United States Senate election in Maine, 2002

United States Senate election in Maine, 2002

1996 ← November 5, 2002 → 2008

Nominee Susan Collins Chellie Pingree Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 295,041 209,858 Percentage 58.44% 41.56%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Susan Collins Republican Elected U.S. Senator Susan Collins Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a second term.

Candidates

Democratic

• Chellie Pingree, State Senator and Senate Majority Leader

Republican

• Susan Collins, incumbent U.S. Senator first elected in the last Senate election.

Campaign

Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts.^[1] Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002.^[2] However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.^[3]

Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated State Senator Chellie Pingree of North Haven in one of the few U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.^[4]

Results

General election results[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Susan Collins (inc.)	295,041	58.44%	+9.25%
	Democratic	Chellie Pingree	209,858	41.56%	-2.31%
Majority			85,183	16.87%	+11.57%
Turnout			504,899
	Republican hold		Swing

Preceded by 2000 Olympia Snowe

Maine U.S. Senate elections 2002

Succeeded by 2006 Olympia Snowe

References

1. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9KVJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sA0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=4390,4071363&dq=susan+collins+pingree&hl=en
2. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gJk0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=VWoFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1507,4158086&dq=susan+collins&hl=en
3. ^ http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=76VJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sA0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=3854,1996336&dq=susan+collins+pingree&hl=en
4. ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/elec02.me.s.hotrace/
5. ^ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm

See also