2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico New Mexico presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in New Mexico 1996 2008 United States Senate election in New Mexico 2008 November 5, 2002 150x150px Pete Domenici official portrait 2.jpg Pete Domenici Republican Party (United States) 314,301 65.03% Gloria Tristani (cropped).jpg Gloria Tristani Democratic Party (United States) 169,039 34.97% 2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico results map by county.svg 230px County resultsDomenici: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90% Tristani: #7996e2 50–60% U.S. Senator Pete Domenici Republican Party (United States) Pete Domenici Republican Party (United States) The 2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici won re-election to a sixth term. To date, this is the last time a Republican won a U.S. Senate election in New Mexico. Along with Maine and Oregon, 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 Gloria Tristani, member of the Federal Communications Commission and former Corporation Commissioner of New Mexico Francesa Lobato Don E. Durham (write-in) Results Democratic primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2002/02primary/rsult000.htm New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for 2011-05-07 2006-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20060803020404/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2002/02primary/rsult000.htm dead Gloria Tristani Democratic Party (United States) 109,084 77.71% Francesa Lobato Democratic Party (United States) 31,228 22.24% Don E. Durham (write-in) Democratic Party (United States) 73 0.05% 140,385 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Pete Domenici, incumbent U.S. Senator Orlin G. Cole (write-in) Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2002/02primary/rsult000.htm New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for 2011-05-07 2006-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20060803020404/http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Main/Elections/2002/02primary/rsult000.htm dead Pete Domenici (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 91,898 99.93% Orlin G. Cole (write-in) Republican Party (United States) 62 0.07% 91,960 100.00% General election Candidates Pete Domenici (R), incumbent U.S. Senator Gloria Tristani (D), member of the Federal Communications Commission and former Corporation Commissioner of New Mexico 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 Safe RNovember 4, 2002 Results General election results2002 Nov 5 • General • United States Senator • State of New Mexico New Mexico Secretary of State https://electionstats.sos.nm.gov/contest/1169 2026-09-03 electionstats.sos.nm.gov Republican Party (United States) Pete Domenici (incumbent) 314,301 65.03% +0.31% Democratic Party (United States) Gloria Tristani 169,039 34.97% +5.18% 145,262 30.05% -4.90% 483,340 Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Guadalupe (largest city: Santa Rosa) Mora (largest city: Mora) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Santa Fe (largest city: Santa Fe) San Miguel (largest city: Las Vegas) Taos (largest city: Taos) See also 2002 United States Senate election References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Pete Domenici (R) for Senate Gloria Tristani (D) for Senate Category:2002 New Mexico elections New Mexico 2002