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2002 United States Senate election in Kansas

2002 United States Senate election in Kansas

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Nominee Pat Roberts Steven Rosile George Cook
Party Republican Libertarian Reform
Popular vote 641,075 70,725 65,050
Percentage 82.52% 9.10% 8.37%

County results
Roberts:      50–60%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%

U.S. senator before election

Pat Roberts
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pat Roberts
Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won re-election to a second term overwhelmingly. No Democrats filed to run, and Roberts was only opposed by a Libertarian candidate and a Reform Party candidate. This was the only United States Senate election in Kansas in which Pat Roberts won every county in the state.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Republican primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Pat Roberts (incumbent) 233,642 83.70%
Republican Tom Oyler 45,491 16.30%
Total votes 279,133 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Predictions

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

Results

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General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pat Roberts (incumbent) 641,075 82.52% +20.50%
Libertarian Steven Rosile 70,725 9.10% +7.86%
Reform George Cook 65,050 8.37% +6.08%
Majority 570,350 73.42% +45.83%
Turnout 776,850
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2002 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas 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. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".