2002 United States Senate election in Wyoming

The 2002 United States Senate election in Wyoming was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mike Enzi won re-election to a second term.

2002 United States Senate election in Wyoming

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Nominee Mike Enzi Joyce Corcoran Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 133,710 49,570 Percentage 72.95% 27.05%

County results Precinct results Enzi:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Corcoran:      50–60% Tie:      50%      No votes

U.S. senator before election Mike Enzi Republican Elected U.S. Senator Mike Enzi Republican

Democratic primary

Candidates

• Joyce Corcoran, Mayor of Lander^[1]

Results

Democratic primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joyce Corcoran	30,548	100.00%
Total votes			30,548	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

• Mike Enzi, incumbent U.S. Senator
• Crosby Allen, Fremont County Commissioner

Results

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Enzi (Incumbent)	78,612	85.87%
	Republican	Crosby Allen	12,931	14.13%
Total votes			91,543	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Joyce Corcoran (D), Mayor of Lander
• Mike Enzi (R), incumbent U.S. Senator

Campaign

Enzi stated that his top priorities were education, jobs, national security and retirement security.^[3] He had $485,000 cash on hand in June 2002, when Corcoran first filed.^[4]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5]	Safe R	November 4, 2002

Results

General election results^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Mike Enzi (Incumbent)	133,710	72.95%	+18.90%
	Democratic	Joyce Corcoran	49,570	27.05%	−15.17%
Majority			84,140	45.91%	+34.06%
Turnout			183,280
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Albany (Largest city: Laramie)
• Sweetwater (Largest city: Rock Springs)
• Carbon (Largest city: Rawlins)
• Uinta (Largest city: Evanston)

See also

• 2002 United States Senate election