2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts Massachusetts presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Massachusetts 2008 November 5, 2002 150x150px John Kerry headshot with US flag (2).jpg John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) 1,605,976 80.03% 3x4.svg Michael Cloud Libertarian Party (United States) 369,807 18.43% 300px County results 300px| Municipality results 300px| Precinct results 1 250px Kerry: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% #3933E5 80–90% #0D0596 >90% U.S. Senator John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) John Kerry Democratic Party (United States) The 2002 United States Senate election in Massachusetts took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator John Kerry won re-election to a fourth term against Libertarian Michael Cloud, with no Republican filing to run. Kerry won every county, congressional district, municipality, and precinct in the state. The lack of a Republican Party candidate caused Cloud to receive the largest percentage of votes for a U.S. Senate candidate in the Libertarian Party's history at that time, though this record has since been eclipsed by Joe Miller in Alaska in 2016 and Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. in Arkansas in 2020. Cloud also won the largest number of raw votes for a Libertarian candidate at the time, since eclipsed by Harrington. Kerry's support for the invasion of Iraq also prompted a late write-in challenge by anti-war candidate Randall Forsberg. Democratic primary Democratic primary results John F. Kerry (Incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 615,517 99.35% 3,979 0.65% 619,496 100.00% General election Candidates Michael Cloud (Libertarian) Randall Forsberg, anti-war activist (Independent, write-in) John Kerry, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1985 (Democratic) 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 DNovember 4, 2002 Results thumb|200px|County Flips: Democratic #92c5de Hold #0671b0 Flip 2002 U.S. Senate election in Massachusettshttp://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/view/19973/ Massachusetts Elections Division PD43+ >> 2002 U.S. Senate General Election July 23, 2018Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives 2003-05-01 Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002 https://history.house.gov/Institution/Election-Statistics/2002election/ 19 U.S. Government Printing Office Democratic Party (United States) John Kerry (incumbent) 1,605,976 80.03% 27.29 Libertarian Party (United States) Michael Cloud 369,807 18.43% N/A Independent (politician) Randall Forsberg (write-in) 24,898 1.24% N/A 6,077 0.30% 0.24 2,006,758 100.00% By county CountyJohn KerryDemocraticMichael CloudLibertarianAll others#%#%#%Barnstable70,39376.5%20,69622.5%9721.1%Berkshire34,52185.6%5,42413.4%3981.0%Bristol122,10483.0%24,48916.6%5040.3%Dukes5,48784.3%86413.3%1612.5%Essex186,30979.6%45,95619.6%1,9160.8%Franklin18,65476.6%3,75715.4%1,9508.0%Hampden100,61681.7%21,69617.6%7780.7%Hampshire39,44878.1%7,39814.6%3,6947.3%Middlesex395,08779.0%91,95118.4%13,1032.6%Nantucket3,00882.6%60416.6%290.8%Norfolk192,34279.9%45,23518.8%3,0801.3%Plymouth123,59777.7%34,62321.8%8120.5%Suffolk129,02684.9%20,63413.6%2,2381.5%Worcester185,38479.5%46,48019.9%1,3400.6% Totals1,605,97680.0%369,80718.4%30,9751.5% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Barnstable (largest municipality: Barnstable) Essex (largest municipality: Lynn) Hampden (largest municipality: Springfield) Plymouth (largest municipality: Brockton) Worcester (largest municipality: Worcester) See also 2002 United States Senate elections References External links 2002 Statewide Election results Official campaign websites (archived) John Kerry (D) for Senate Michael Cloud (L) for Senate United States Senate Massachusetts Category:John Kerry 2002