Elections / 2002 · US Senate
The 2002 Senate map
34 Senate contests were decided in 2002: Democrats won 12, Republicans 22. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.
2002 U.S. Senate elections
Dem. caucus 49 −151for control51 Republicans +1
3 seats flipped (AR, GA, MN) — Republicans held control. Independents (Sanders, King) are counted in the caucus they organize with and shown in gold on the map.
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States with a seat up this cycle, filled by margin · cyan outlines a seat that flipped party · gold an independent · hover for the detail
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
| State | Won | Margin | Pres. 2000 | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | R | R+31.0 | 24,133 | 179,438 | 229,257 | |
| Alabama | R | R+14.9 | 538,878 | 792,561 | 1,351,673 | |
| Arkansas | D | R+5.4 | 433,386 | 370,735 | 804,121 | |
| Colorado | R | R+8.4 | 648,130 | 717,893 | 1,415,486 | |
| Delaware | D | D+13.1 | 135,253 | 94,793 | 232,314 | |
| Georgia | R | R+11.7 | 932,422 | 1,071,352 | 2,031,604 | |
| Iowa | D | D+0.3 | 554,278 | 447,892 | 1,022,374 | |
| Idaho | R | R+39.5 | 132,975 | 266,215 | 408,544 | |
| Illinois | D | D+12.0 | 2,103,766 | 1,325,703 | 3,486,851 | |
| Kansas | R | R+20.8 | 0 | 641,075 | 776,850 | |
| Kentucky | R | R+15.1 | 399,634 | 731,679 | 1,131,313 | |
| Louisiana | D | R+7.7 | 1,235,554 | 1,229,344 | 2,481,629 | |
| Massachusetts | D | D+27.3 | 1,605,976 | 0 | 1,981,860 | |
| Maine | R | D+5.1 | 209,858 | 295,041 | 504,899 | |
| Michigan | D | D+5.1 | 1,896,614 | 1,185,545 | 3,129,287 | |
| Minnesota | R | D+2.4 | 1,078,627 | 1,116,697 | 2,252,836 | |
| Missouri | R | R+3.3 | 913,778 | 935,032 | 1,877,620 | |
| Mississippi | R | R+16.9 | 0 | 533,269 | 630,495 | |
| Montana | D | R+25.1 | 204,853 | 103,611 | 326,537 | |
| North Carolina | R | R+12.8 | 1,047,983 | 1,248,664 | 2,330,454 | |
| Nebraska | R | R+29.0 | 70,290 | 397,438 | 480,217 | |
| New Hampshire | R | R+1.3 | 207,478 | 227,229 | 444,739 | |
| New Jersey | D | D+15.8 | 1,138,193 | 928,439 | 2,112,604 | |
| New Mexico | R | D+0.1 | 168,863 | 314,193 | 483,056 | |
| Oklahoma | R | R+21.9 | 369,789 | 583,579 | 1,018,424 | |
| Oregon | R | D+0.4 | 501,898 | 712,287 | 1,267,221 | |
| Rhode Island | D | D+29.1 | 253,774 | 69,808 | 323,582 | |
| South Carolina | R | R+15.9 | 487,359 | 600,010 | 1,102,245 | |
| South Dakota | D | R+22.7 | 167,481 | 166,949 | 337,501 | |
| Tennessee | R | R+3.9 | 728,232 | 891,498 | 1,642,076 | |
| Texas | R | R+21.3 | 1,955,758 | 2,496,243 | 4,512,590 | |
| Virginia | R | R+8.1 | 0 | 1,229,894 | 1,481,051 | |
| West Virginia | D | R+6.3 | 275,281 | 160,902 | 436,183 | |
| Wyoming | R | R+40.1 | 49,570 | 133,710 | 183,280 |
Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2002 US Senate returns, party-classified by literal ballot party · statewide certified totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.