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Gubernatorial & U.S. Senate Candidates (2002 General Election Cycle)

Gubernatorial Candidates

	State	Democrat or Green	Republican or Libertarian
	Alabama	Governor Don Siegelman (D)	Congressman Bob Riley (R) Beat Incumbent
	Alaska	Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer (D)	U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski (R)
	Arizona	State Attorney General Janet Napolitano (D)	Former Congressman Matt Salmon (R)
		Former Secretary of State Richard Mahoney (I)
	Arkansas	State Treasurer Jimmie Lou Fisher (D)	Governor Mike Huckabee (R)
	California	Governor Gray Davis (D)	William E. Simon, Jr. (R)
		Peter M. Camejo (G)
	Colorado	Rollie Heath (D)	Governor Bill Owens (R)
	Connecticut	Former State Comptroller Bill Curry (D)	Governor John Rowland (R)
	Florida	Bill McBride (D)	Governor Jeb Bush (R)
	Georgia	Governor Roy Barnes (D)	State Senate President Pro Tempore Sonny Perdue (R) Beat Incumbent
		Nannette D. Garrett (G)
	Hawaii	Lt. Governor Mazie Hirono (D)	Former Maui Mayor Linda Lingle (R)
	Idaho	Jerry Brady (D)	Governor Dirk Kempthorne (R)
	Illinois	Congressman Rod Blagojevich (D)	State Attorney General Jim Ryan (R)
	Iowa	Governor Tom Vilsack (D)	Doug Gross (R)
		Jay Robinson (G)
	Kansas	State Insurance Commissioner Kathleen Sebelius (D)	State Treasurer Tim Shallenburger (R)
	Maine	Congressman John Baldacci (D)	Former State Representative Peter Cianchette (R)
		Jonathan Carter (G)
	Maryland	Lt. Governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D)	Congressman Bob Ehrlich (R)
	Massachusetts	State Treasurer Shannon O'Brien (D)	Mitt Romney (R)
	Michigan	State Attorney General Jennifer Granholm (D)	Lt. Governor Dick Posthumus (R)
	Minnesota	State Senate Majority Leader Roger Moe (D)	State House Majority Leader Tim Pawlenty (R)
		Former Congressman Tim Penny (IP)
		Ken Pentel (G)
	Nebraska	President of the Ralston School Board Stormy Dean (D)	Governor Mike Johanns (R)
	Nevada	Former State Senate Majority Leader Joe Neal (D)	Governor Kenny Guinn (R)
	New Hampshire	State Senator Mark Fernald (D)	Craig Benson (R)
	New Mexico	Former U.S. Energy Secretary and Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Bill Richardson (D)	State Representative John Sanchez (R)
	New York	State Comptroller Carl McCall (D)	Governor George Pataki (R)
			Tom Golisano (IP)
	Ohio	Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Tim Hagan (D)	Governor Bob Taft (R)
	Oklahoma	State Senator Brad Henry (D)	Congressman Steve Largent (R)
	Oregon	Former State Supreme Court Justice and Former State Attorney General Ted Kulongoski (D)	Former State Senator Kevin Mannix (R)
	Pennsylvania	Former Philadelphia Mayor Ed Rendell (D)	State Attorney General Mike Fisher (R)
	Rhode Island	Former State Senator Myrth York (D)	Don Carcieri (R)
	South Carolina	Governor Jim Hodges (D)	Former Congressman Mark Sanford (R) Beat Incumbent
	South Dakota	Former State Representative Jim Abbott (D)	Former State Senator Mike Rounds (R)
	Tennessee	Former Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen (D)	Congressman Van Hilleary (R)
	Texas	Tony Sanchez, Jr. (D)	Governor Rick Perry (R)
	Vermont	Lt. Governor Doug Racine (D)	State Treasurer Jim Douglas (R)
		Michael Badamo (Progressive)	Cornelius "Con" Hogan (I)
	Wisconsin	State Attorney General Jim Doyle (D) Beat Incumbent	Governor Scott McCallum (R)
			Tomah Mayor Ed Thompson (L) (Brother of Former Governor Tommy Thompson)
	Wyoming	Dave Freudenthal (D)	Former State House Speaker Eli Bebout (R)

