United States Senate election in North Carolina, 2002

November 5, 2002



Nominee	Elizabeth Dole	Erskine Bowles
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	1,248,664	1,047,983
Percentage	53.56%	44.96%

County Results

Senator before election

Jesse Helms
Republican

Elected Senator

Elizabeth Dole
Republican

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The 2002 United States Senate election in North Carolina was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jesse Helms decided to retire due to health reasons. Republican Elizabeth Dole won the open seat.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

North Carolina U.S. Senate Democratic Primary, 2002^[1]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Erskine Bowles	277,329	43.4
Democratic	Dan Blue	184,216	28.8
Democratic	Elaine Marshall	97,392	15.2
Democratic	Cynthia D. Brown	27,799	4.4
Democratic	Others	52,289	8.2

Republican primary

Candidates

Elizabeth Dole, former United States Secretary of Labor, former United States Secretary of Transportation, former Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, and wife of former U.S. Senator Bob Dole
Jim Snyder, Jr., former State Representative

Results

North Carolina U.S. Senate Republican Primary, 2002^[2]
	Candidate	Votes	%
Republican	Elizabeth Dole	342,631	80.4
Republican	Jim Snyder, Jr.	60,477	14.2
Republican	Jim Parker	8,752	2.1
Republican	Ada Fisher	6,045	1.4
Republican	Others	8,201	1.9

General election

Candidates

Erskine Bowles (D), Former White House Chief of Staff
Elizabeth Dole (R), Former United States Secretary of Labor, United States Secretary of Transportation, Assistant to the President for Public Liaison, and wife of U.S. Senator Bob Dole
Sean Haugh (L)

Results

North Carolina U.S. Senate General Election, 2002^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Republican	Elizabeth Dole	1,248,664	53.56	+0.92
	Democratic	Erskine Bowles	1,047,983	44.96	-0.96
	Libertarian	Sean Haugh	33,807	1.45	+0.46
	Write-In	Paul DeLaney	727	0.03	+0.02
Majority			200,681	8.6	+1.88
Turnout			2,331,181
	Republican hold

References

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