2002 United States Senate election in Michigan

Not to be confused with 2002 Michigan Senate election.

The 2002 United States Senate election in Michigan was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Carl Levin won re-election to a fifth term.

2002 United States Senate election in Michigan

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Nominee Carl Levin Rocky Raczkowski Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 1,896,614 1,185,545 Percentage 60.61% 37.89%

County results Levin:      40-50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80% Raczkowski:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%

U.S. senator before election Carl Levin Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Carl Levin Democratic

General election

Candidates

• Eric Borregard (Green)
• Doug Dern (Natural Law)
• Carl Levin, incumbent U.S. Senator (Democratic)
• John Mangopoulos (Reform)
• Rocky Raczkowski, State Representative from Farmington Hills (Republican)

Predictions

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

Results

Michigan U.S. Senate Election, 2002^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Carl Levin (incumbent)	1,896,614	60.61%	+2.25%
	Republican	Rocky Raczkowski	1,185,545	37.89%	−1.98%
	Green	Eric Borregard	23,931	0.76%	+0.76%
	Reform	John Mangopoulos	12,831	0.41%	+0.41%
	Natural Law	Doug Dern	10,366	0.33%	+0.03%
Majority			711,069	22.72%	+4.23%
Turnout			3,129,287
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

• Newaygo (Largest city: Fremont)
• Sanilac (Largest city: Sandusky)
• Ionia (largest city: Ionia)
• Clinton (largest city: St. Johns)
• Leelanau (largest settlement: Greilickville)

See also

• 2002 United States Senate elections