United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2002

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United States Senate election in Rhode Island, 2002
← 1996 November 4, 2002 2008 →
  Jack Reed, official photo portrait, 2008.jpg
Nominee Jack Reed Robert Tingle
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 253,922 69,881
Percentage 78.4% 21.6%
Rhode Island Election Results by County, all Democratic.svg
County results
U.S. senator before election

Jack Reed
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Jack Reed
Democratic

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2002 United States Senate election in Rhode Island took place on November 4, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Jack Reed won re-election to a second term. Reed's best performance was in Providence County, where he won with over 80% of the vote.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Jack Reed (inc.) 85,315 100.00
Total votes 85,315 100.00

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican Party primary results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Tingle 16,041 100.00
Total votes 16,041 100.00

General election

Candidates

Campaign

Reed was an extremely popular senator who got token opposition in the general election. A May Brown University poll showed the incumbent with a 73% approval rating, higher than any other elected lawmaker in the state.[4] In June 2002, Tingle announced his candidacy.[5] Tingle described himself as a working man with a family, while Reed is single and a veteran politician.[6] In an October poll, Reed was up 61% to 14%.[7]

Results

General election results[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jack Reed (inc.) 253,922 78.43% +15.12%
Republican Robert Tingle 69,881 21.57% -13.38%
Majority 183,966 56.85% +28.50%
Turnout 323,582
Democratic hold Swing

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  1. ↑ http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php
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  3. ↑ http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php
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  8. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#39
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