2002 United States Senate election in Oregon

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon Oregon presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Oregon 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Oregon 2008 November 5, 2002 150x150px Gordon Smith official portrait (cropped).jpg Gordon Smith Republican Party (United States) 712,287 56.21% Bill Bradbury (cropped).jpg Bill Bradbury Democratic Party (United States) 501,898 39.61% 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon results map by county.svg 260px County results Smith: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Bradbury: #7996e2 50–60% Senator Gordon Smith Republican Party (United States) Gordon Smith Republican Party (United States) The 2002 United States Senate election in Oregon was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Gordon Smith ran for re-election to a second term. Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury emerged as the Democratic nominee, and though a competitive gubernatorial election occurred at the same time, Bradbury's campaign was never able to gain traction and Smith overwhelmingly won re-election (Bradbury only carried Multnomah County). As of , this is the last time the Republicans have won a U.S. Senate election in Oregon or any mainland West Coast states. Along with Maine and New Mexico, this was one of the three Republican-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Al Gore won in the 2000 presidential election. Democratic primary Candidates Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State Craig Hanson Greg Haven Results Democratic primary resultshttp://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873551 Content Manager WebDrawer - 2002 Primary Election Official Results August 22, 2019 August 22, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190822165449/http://records.sos.state.or.us/ORSOSWebDrawer/Recordpdf/6873551 dead Bill Bradbury Democratic Party (United States) 279,792 85.89% Craig Hanson Democratic Party (United States) 27,472 8.43% Greg Haven Democratic Party (United States) 13,995 4.30% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 4,480 1.38% 325,739 100.00% Republican primary Gordon Smith, incumbent United States Senator Results Republican primary results Gordon Smith (Incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 306,504 98.89% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 3,439 1.11% 309,943 100.00% General election Campaign Smith, who had only served one term in the U.S. Senate, had slightly lower than a 50% approval rating before the summer of 2002 began.https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/08/us/a-senate-candidate-s-refrain-could-you-stretch-it-to-500.html?pagewanted=1 A Senate Candidate's Refrain: 'Could You Stretch It to $500?' The New York Times 8 June 2002 Berke Richard L. By July 2002, Smith had raised over $5 million, while Bradbury raised only about $1 million.Madden Mike Smith, Hooley maintain comfortable fund-raising leads http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/offers.html?url=%2FUSAToday%2Faccess%2F139583561.html%3FFMT%3DFT%26FMTS%3DABS%3AFT%26type%3Dcurrent%26date%3DJul%2B16%252C%2B2002%26author%3DMIKE%2BMADDEN%26pub%3DUSA%2BTODAY%26desc%3DSmith%252C%2BHooley%2Bmaintain%2Bcomfortable%2Bfund-raising%2Bleads USA Today July 16, 2002 https://web.archive.org/web/20121114111441/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/offers.html?url=%2FUSAToday%2Faccess%2F139583561.html%3FFMT%3DFT%26FMTS%3DABS%3AFT%26type%3Dcurrent%26date%3DJul%2B16%252C%2B2002%26author%3DMIKE%2BMADDEN%26pub%3DUSA%2BTODAY%26desc%3DSmith%252C%2BHooley%2Bmaintain%2Bcomfortable%2Bfund-raising%2Bleads November 14, 2012 Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal Ballhttp://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021118115505/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm November 18, 2002 Senate Races www.centerforpolitics.org en-US November 4, 2002 June 25, 2021 dead mdy-all Likely RNovember 4, 2002 Results United States Senate election in Oregon, 2002Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 38 Republican Party (United States) Gordon H. Smith (Incumbent) 712,287 56.21% +6.41% Democratic Party (United States) Bill Bradbury 501,898 39.61% -6.30% Libertarian Party (United States) Dan Fitzgerald 29,979 2.37% +1.43% Constitution Party (United States) Lon Mabon 21,703 1.71% Write-ins 1,354 0.11% 210,389 16.60% +12.71% 1,267,221 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Clatsop (largest city: Astoria) Lane (largest city: Eugene) Lincoln (largest city: Newport) Benton (largest city: Corvallis) See also 2002 United States Senate elections References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Gordon Smith (R) for Senate Bill Bradbury (D) for Senate Senate Oregon 2002