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2002 United States Senate election in Kansas

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2002 United States Senate election in Kansas

1996 November 5, 2002 2008
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. senatorbefore election

Pat Roberts
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Pat Roberts
Republican

The2002 United States Senate election in Kansaswas held on November 4, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. SenatorPat Robertswon 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 whichPat Robertswon every county in the state.

Republican primary

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Candidates

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  • Tom Oyler, perennial candidate
  • Pat Roberts,incumbent U.S. Senator

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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  • George Cook (Re)
  • Pat Roberts(R), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Steven Rosile (L)

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
Republicanhold 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".centerforpolitics.org.November 4, 2002. Archived fromthe originalon November 18, 2002.RetrievedJune 25,2021.
  3. ^"Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".