2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
April 11, 2024
The 2002 House elections in Kentucky occurred on November 5, 2002, to elect the members of the State of Kentucky's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Kentucky had six seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census. All six incumbent representatives won reelection.
2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky
Incumbent Republican Congressman Ernie Fletcher won reelection. Fletcher defeated independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith, as no Democratic candidate filed to run.
Kentucky's 6th congressional district election, 2002[1]
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky news newspapers books scholar JSTOR November 2023 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2002 House elections in Kentucky occurred on November 5 2002 to elect the members of the State of Kentucky s delegation to the United States House of Representatives Kentucky had six seats in the House apportioned according to the 2000 United States census All six incumbent representatives won reelection 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky 2000 November 5 2002 2004 All 6 Kentucky seats to the United States House of Representatives Majority party Minority party Party Republican DemocraticLast election 5 1Seats won 5 1Seat changePopular vote 693 860 350 924Percentage 63 41 32 07 Election results by districtElection results by countyRepublican 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Democratic 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Contents 1 Overview 2 District 1 3 District 2 4 District 3 5 District 4 6 District 5 7 District 6 8 ReferencesOverview editUnited States House of Representatives elections in Kentucky 2002Party Votes Percentage Seats Republican 693 860 63 41 5 Democratic 350 924 32 07 1 Independents 41 753 3 82 0 Libertarian 7 705 0 70 0 Totals 1 094 242 100 00 6 District 1 edit2002 Kentucky s 1st congressional district election nbsp 20002004 nbsp nbsp Nominee Ed Whitfield Klint AlexanderParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 117 600 62 617Percentage 65 3 34 7 nbsp County resultsWhitfield 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S Representative before electionEd WhitfieldRepublican Elected U S Representative Ed WhitfieldRepublicanSee also Kentucky s 1st congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Ed Whitfield won reelection Kentucky s 1st congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ed Whitfield inc 117 600 65 25Democratic Klint Alexander 62 617 34 75Total votes 180 217 100 00Republican holdDistrict 2 edit2002 Kentucky s 2nd congressional district election nbsp 20002004 nbsp nbsp Nominee Ron Lewis David WilliamsParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 122 773 51 431Percentage 69 6 29 2 nbsp County resultsLewis 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S Representative before electionRon LewisRepublican Elected U S Representative Ron LewisRepublicanSee also Kentucky s 2nd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Ron Lewis won reelection Kentucky s 2nd congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ron Lewis inc 122 773 69 64Democratic Adam Smith 51 431 29 17Libertarian Robert Guy Dyer 2 084 1 18Total votes 176 288 100 00Republican holdDistrict 3 edit2002 Kentucky s 3rd congressional district election nbsp 20002004 nbsp nbsp Nominee Anne Northup Jack ConwayParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 118 228 110 846Percentage 51 6 48 4 nbsp U S Representative before electionAnne NorthupRepublican Elected U S Representative Anne NorthupRepublicanSee also Kentucky s 3rd congressional district Incumbent Republican Congresswoman Anne Northup defeated Democratic candidate Jack Conway to win reelection Kentucky s 3rd congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Anne Northup inc 118 228 51 61Democratic Jack Conway 110 846 48 39Total votes 229 074 100 00Republican holdDistrict 4 edit2002 Kentucky s 4th congressional district election nbsp 20002004 nbsp nbsp Nominee Ken Lucas Geoff DavisParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 87 776 81 651Percentage 51 1 47 5 nbsp County resultsLucas 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Davis 50 60 60 70 U S Representative before electionKen LucasDemocratic Elected U S Representative Ken LucasDemocraticSee also Kentucky s 4th congressional district Incumbent Democratic Congressman Ken Lucas defeated Republican candidate Geoff Davis to win reelection Kentucky s 4th congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Ken Lucas inc 87 776 51 11Republican Geoff Davis 81 651 47 54Libertarian John Grote 2 308 1 34Total votes 171 735 100 00Democratic holdDistrict 5 edit2002 Kentucky s 5th congressional district election nbsp 20002004 nbsp nbsp Nominee Hal Rogers Sidney Jane BaileyParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 137 986 38 254Percentage 78 3 21 7 nbsp County resultsRogers 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Bailey 50 60 U S Representative before electionHal RogersRepublican Elected U S Representative Hal RogersRepublicanSee also Kentucky s 5th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Hal Rogers won reelection Kentucky s 5th congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Hal Rogers inc 137 986 78 29Democratic Sidney Jane Bailey 38 254 21 71Total votes 176 240 100 00Republican holdDistrict 6 edit2002 Kentucky s 6th congressional district election nbsp 20002004 special nbsp nbsp Nominee Ernie Fletcher Gatewood GalbraithParty Republican IndependentPopular vote 115 622 41 753Percentage 72 0 26 0 nbsp County resultsFletcher 60 70 70 80 80 90 U S Representative before electionErnie FletcherRepublican Elected U S Representative Ernie FletcherRepublicanSee also Kentucky s 6th congressional district Incumbent Republican Congressman Ernie Fletcher won reelection Fletcher defeated independent candidate Gatewood Galbraith as no Democratic candidate filed to run Kentucky s 6th congressional district election 2002 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Ernie Fletcher inc 115 622 71 95Independent Gatewood Galbraith 41 753 25 98Libertarian Mark Gailey 3 313 2 06Total votes 160 688 100 00Republican holdReferences edit a b c d e f Report of official election night tally results Kentucky State Board of Elections December 4 2002 Retrieved November 11 2023 Preceded by2000 elections United States House elections in Kentucky2002 Succeeded by2004 elections Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 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