2002, hampshire, gubernatorial, election, related, races, 2002, united, states, gubernatorial, elections, this, article, uses, bare, urls, which, uninformative, vulnerable, link, please, consider, converting, them, full, citations, ensure, article, remains, ve. For related races see 2002 United States gubernatorial elections This article uses bare URLs which are uninformative and vulnerable to link rot Please consider converting them to full citations to ensure the article remains verifiable and maintains a consistent citation style Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting such as reFill documentation and Citation bot documentation August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 5 2002 Three term incumbent Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen opted to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate rather than seek a fourth term as governor Republican Craig Benson a self funded businessman defeated Democrat Mark Fernald a state senator in the general election after both won contested primary elections 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2000 November 5 2002 2004 Nominee Craig Benson Mark FernaldParty Republican DemocraticPopular vote 259 663 169 277Percentage 58 7 38 2 County resultsMunicipality resultsBenson 40 50 50 60 60 70 70 80 80 90 gt 90 Fernald 40 50 50 60 60 70 gt 90 Governor before electionJeanne ShaheenDemocratic Elected Governor Craig BensonRepublicanThis was the only time a Republican was elected governor between 1994 and 2016 Contents 1 Democratic primary 1 1 Candidates 1 2 Results 2 Republican primary 2 1 Candidates 2 2 Results 3 General election 3 1 Predictions 3 2 Results 3 2 1 Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDemocratic primary editCandidates edit Mark Fernald New Hampshire state senator Bev Hollingworth New Hampshire state senatorResults edit Democratic Primary results 1 Party Candidate Votes Democratic Mark Fernald 34 683 53 28Democratic Bev Hollingworth 27 777 42 67Democratic Write ins 2 632 4 04Total votes 65 092 100 00Republican primary editCandidates edit Craig Benson businessman Bruce Keough former New Hampshire state senator Gordon J Humphrey former U S senator 2000 Republican nominee for governor Robert Kingsbury perennial candidate Joe Haas Bob KroepelResults edit Republican primary results 2 Party Candidate Votes Republican Craig Benson 56 099 36 65Republican Bruce Keough 51 461 33 62Republican Gordon Humphrey 42 698 27 90Republican Robert Kingsbury 877 0 57Republican Joe Haas 759 0 50Republican Bob Kroepel 578 0 38Republican Write ins 575 0 38Total votes 153 047 100 00General election editPredictions edit Source Ranking As ofThe Cook Political Report 3 Lean R flip October 31 2002Sabato s Crystal Ball 4 Likely R flip November 4 2002Results edit New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2002 5 Party Candidate Votes Republican Craig Benson 259 663 58 62 14 86 Democratic Mark Fernald 169 277 38 21 10 52 Libertarian John Babiarz 13 028 2 94 1 80 Write ins 1 008 0 23 Majority 90 386 20 40 15 43 Turnout 442 976Republican gain from Democratic SwingCounties that swung from Democratic to Republican edit Coos largest city Berlin Hillsborough largest city Manchester Grafton largest city Lebanon Merrimack largest city Concord Strafford largest city Dover Sullivan largest city Claremont See also editU S Gubernatorial Elections 2002References edit http www sos nh gov stateprimary2004 dgovsum htm Summary R Gov Archived from the original on June 7 2011 Retrieved May 25 2011 Governor Updated October 31 2002 The Cook Political Report The Cook Political Report October 31 2002 Archived from the original on December 8 2002 Retrieved September 18 2018 Governors Races www centerforpolitics org November 4 2002 Archived from the original on December 12 2002 Retrieved September 18 2018 http www sos nh gov general2002 sumgov htmExternal links editNew Hampshire Secretary of State s office election division nbsp This New Hampshire related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election amp oldid 1174217896, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
