2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas

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 was defeated by Democratic candidate Mark Pryor, whose father David had held the seat from 1979 to 1997.

2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas

November 5, 2002
 
Nominee Mark Pryor Tim Hutchinson
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 435,347 372,909
Percentage 53.9% 46.1%

County results
Pryor:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Hutchinson:      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election

Tim Hutchinson
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

Mark Pryor
Democratic

Major candidates

Democratic

Republican

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

General election

Debates

Results

2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Pryor 435,347 53.9%
Republican Tim Hutchinson (incumbent) 372,909 46.1%
Total votes 808,256 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

See also

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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