Election
The 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Three-term incumbent Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen opted to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate rather than seek a fourth term as governor. Republican Craig Benson, a self-funded businessman, defeated Democrat Mark Fernald, a state senator, in the general election after both won contested primary elections.
This was the only time a Republican was elected governor between 1994 and 2016.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Results
Democratic Primary results[1] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Mark Fernald | 34,683 | 53.28 |
| | Democratic | Bev Hollingworth | 27,777 | 42.67 |
| | Democratic | Write-ins | 2,632 | 4.04 |
| Total votes | 65,092 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
Candidates
Results
Republican primary results[2] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Craig Benson | 56,099 | 36.65 |
| | Republican | Bruce Keough | 51,461 | 33.62 |
| | Republican | Gordon Humphrey | 42,698 | 27.90 |
| | Republican | Robert Kingsbury | 877 | 0.57 |
| | Republican | Joe Haas | 759 | 0.50 |
| | Republican | Bob Kroepel | 578 | 0.38 |
| | Republican | Write-ins | 575 | 0.38 |
| Total votes | 153,047 | 100.00 |
General election
Predictions
Results
New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2002[5] | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Republican | Craig Benson | 259,663 | 58.62% | +14.86% |
| | Democratic | Mark Fernald | 169,277 | 38.21% | -10.52% |
| | Libertarian | John Babiarz | 13,028 | 2.94% | +1.80% |
| | Write-ins | | 1,008 | 0.23% | |
| Majority | 90,386 | 20.40% | +15.43% |
| Turnout | 442,976 | | |
| | Republican gain from Democratic | Swing | | |
Counties that swung from Democratic to Republican
See also
References
- ^ http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/dgovsum.htm
- ^ "Summary R Gov". Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- ^ "Governor Updated October 31, 2002 | The Cook Political Report". The Cook Political Report. October 31, 2002. Archived from the original on December 8, 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ "Governors Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on December 12, 2002. Retrieved September 18, 2018.
- ^ http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2002/sumgov.htm
External links
- New Hampshire Secretary of State's office, election division
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