The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent
Republican
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U.S. Senator
Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won
Franklin County, and the most recent in which he won urban
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and
Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either
Hillary Clinton
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in
2016
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or
Joe Biden in
2020
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, signifying their leftward drift.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
Lois Combs Weinberg, Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky
*
Tom Barlow, former U.S. Representative
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*
Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. Senator
Results
McConnell was unopposed.
General election
Candidates
*
Mitch McConnell (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
*
Lois Combs Weinberg (D), Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky
Predictions
Polling
Results
See also
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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 Sena ...
Notes
References
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2002 Kentucky elections
Kentucky
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2002