The 2002 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator
John Warner
John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 200 ...
won re-election to a fifth term, making him one of only three Virginia U.S. Senators to serve five or more terms. The
Democrats did not field a candidate against Warner, and he won every single county and city in the state with at least 60% of the vote. , this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Virginia.
Major candidates
Independents
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Jacob Hornberger
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,
libertarian
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political activist
* Nancy Spannaus,
Lyndon LaRouche Movement
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activist
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Republican
* John Warner
John William Warner III (February 18, 1927 – May 25, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the United States Secretary of the Navy from 1972 to 1974 and as a five-term Republican U.S. Senator from Virginia from 1979 to 200 ...
, incumbent U.S. Senator
General election
Predictions
Results
See also
* 2002 United States Senate election
The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senat ...
References
{{United States elections, 2002
2002 Virginia elections
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth ar ...
2002
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