2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election

none related races 2002 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election New Hampshire presidential no 2000 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2000 2004 New Hampshire gubernatorial election 2004 November 5, 2002 File:Gov Craig Benson on 9-11-04.JPG 150x150px Craig Benson Republican Party (United States) 259,663 58.62% 3x4.svg Mark Fernald Democratic Party (United States) 169,277 38.21% x245px County results x245px Municipality results Benson: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Fernald: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #0d056c >90% Governor Jeanne Shaheen Democratic Party (United States) Craig Benson Republican Party (United States) The 2002 New Hampshire gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002. Three-term incumbent Democratic governor Jeanne Shaheen opted to unsuccessfully run for the United States Senate rather than seek a fourth term as governor. Republican Craig Benson, a self-funded businessman, defeated Democrat Mark Fernald, a state senator, in the general election after both won contested primary elections. This was the only time a Republican was elected governor between 1994 and 2016. Democratic primary Candidates Mark Fernald, New Hampshire state senator Beverly Hollingworth, New Hampshire state senator Results Democratic Primary resultshttp://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/dgovsum.htm Summary D Gov May 25, 2011 June 7, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607030925/http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2004/dgovsum.htm dead Mark Fernald Democratic Party (United States) 34,683 53.28 Bev Hollingworth Democratic Party (United States) 27,777 42.67 Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 2,632 4.04 65,092 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Craig Benson, businessman Bruce Keough, former New Hampshire state senator Gordon J. Humphrey, former U.S. senator, 2000 Republican nominee for governor Robert Kingsbury, perennial candidate Joe Haas Bob Kroepel Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2002/rgovsum.htm Summary R Gov 2011-05-25 2011-06-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20110607023742/http://www.sos.nh.gov/stateprimary2002/rgovsum.htm dead Craig Benson Republican Party (United States) 56,099 36.65 Bruce Keough Republican Party (United States) 51,461 33.62 Gordon Humphrey Republican Party (United States) 42,698 27.90 Robert Kingsbury Republican Party (United States) 877 0.57 Joe Haas Republican Party (United States) 759 0.50 Bob Kroepel Republican Party (United States) 578 0.38 Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 575 0.38 153,047 100.00 General election Predictions SourceRankingAs ofThe Cook Political Reporthttp://www.cookpolitical.com:80/display.cfm?section=political&edit_id=225 https://web.archive.org/web/20021208065752/http://www.cookpolitical.com/display.cfm?section=political&edit_id=225 December 8, 2002 Governor Updated October 31, 2002 The Cook Political Report The Cook Political Report en October 31, 2002 September 18, 2018 dead mdy-all Lean R FlipOctober 31, 2002Sabato's Crystal Ballhttp://www.centerforpolitics.org:80/crystalball/governor_all.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021212142349/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/governor_all.htm December 12, 2002 Governors Races www.centerforpolitics.org en-US November 4, 2002 September 18, 2018 dead mdy-all Likely R FlipNovember 4, 2002 Results New Hampshire gubernatorial election, 2002STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ELECTIONS DIVISION STATE GENERAL ELECTION http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2002/sumgov.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20040512184119/http://www.sos.nh.gov:80/general2002/sumgov.htm 2025-05-18 2004-05-12 Republican Party (United States) Craig Benson 259,663 58.62% +14.86% Democratic Party (United States) Mark Fernald 169,277 38.21% -10.52% Libertarian Party (US) John Babiarz 13,028 2.94% +1.80% Write-ins 1,008 0.23% 90,386 20.40% +15.43% 442,976 Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) Results by county CountyCraig BensonRepublicanMark FernaldDemocraticAll othersMarginTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % Belknap 14,691 67.8% 6,385 29.5%5992.8% 8,306 48.3% 21,675 Carroll 12,596 66.1% 5,930 31.1%5412.9% 6,666 35.0% 19,067 Cheshire 11,595 45.1% 13,320 51.8%8043.1% -1,725 -6.7% 25,719 Coös 6,890 62.3% 3,823 34.6%3503.1% 3,067 25.7% 11,063 Grafton 16,182 54.3% 12,607 42.3%9973.3% 3,575 12.0% 29,786 Hillsborough 78,305 61.3% 45,324 35.5%4,2143.3% 32,981 25.8% 127,843 Merrimack 27,773 52.3% 23,711 44.6%1,6253.0% 4,062 7.7% 53,109 Rockingham 62,542 61.3% 36,342 35.6%3,0803.0% 26,200 26.7% 101,964 Strafford 21,352 55.9% 15,461 40.4%1,4103.7% 5,891 15.5% 38,223 Sullivan 7,737 53.3% 6,374 43.9%6142.9% 1,363 9.4% 14,257Totals259,66358.6%169,27738.2%14,0363.2%90,38620.4%442,976 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Coös (largest city: Berlin) Hillsborough (largest city: Manchester) Grafton (largest city: Lebanon) Merrimack (largest city: Concord) Strafford (largest city: Dover) Sullivan (largest city: Claremont) See also U.S. Gubernatorial Elections, 2002 References External links New Hampshire Secretary of State's office, election division Category:2002 United States gubernatorial elections 2002 Gubernatorial Category:Long stubs with short prose