The 2002 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Max Baucus won re-election to a fifth term.[1]
The 2002 Montana elections got national attention when Baucus's opponent, state senator Mike Taylor, accused Baucus of having implied that Taylor was gay in a campaign ad. The ad was paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, though designed by the Baucus campaign. The ad, which alleged that Taylor had embezzled funds from the cosmetology school he once owned, showed footage from the early 1980s of Taylor massaging another man's face while wearing a tight suit with an open shirt. Taylor dropped out of the race and Baucus won with 63 percent of the vote.[3]
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The 2002 United States Senate election in Montana was held on November 5 2002 Incumbent Democratic U S Senator Max Baucus won re election to a fifth term 1 2002 United States Senate election in Montana 1996 November 5 2002 2008 Nominee Max Baucus Mike TaylorParty Democratic RepublicanPopular vote 204 853 103 611Percentage 62 74 31 73 County resultsBaucus 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Taylor 40 50 50 60 U S senator before electionMax BaucusDemocratic Elected U S Senator Max BaucusDemocratic Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Candidates 3 1 1 Withdrew 3 2 Campaign 3 3 Debates 3 4 Predictions 3 5 Results 3 5 1 Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Max Baucus incumbent U S SenatorResults edit Democratic primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Max Baucus incumbent 66 713 100 00 Total votes 66 713 100 00 Republican primary editCandidates edit Mike Taylor Montana State Senator Brad Johnson businessman John McDonald Melvin HansonResults edit Republican primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Mike Taylor 48 169 60 16 Republican Brad Johnson 14 252 17 80 Republican John McDonald 10 116 12 63 Republican Melvin Hanson 7 536 9 41 Total votes 80 073 100 00 General election editCandidates edit Max Baucus incumbent U S Senator Democratic Stan Jones Libertarian Bob Kelleher attorney Green Withdrew edit Mike Taylor State Senator Republican withdrew October 10 Campaign edit The 2002 Montana elections got national attention when Baucus s opponent state senator Mike Taylor accused Baucus of having implied that Taylor was gay in a campaign ad The ad was paid for by the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee though designed by the Baucus campaign The ad which alleged that Taylor had embezzled funds from the cosmetology school he once owned showed footage from the early 1980s of Taylor massaging another man s face while wearing a tight suit with an open shirt Taylor dropped out of the race and Baucus won with 63 percent of the vote 3 Debates edit Complete video of debate September 16 2002Predictions edit Source Ranking As ofSabato s Crystal Ball 4 Safe D November 4 2002Results edit General election results 5 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Max Baucus incumbent 204 853 62 74 13 18 Republican Mike Taylor 103 611 31 73 12 96 Libertarian Stan Jones 10 420 3 19 N AGreen Bob Kelleher 7 653 2 34 N ATotal votes 326 537 100 00 N ADemocratic holdCounties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit Beaverhead largest city Dillon Broadwater largest city Townsend Carter largest city Ekalaka Daniels largest city Scobey Fallon largest city Baker Fergus largest city Lewistown Flathead largest city Kalispell Garfield largest city Jordan Golden Valley largest city Ryegate Granite largest city Philipsburg Jefferson largest city Clancy Judith Basin largest city Stanford Liberty largest city Chester Lincoln largest city Libby Madison largest city Ennis McCone largest city Circle Meagher largest city White Sulphur Springs Musselshell largest city Roundup Park largest city Livingston Petroleum largest city Winnett Phillips largest city Malta Pondera largest city Conrad Powder River largest city Broadus Powell largest city Deer Lodge Prairie largest city Terry Ravalli largest city Hamilton Richland largest city Sidney Gallatin largest city Bozeman Lake largest city Polson Roosevelt largest city Wolf Point Chouteau largest municipality Fort Benton Sanders largest city Thompson Falls Stillwater largest city Columbus Sweet Grass largest city Big Timber Teton largest city Choteau Toole largest city Shelby Treasure largest city Hysham Valley largest city Glasgow Wheatland largest city Harlowton Wibaux largest city Wibaux See also edit2002 United States Senate electionsReferences edit Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on January 7 2010 Retrieved February 18 2010 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link a b Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on January 11 2011 Retrieved April 22 2011 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Gransbery Jim October 10 2002 Taylor quits Senate race in Montana Billings Gazette Archived from the original on December 5 2006 Retrieved January 5 2007 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 Retrieved April 12 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 United States Senate election in Montana amp oldid 1210722586, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
