2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi
	County results; Cochran: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; Thad Cochran; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Thad Cochran; Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42%. O'Hara's percentage of the vote was more than double Ross Perot's statewide total of 5.84% in the 1996 presidential election. His percentage was also the highest percentage for a Reform candidate in a Senate election.

Major candidates edit

Reform edit

Shawn O'Hara, perennial candidate

Republican edit

Thad Cochran, incumbent U.S. Senator

General election edit

Predictions edit

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[1]	Safe R	November 4, 2002

Results edit

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Cochran (incumbent)	533,269	84.58%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	97,226	15.42%
Majority			436,043	69.16%
Turnout			630,495
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican edit

Wilkinson (Largest city: Centreville)
Claiborne (largest municipality: Port Gibson)
Holmes (Largest city: Durant)

References edit

^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[1] "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[2] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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