United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002

United States Senate election in Arkansas, 2002
November 5, 2002

 
Nominee Mark Pryor Tim Hutchinson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 433,306 370,653
Percentage 53.9% 46.1%
County Results
Senator before election

Tim Hutchinson
Republican

 Elected Senator

Mark Pryor
Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but lost re-election to Mark Pryor, whose father David had held the seat from 1979 to 1997.

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

Republican Jim Bob Duggar challenged Hutchinson in the primary.
Republican Primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tim Hutchinson 71,576 77.7%
Republican Jim Bob Duggar 20,546 22.3%
Total votes 92,116 100.0%

General Election

Debates

Results

Arkansas U.S. Senate Election 2002[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Pryor 435,347 53.9%
Republican Tim Hutchinson (Incumbent) 372,909 46.1%
Democratic gain from Republican

References

  1. ↑ "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-01-31.
  2. ↑ http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3
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