2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
April 09, 2024
The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run.
2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The lack of a Republican Party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a U.S. Senate candidate in the Libertarian Party's history at that time, though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016 and Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in Arkansas in 2020. Cloud also won the largest number of raw votes for a Libertarian candidate at the time, since eclipsed by Harrington.
Kerry's support for the invasion of Iraq also prompted a late write-in challenge by anti-war candidate Randall Forsberg.
2002, united, states, senate, election, massachusetts, took, place, november, 2002, incumbent, democratic, senator, john, kerry, election, fourth, term, against, libertarian, michael, cloud, with, republican, filing, 1996, november, 2002, 2008, nominee, john, . The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5 2002 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator John Kerry won re election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud with no Republican filing to run 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1996 November 5 2002 2008 Nominee John Kerry Michael CloudParty Democratic LibertarianPopular vote 1 605 976 369 807Percentage 80 03 18 43 County resultsMunicipality resultsPrecinct resultsKerry 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 U S senator before electionJohn KerryDemocratic Elected U S Senator John KerryDemocraticThe lack of a Republican Party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a U S Senate candidate in the Libertarian Party s history at that time though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016 and Ricky Dale Harrington Jr in Arkansas in 2020 Cloud also won the largest number of raw votes for a Libertarian candidate at the time since eclipsed by Harrington Kerry s support for the invasion of Iraq also prompted a late write in challenge by anti war candidate Randall Forsberg Contents 1 Democratic primary 2 General election 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Predictions 2 3 Results 2 3 1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDemocratic primary editDemocratic primary results Party Candidate Votes Democratic John F Kerry Incumbent 615 517 99 35 Write in 3 979 0 65 Total votes 619 496 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Michael Cloud Libertarian Randall Forsberg anti war activist Independent write in John Kerry incumbent U S Senator since 1985 Democratic Predictions edit Source Ranking As ofSabato s Crystal Ball 1 Safe D November 4 2002Results edit 2002 U S Senate election in Massachusetts 2 3 Party Candidate Votes Democratic John Kerry incumbent 1 605 976 80 03 nbsp 27 29Libertarian Michael Cloud 369 807 18 43 N AIndependent Randall Forsberg write in 24 898 1 24 N AWrite in 6 077 0 30 nbsp 0 24Total votes 2 006 758 100 00 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit Barnstable largest municipality Barnstable Essex largest municipality Lynn Hampden largest municipality Springfield Plymouth largest municipality Brockton Worcester largest municipality Worcester See also edit2002 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Senate Races www centerforpolitics org November 4 2002 Archived from the original on November 18 2002 Retrieved June 25 2021 PD43 gt gt 2002 U S Senate General Election Massachusetts Elections Division Retrieved July 23 2018 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives May 1 2003 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5 2002 U S Government Printing Office p 19 External links edit2002 Statewide Election results Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts amp oldid 1216754256, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,