U.S. Senate Candidates
	State	Democrat or Green	Republican or Libertarian
	Alabama	State Auditor Susan Parker (D)	U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions (R)
	Alaska	Frank Vondersaar (D)	U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R)
	Arkansas	Attorney General Mark Pryor (D) Beat Incumbent	U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson (R)
	Colorado	Tom Strickland (D)	U.S. Senator Wayne Allard (R)
	Connecticut	Former State Comptroller Bill Curry (D)	Governor John Rowland (R)
	Delaware	U.S. Senator Joseph Biden (D)	Ray Clatworthy (R)
	Georgia	U.S. Senator Max Cleland (D)	Congressman Saxby Chambliss (R) Beat Incumbent
	Idaho	Former U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Alan Blinken (D)	U.S. Senator Larry Craig (R)
	Illinois	U.S.Senator Richard Durbin (D)	State Representative Jim Durkin (R)
	Iowa	U.S. Senator Tom Harkin (D)	Congressman Greg Ganske (R)
	Kansas	None Known	U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R)
	Kentucky	Lois Weinberg (D) (Daughter of Former Governor Bert Combs)	U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R)
	Louisiana	U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu (D)	Elections Commissioner Suzanne Haik Terrell (R)
	Maine	Former State Senate Majority Leader Chellie Pingree (D)	U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R)
	Massachusetts	U.S.Senator John Kerry (D)	None Known
	Michigan	U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D)	State Representative Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski (R)
	Minnesota	Former U.S. Vice President Walter Mondale (D) Ed McGaa (G)	Former St. Paul Mayor Norm Coleman (R)
	Mississippi	None Known	U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R)
	Missouri	U.S. Senator Jean Carnahan (D)	Former Congressman Jim Talent (R) Beat Incumbent
	Montana	U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D)	State Senator Mike Taylor (R)
	Nebraska	Charlie August Matolka (D)	U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R)
	New Hampshire	Governor Jeanne Shaheen (D) David Gosselin (I)	Congressman John E. Sununu (R) (Son of Former Governor John H. Sununu)
	New Jersey	Former U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D)	Former West Windsor Mayor Douglas Forrester (R)
	New Mexico	Federal Communications Commission Commissioner Gloria Tristani (D)	U.S. Senator Pete Domenici (R)
	North Carolina	Former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles (D)	Former U.S. Labor Secretary and Former U.S. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole (R)
	Oklahoma	Former Governor David Walters (D)	U.S. Senator James Inhofe (R)
	Oregon	Secretary of State Bill Bradbury (D)	U.S. Senator Gordon Smith (R)
	Rhode Island	U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D)	Bob Tingle (R)
	South Carolina	Former State Senator Alex Sanders (D)	Congressman Lindsey Graham (R)
	South Dakota	U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D)	Congressman John Thune (R)
	Tennessee	Congressman Bob Clement (D)	Former Governor and Former U.S. Education Secretary Lamar Alexander (R)
	Texas	Former Dallas Mayor Ron Kirk (D)	Attorney General John Cornyn (R)
	Virginia	None Known	U.S. Senator John Warner (R)
	West Virginia	U.S. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D)	Former State Senator Jay Wolfe (R)
	Wyoming	Former Lander Mayor Joyce Corcoran (D)	U.S. Senator Mike Enzi (R)
	Notes Titles are only given for current and former officeholders with only the highest office or offices shown. Candidates with either unknown or no official websites are those in regular black font. Unannounced candidates are those in italics font. Candidates running with no party affiliation or with a "third party" affiliation which have polled more than 5 (five) percent are also included in this listing. indicates won election. WARNING: Some links may no longer work anymore due to the passage of time.
	Party Key
		(D) Democrat (G) Green (I) Independent/non-party (IP) Independence Party	(L) Libertarian (P) Progressive (R) Republican
	Sources of Information

	Cook Political Report DC Political Report DCCC Candidates DSCC Campaign Links	NRCC - List of All Candidates NRSC.org (Senate Races 2002) Politics1.com

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