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Elections were held in the United States on November 5, 2002, in the middle of Republican President George W. Bush's first term. Republicans won unified control of Congress, picking up seats in both chambers of Congress, making Bush the first president since Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934 to gain seats in both houses of Congress.
This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up during the 2000 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 2000 census. Although it was a midterm election under a Republican president, the Republican Party made a net gain of eight seats, giving the party their largest majority since 1995.
The Democratic Party leadership election was held on 1 December 2002 for the 30-member 5th Central Committee of the Democratic Party in Hong Kong, including chairman and two vice-chairman posts. Incumbent vice-chairman was elected as chairman uncontestedly, succeeding founding chairman Martin Lee Chu-ming .
On 22 September 2002, Evžen Tošenovský announced his candidacy. [3] Jan Zahradil reacted with an announcement that he will run against Tošenovský. [4] Tošenovský withdrew from election on 8 November 2002. He was the only official candidate at the time. [5] In early November 2002, Mirek Topolánek and Miroslava Němcová announced their ...
California's 4th congressional district election, 2002 Party Candidate Votes % Republican: John Doolittle : 147,997 : 64.77 : Democratic: Mark A. Norberg 72,860 31.89 Libertarian: Allen M. Roberts 7,247 3.17 No party: Bill Kirby 401 0.18 No party: Phillip James Parisius 1 0.00 Invalid or blank votes 7,518 3.19 Total votes 236,024
The 2002 United States state legislative elections were held on November 5, 2002, halfway through President George W. Bush's first term in office. This was a unique election in which the incumbent Republican party performed surprisingly well for a midterm election.
On November 5, 2002, Washington, D.C., held an election for its mayor, with incumbent Democratic mayor Anthony A. Williams easily defeating Carol Schwartz, the Republican nominee. Both the Democratic primary and the Republican primary elections were held on September 10, 2002.
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.