

Debates edit

Complete video of debate, October 21, 2002
Complete video of debate, October 23, 2002

Predictions edit

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[1]	Likely R	November 4, 2002

Polling edit

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	James Inhofe (R)	David Walters (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA	November 1–3, 2002	710 (LV)	± 3.8%	53%	36%	12%

Results edit

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	James Inhofe (incumbent)	583,579	57.30%
	Democratic	David Walters	369,789	36.31%
	Independent (United States)	James Germalic	65,056	6.39%
Majority			213,790	20.99%
Turnout			1,018,424
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Cotton (Largest city: Walters)
Greer (Largest city: Mangum)
Marshall (Largest city: Madill)
Osage (Largest city: Hominy)
Tillman (Largest city: Frederick)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Kiowa (Largest city: Hobart)
Love (Largest city: Marietta)

Notes edit

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

References edit

^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "Our Campaigns - OK US Senate Race - Nov 05, 2002".