A Massachusetts general election was held on November 5, 2002 in the
.
The election included:
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statewide elections for
U.S. Senator
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,
Governor
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,
Lieutenant Governor
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,
Attorney General
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,
Secretary of the Commonwealth,
Treasurer
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Government
The treasury o ...
, and
Auditor;
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district elections for
U.S. Representatives
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,
State Representatives,
State Senators, and
Governor's Councillors; and
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ballot questions
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at the state and local levels.
Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 17, 2002.
Governor & Lieutenant Governor
Republicans
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Mitt Romney
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and
Kerry Healey
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were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Democratic candidates
Shannon O'Brien
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and
Chris Gabrieli
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,
Green-Rainbow candidates
Jill Stein
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and
Tony Lorenzen, Libertarian candidates
Carla Howell
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and Rich Aucoin, and
independent
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candidates
Barbara C. Johnson and
Joe Schebel.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Democrat
William F. Galvin
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Early life
Galvin was born and raised in the Brighton neighborhood of Boston. He was taught by the Christian Brother ...
was re-elected
Secretary of the Commonwealth for a third term. He defeated
Perennial candidate Jack E. Robinson III in the general election.
Attorney General
Democrat
Thomas Reilly
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He was one of three candidates who ...
ran unopposed.
Treasurer and Receiver-General
Democratic primary
Candidates
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Michael P. Cahill
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, State Representative from
Beverly
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Timothy P. Cahill
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Early life
Cahill gra ...
,
Norfolk County Treasurer
*Jim Segel, former State Representative from
Brookline
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See ...
and Executive Director of the Massachusetts Municipal Association
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Stephen J. Murphy
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Murphy is a member of the Democratic Party.
Boston City Council
Murphy was formerl ...
, Member of the
Boston City Council
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Results
Republican primary
Candidates
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Dan Grabauskas
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, Massachusetts Registrar of Motor Vehicles
*Bruce A. Herzfelder, businessman
Results
General election
Results
Auditor
Democrat
A. Joseph DeNucci
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Early life and career
DeNucci started working at 10 in a bowling alley, picking up and racking pins. DeNu ...
was re-elected
Auditor. He defeated Libertarian
Kamal Jain
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and Independent
John James Xenakis
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.
United States Senator
Democratic incumbent
John Kerry
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was re-elected over his
Libertarian
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challenger Michael Cloud.
United States House of Representatives
Massachusetts Senate
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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
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