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Elections / 2002 · US Senate

The 2002 Senate map

34 Senate contests were decided in 2002: Democrats won 12, Republicans 22. Every contest below links to its page with the state's full Senate history.

2002 US Senate elections
2002 Senate margin by stateA map of the United States with each state filled by its 2002 result — deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), and gold where an independent or third-party candidate carried the state.Alabama · R+18.8Alaska · R+67.7Arizona · —Colorado · R+4.9Florida · —Georgia · R+6.8Indiana · —Kansas · R+82.5Maine · R+16.9Massachusetts · D+81.0Minnesota · R+1.7New Jersey · D+9.9North Carolina · R+8.6North Dakota · —Oklahoma · R+21.0Pennsylvania · —South Dakota · D+0.2Texas · R+12.0Wyoming · R+45.9Connecticut · —Missouri · R+1.1West Virginia · D+26.2Illinois · D+22.3New Mexico · R+30.1Arkansas · D+7.8California · —Delaware · D+17.4District of Columbia · —Hawaii · —Iowa · D+10.4Kentucky · R+29.4Maryland · —Michigan · D+22.7Mississippi · R+84.6Montana · D+31.0New Hampshire · R+4.4New York · —Ohio · —Oregon · R+16.6Tennessee · R+9.9Utah · —Virginia · R+83.0Washington · —Wisconsin · —Nebraska · R+68.1South Carolina · R+10.2Idaho · R+32.6Nevada · —Vermont · —Louisiana · D+0.3Rhode Island · D+56.9
2002Senate margin
D+60
R+60
States with a Senate contest in 2002, each filled by its result. States without a seat up this cycle are faint.
Smaller states, enlarged
NHR+4.4MAD+81.0RID+56.9NJD+9.9DED+17.4
Blue and red show the Democratic-vs-Republican margin; gold marks a seat an independent won (e.g. Vermont or Maine). Where a state ran two contests in one year, the map shows the regular-cycle result.
Cycle summary
Wins by party — seats decided this cycle, not the resulting chamber balance.
Contests
34
Democratic wins
12
Republican wins
22
Democratic 1212Republican 2222
Every contest
Statewide totals; candidate-level detail joins when the raw store is re-fetched with names.
StateWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
AlaskaR
−67.7%
24,133179,438229,257
AlabamaR
−18.8%
538,878792,5611,351,673
ArkansasD
+7.8%
433,386370,735804,121
ColoradoR
−4.9%
648,130717,8931,415,486
DelawareD
+17.4%
135,25394,793232,314
GeorgiaR
−6.8%
932,4221,071,3522,031,604
IowaD
+10.4%
554,278447,8921,022,374
IdahoR
−32.6%
132,975266,215408,544
IllinoisD
+22.3%
2,103,7661,325,7033,486,851
KansasR
−82.5%
0641,075776,850
KentuckyR
−29.4%
399,634731,6791,131,313
LouisianaD
+0.3%
1,235,5541,229,3442,481,629
MassachusettsD
+81.0%
1,605,97601,981,860
MaineR
−16.9%
209,858295,041504,899
MichiganD
+22.7%
1,896,6141,185,5453,129,287
MinnesotaR
−1.7%
1,078,6271,116,6972,252,836
MissouriR
−1.1%
913,778935,0321,877,620
MississippiR
−84.6%
0533,269630,495
MontanaD
+31.0%
204,853103,611326,537
North CarolinaR
−8.6%
1,047,9831,248,6642,330,454
NebraskaR
−68.1%
70,290397,438480,217
New HampshireR
−4.4%
207,478227,229444,739
New JerseyD
+9.9%
1,138,193928,4392,112,604
New MexicoR
−30.1%
168,863314,193483,056
OklahomaR
−21.0%
369,789583,5791,018,424
OregonR
−16.6%
501,898712,2871,267,221
Rhode IslandD
+56.9%
253,77469,808323,582
South CarolinaR
−10.2%
487,359600,0101,102,245
South DakotaD
+0.2%
167,481166,949337,501
TennesseeR
−9.9%
728,232891,4981,642,076
TexasR
−12.0%
1,955,7582,496,2434,512,590
VirginiaR
−83.0%
01,229,8941,481,051
West VirginiaD
+26.2%
275,281160,902436,183
WyomingR
−45.9%
49,570133,710183,280