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2002 United States Senate election in Iowa

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2002 United States Senate election in Iowa

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Nominee Tom Harkin Greg Ganske
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 554,278 447,892
Percentage 54.18% 43.78%

County results
Harkin:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Ganske:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70%      80-90%

U.S. senator before election

Tom Harkin
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Tom Harkin
Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fourth term in office. Harkin was opposed in the general election by U.S. Congressman Greg Ganske, who fought off a difficult challenger in the Republican primary. Though Harkin narrowly defeated his opponent six years earlier, he was able to defeat Ganske by a comfortable margin to win re-election.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Tom Harkin (incumbent) 83,505 99.34%
Democratic Write-ins 555 0.66%
Total votes 84,060 100.00%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Greg Ganske 116,229 58.97%
Republican Bill Salier 80,700 40.95%
Republican Write-ins 167 0.08%
Total votes 197,096 100.00%

General election

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Debates

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Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Lean D November 4, 2002

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Tom
Harkin (D)
Greg
Ganske (R)
Other /
Undecided
SurveyUSA[3] October 27–29, 2002 605 (LV) ± 4.1% 60% 38% 2%

Results

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United States Senate election in Iowa, 2002[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Tom Harkin (incumbent) 554,278 54.18% +2.37%
Republican Greg Ganske 447,892 43.78% −2.94%
Green Timothy A. Harthan 11,340 1.11%
Libertarian Richard J. Moore 8,864 0.87%
Write-in 701 0.06%
Majority 106,386 10.40% +5.30%
Turnout 1,023,075
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "Election: 2002 Primary Election (6/4/2002)" (PDF). State of Iowa Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ SurveyUSA
  4. ^ Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 15.