2002 United States Senate election in Alabama
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Sessions: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Parker: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% |
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Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. The 2002 United States Senate election in Alabama was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions won re-election to a second term.[1] As of 2018, this is the most recent Senate election in Alabama in which Colbert and Lawrence Counties voted for the Democratic Candidate.
Contents
Background
In the 1968 presidential election, Alabama supported native son and American Independent Party candidate George Wallace over both Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. Wallace was the official Democratic candidate in Alabama, while Humphrey was listed as the "National Democratic".[2] In 1976, Democratic candidate Jimmy Carter from Georgia carried the state, the region, and the nation, but Democratic control of the region slipped after that.
Since 1980, conservative Alabama voters have increasingly voted for Republican candidates at the federal level, especially in presidential elections. By contrast, Democratic candidates have been elected to many state-level offices and comprised a longstanding majority in the Alabama Legislature.
Republican primary
Candidates
- Jeff Sessions, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1997
Sessions was not challenged in the primary.[3]
Democratic primary
Candidates
- Julian L. McPhillips, candidate for Attorney General in 1978[4]
- Susan Parker, Alabama State Auditor
- Wayne Sowell, candidate for governor in 1998 and candidate for the U.S. House in 2000
Results
Original on June 4[5]
| Democratic primary results[6] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Susan Parker | 190,978 | 47.99% | |
| Democratic | Julian L. McPhillips | 170,222 | 42.78% | |
| Democratic | Wayne Sowell | 36,719 | 9.23% | |
| Total votes | 397,919 | 100.00% | ||
McPhillips won many counties in the southern part of the state, but Parker won the most counties. Sowell endorsed Parker for the runoff.
Runoff on June 25
| Democratic primary runoff results[7] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
| Democratic | Susan Parker | 176,708 | 65.15% | |
| Democratic | Julian L. McPhillips | 94,540 | 34.85% | |
| Total votes | 271,248 | 100.00% | ||
General election
Candidates
- Jeff Allen (L)
- Susan Parker (D), Alabama State Auditor
- Jeff Sessions (R), Incumbent U.S. Senator
Debates
- Complete video of debate, October 20, 2002
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Jeff Sessions (incumbent) | 792,561 | 58.58% | +6.13% | |
| Democratic | Susan Parker | 538,878 | 39.83% | −5.63% | |
| Libertarian | Jeff Allen | 20,234 | 1.50% | +0.06% | |
| No party | Write-in votes | 1,350 | 0.10% | +0.06% | |
| Majority | 253,683 | 18.75% | |||
| Turnout | 1,353,023 | ||||
| Republican hold | Swing | ||||
References
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- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wSgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y6YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3878,484399&dq=julian+mcphillips&hl=en
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cfMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7NwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1237,1516279&dq=jeff+sessions+primary&hl=en
- ↑ http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=1&year=2002&f=0&off=3&elect=1
- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2CgoAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Y6YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5230,8209097&dq=susan+parker&hl=en
- ↑ http://www.sos.alabama.gov/vb/election/her/her-sw2.aspx
