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2002 Governor election results

36 races · 36 with a recorded winner · popular vote by contest

Every Governor contest in the 2002 U.S. general election. Each race links to its full popular-vote breakdown; winners link to their profile. Part of the party vote tracker.

2002 Governor results by state
StateWinnerResult
AlabamaBob RileyR672,225 votes · +3,120 over Don Siegelman
AlaskaFrank H. MurkowskiR129,279 votes · +35,063 over Fran Ulmer
ArizonaJanet NapolitanoD566,284 votes · +11,819 over Matt Salmon
ArkansasMike HuckabeeR427,082 votes · +48,832 over Jimmie Lou Fisher
CaliforniaGray DavisD3,533,490 votes · +363,689 over Bill Simon
ColoradoBill OwensR884,583 votes · +409,210 over Rollie Heath
ConnecticutJohn G. RowlandR573,958 votes · +124,974 over Bill Curry
FloridaJeb BushR2,856,845 votes · +655,418 over Bill McBride
GeorgiaSonny PerdueR1,041,677 votes · +104,615 over Roy Barnes
HawaiiLinda LingleR197,009 votes · +17,362 over Mazie K. Hirono
IdahoDirk KempthorneR231,566 votes · +59,855 over Jerry Brady
IllinoisRod BlagojevichD1,847,040 votes · +252,079 over Jim Ryan
IowaTom VilsackD540,449 votes · +83,837 over Doug Gross
KansasKathleen SebeliusD441,858 votes · +65,028 over Tim Shallenburger
MaineJohn BaldacciD238,179 votes · +28,683 over Peter Cianchette
MarylandBob EhrlichR879,592 votes · +66,170 over Kathleen Kennedy Townsend
MassachusettsMitt RomneyR1,091,988 votes · +106,007 over Shannon O'Brien
MichiganJennifer GranholmD1,631,276 votes · +126,521 over Dick Posthumus
MinnesotaTim PawlentyR999,473 votes · +178,205 over Roger Moe
NebraskaMike JohannsR330,349 votes · +198,001 over Stormy Dean
NevadaKenny GuinnR344,001 votes · +233,066 over Joe Neal
New HampshireCraig BensonR259,663 votes · +90,386 over Mark Fernald
New MexicoBill RichardsonD268,693 votes · +79,619 over John Sanchez
New YorkGeorge PatakiR2,262,255 votes · +728,191 over H. Carl McCall
OhioBob TaftR1,865,007 votes · +628,083 over Tim Hagan
OklahomaBrad HenryD448,143 votes · +6,866 over Steve Largent
OregonTed KulongoskiD618,004 votes · +36,219 over Kevin Mannix
PennsylvaniaEd RendellD1,913,235 votes · +323,827 over Mike Fisher
Rhode IslandDonald CarcieriR181,827 votes · +31,598 over Myrth York
South CarolinaMark SanfordR585,422 votes · +64,282 over Jim Hodges
South DakotaMike RoundsR189,920 votes · +49,657 over Jim Abbott
TennesseePhil BredesenD837,284 votes · +50,481 over Van Hilleary
TexasRick PerryR2,632,591 votes · +812,793 over Tony Sanchez
VermontJim DouglasR103,436 votes · +5,871 over Doug Racine
WisconsinJim DoyleD800,515 votes · +65,736 over Scott McCallum
WyomingDave FreudenthalD92,662 votes · +3,789 over Eli Bebout