2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky - Wikipedia

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2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky

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November 5, 2002

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Nominee	Mitch McConnell	Lois Combs Weinberg
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	731,679	399,634
Percentage	64.68%	35.32%

County results
McConnell: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Weinberg: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Mitch McConnell
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mitch McConnell
Republican

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The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won Franklin County, and the most recent in which he won urban Jefferson and Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either Hillary Clinton in 2016 or Joe Biden in 2020, signifying their leftward drift.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Lois Combs Weinberg, Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky
Tom Barlow, former U.S. Representative from Paducah (1993–95)

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Combs Weinberg	231,013	50.10%
	Democratic	Tom Barlow	230,055	49.90%
Total votes			461,068	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. Senator

Results

McConnell was unopposed.

General election

Candidates

Mitch McConnell (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Lois Combs Weinberg (D), Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Mitch McConnell (R)	Lois Weinberg (D)	Other / Undecided
SurveyUSA^[3]	October 28–30, 2002	705 (LV)	± 3.8%	66%	29%	4%

Results

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mitch McConnell (incumbent)	731,679	64.68%	+9.22%
	Democratic	Lois Combs Weinberg	399,634	35.32%	−7.52%
Majority			332,045	29.35%	+16.74%
Total votes			*1,131,313*	*100.00%*
	Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Magoffin (Largest city: Salyersville)
Webster (Largest city: Providence)
Morgan (Largest city: West Liberty)
Henderson (Largest city: Henderson)
Letcher (Largest city: Jenkins)
Muhlenberg (Largest city: Central City)
Fulton (Largest city: Fulton)
Bath (Largest city: Owingsville)
Marion (Largest city: Lebanon)
Menifee (Largest city: Frenchburg)
Rowan (Largest city: Morehead)
Jefferson (Largest city: Louisville)
Carlisle (Largest city: Bardwell)
Livingston (Largest city: Salem)
Hopkins (Largest city: Madisonville)
Marshall (Largest city: Benton)
Graves (Largest city: Mayfield)
Hickman (Largest city: Clinton)
Lyon (Largest city: Eddyville)
Montgomery (Largest city: Mount Sterling)
Union (Largest city: Morganfield)
Perry (Largest city: Hazard)
Ballard (Largest city: LaCenter)
Boyd (Largest city: Ashland)
Harlan (Largest city: Cumberland)

Notes

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

References

^ "KENTUCKY STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS REPORT OF "OFFICIAL" ELECTION NIGHT TALLY RESULT". Archived from the original on November 11, 2010.
^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ SurveyUSA
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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