A Massachusetts general election was held on November 5, 2002 in the

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. The election included: * statewide elections for U.S. Senator,

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, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth,

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, and

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; * district elections for

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, State Representatives, State Senators, and Governor's Councillors; and * ballot questions at the state and local levels. Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 17, 2002.

Governor & Lieutenant Governor

Republicans Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Democratic candidates Shannon O'Brien and Chris Gabrieli, Green-Rainbow candidates

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and

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, Libertarian candidates

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and Rich Aucoin, and

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candidates

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and

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Secretary of the Commonwealth

Democrat William F. Galvin was re-elected Secretary of the Commonwealth for a third term. He defeated

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Jack E. Robinson III in the general election.

Attorney General

Democrat

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ran unopposed.

Treasurer and Receiver-General

Democratic primary

Candidates

* Michael P. Cahill, State Representative from Beverly * Timothy P. Cahill, Norfolk County Treasurer *Jim Segel, former State Representative from Brookline and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association * Stephen J. Murphy, Member of the

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Results

Republican primary

Candidates

* Dan Grabauskas, Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles *Bruce A. Herzfelder, businessman

Results

General election

Results

Auditor

Democrat

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was re-elected

. He defeated Libertarian Kamal Jain and Independent John James Xenakis.

United States Senator

Democratic incumbent

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was re-elected over his Libertarian challenger Michael Cloud.

United States House of Representatives

Massachusetts Senate

''see 2002 Massachusetts Senate election''

Massachusetts House of Representatives

''see 2002 Massachusetts House election''

Governor's Council

''See 2002 Massachusetts Governor's Council election''

Ballot measures

There were three statewide ballot questions, all initiatives, which Massachusetts voters considered in this election. There were also various local ballot questions around the Commonwealth.

Question 1

Abolishing the state income tax. A law to eliminate any state personal income tax for income or other gain realized on or after July 1, 2003.

Question 2

English Language Education in Public Schools Initiative: Abolishing bilingual education and replacing it with a one-year program of rapid English immersion. A law that would require that, with limited exceptions, all public-school children must be taught all subjects in English.

Question 3

Taxpayer funding for Clean Elections. A non-binding question relative to the funding of political campaigns for public office.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2002 Massachusetts General Election

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