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The 2002 United States Senate election in Kansas was held on November 4, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pat Roberts won 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 which Pat Roberts won every county in the state.

Republican primary

Candidates

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

Results

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

Candidates

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

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] Safe R November 4, 2002

Results

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
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "2002 Primary Election Official Vote Totals" (PDF). Kansas Secretary of State.
  2. ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".