2002 United States Senate election in Virginia

The 2002 United States Senate election in Virginia was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Warner won re-election to a fifth term, making him one of only three Virginia U.S. Senators to serve five or more terms.[2] 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. As of 2020, this is the last Senate election in Virginia won by a Republican.

2002 United States Senate election in Virginia
November 4, 2002
Turnout29.0% (voting eligible)[1]
 
Nominee John Warner Nancy Spannaus Jacob Hornberger
Party Republican Independent Independent
Popular vote 1,229,894 145,102 106,055
Percentage 82.6% 9.7% 7.1%
County and independent city results
Warner:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%
U.S. senator before election

John Warner
Republican

 Elected U.S. Senator

John Warner
Republican

Elections in Virginia

Major candidates

Independents

Republican

Results
United States Senate election in Virginia, 2002[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Republican John Warner (incumbent) 1,229,894 82.58% +30.10%
Independent Nancy B. Spannaus 145,102 9.74%
Independent Jacob Hornberger 106,055 7.12%
Write-ins 8,371 0.56% +0.43%
Majority 1,084,792 72.83% +67.75%
Turnout 1,489,422
Republican hold Swing

References
  1. Dr. Michael McDonald (December 28, 2011). "2002 General Election Turnout Rates". George Mason University. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
  2. http://search.proquest.com/docview/423821298
  3. "The Free Lance-Star - Google News Archive Search".
  4. "2002 ELECTION STATISTICS".
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