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The 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42%. O'Hara's percentage of the vote was more than double Ross Perot's statewide total of 5.84% in the 1996 presidential election. His percentage was also the highest percentage for a Reform candidate in a Senate election.

Major candidates

Reform

  • Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate

Republican

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[1] Safe R November 4, 2002

Results

General election results[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Thad Cochran (incumbent) 533,269 84.58%
Reform Shawn O'Hara 97,226 15.42%
Majority 436,043 69.16%
Turnout 630,495
Republican hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  2. ^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".