Smith, who had only served one term in the U.S. Senate, had slightly lower than a 50% approval rating before the summer of 2002 began.[2] By July 2002, Smith had raised over $5 million, while Bradbury raised only about $1 million.[3]
2002, united, states, senate, election, oregon, held, november, 2002, incumbent, republican, united, states, senator, gordon, smith, election, second, term, oregon, secretary, state, bill, bradbury, emerged, democratic, nominee, though, competitive, gubernator. The 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 5 2002 Incumbent Republican United States Senator Gordon Smith ran for re election to a second term Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury emerged as the Democratic nominee and though a competitive gubernatorial election occurred at the same time Bradbury s campaign was never able to gain traction and Smith overwhelmingly won re election Bradbury only carried Multnomah County As of 2024 this is the last time the Republicans have won a U S Senate election in Oregon 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon 1996 November 5 2002 2008 Nominee Gordon Smith Bill Bradbury Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 712 287 501 898 Percentage 56 21 39 61 County results Smith 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 Bradbury 50 60 Senator before election Gordon Smith Republican Elected Senator Gordon Smith Republican Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Results 3 General election 3 1 Campaign 3 2 Predictions 3 3 Results 3 3 1 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican 4 See also 5 ReferencesDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Bill Bradbury Oregon Secretary of State Craig Hanson Greg Haven Results edit Democratic primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Bill Bradbury 279 792 85 89 Democratic Craig Hanson 27 472 8 43 Democratic Greg Haven 13 995 4 30 Democratic Write ins 4 480 1 38 Total votes 325 739 100 00 Republican primary editGordon Smith incumbent United States Senator Results edit Republican primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Republican Gordon Smith Incumbent 306 504 98 89 Republican Write ins 3 439 1 11 Total votes 309 943 100 00 General election editCampaign edit Smith who had only served one term in the U S Senate had slightly lower than a 50 approval rating before the summer of 2002 began 2 By July 2002 Smith had raised over 5 million while Bradbury raised only about 1 million 3 Predictions edit Source Ranking As of Sabato s Crystal Ball 4 Likely R November 4 2002 Results edit United States Senate election in Oregon 2002 5 Party Candidate Votes Republican Gordon H Smith Incumbent 712 287 56 21 6 41 Democratic Bill Bradbury 501 898 39 61 6 30 Libertarian Dan Fitzgerald 29 979 2 37 1 43 Constitution Lon Mabon 21 703 1 71 Write ins 1 354 0 11 Majority 210 389 16 60 12 71 Turnout 1 267 221 Republican hold Swing Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit Clatsop largest city Astoria Lane largest city Eugene Lincoln largest city Newport Benton largest city Corvallis See also edit2002 United States Senate electionsReferences edit a b Content Manager WebDrawer 2002 Primary Election Official Results Berke Richard L June 8 2002 A Senate Candidate s Refrain Could You Stretch It to 500 The New York Times Madden Mike July 16 2002 Smith Hooley maintain comfortable fund raising leads USA Today Archived from the original on November 14 2012 Senate Races www centerforpolitics org November 4 2002 Archived from the original on November 18 2002 Retrieved June 25 2021 Clerk of the U S House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5 2002 PDF U S Government Printing Office p 38 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon amp oldid 1215633572, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
