2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts
The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run. The lack of a Republican party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a U.S. Senate candidate in the Libertarian Party's history, though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016, and by Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in Arkansas in 2020. Kerry's support for the invasion of Iraq prompted a late write-in challenge by anti-war candidate Randall Forsberg.
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Democratic Primary
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | John F. Kerry (Incumbent) | 615,517 | 99.35% | |
| Write-in | 3,979 | 0.65% | ||
| Total votes | 619,496 | 100.00% | ||
Major candidates
Democratic
- John Kerry, incumbent U.S. Senator elected first in 1984
Libertarian
- Michael Cloud
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Democratic | John F. Kerry (incumbent) | 1,605,976 | 80.03% |  27.29 | |
| Libertarian | Michael Cloud | 369,807 | 18.43% | N/A | |
| Independent | Randall Forsberg (write-in) | 24,898 | 1.24% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 6,077 | 0.30% | 0.24 | ||
| Total votes | 2,006,758 | 100.00% | |||
See also
References
- "PD43+ >> 2002 U.S. Senate General Election". Massachusetts Elections Division. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
- Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives (2003-05-01). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002". U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 19.
External links
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