2002 United States Senate election in Maine

2002 election in Maine, United States March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Maine Maine presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Maine 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Maine 2008 November 5, 2002 155x155px 2008 Susan Collins 2 by 3 crop.jpg Susan Collins Republican Party (United States) 295,041 58.44% Pingree-chellie.jpg Chellie Pingree Democratic Party (United States) 209,858 41.56% 280px County results 280px Municipality results Collins: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90% #a80000 >90%Pingree: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Tie: #AE8BB1 50% U.S. Senator Susan Collins Republican Party (United States) Susan Collins Republican Party (United States) The 2002 United States Senate election in Maine was held November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins won re-election to a second term. Along with Oregon 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. Candidates Democratic Chellie Pingree, State Senator and Senate Majority Leader Republican Susan Collins, incumbent U.S. Senator since 1997 General election Campaign Pingree attacked Collins for supporting the Bush tax cuts.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9KVJAAAAIBAJ&pg=4390,4071363 Bangor Daily News Senate rivals clash on federal tax cuts Walter Griffin October 30, 2002 news.google.com Both candidates opposed the Iraq War in the fall of 2002.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gJk0AAAAIBAJ&pg=1507,4158086 Sun Journal Collins, Pingree oppose invasion AP August 24, 2002 news.google.com However, Collins then supported the congressional resolution to attack Iraq, while Pingree opposed it.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=76VJAAAAIBAJ&pg=3854,1996336 Collins, Pingree divided on Iraq Walter Griffin October 23, 2002 Bangor Daily News news.google.com Collins, a popular moderate, was supported by health care groups, environmentalists and gay rights advocates. She handily defeated Pingree in one of the first U.S. Senate elections in which both major parties nominated women in U.S. history.http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/11/05/elec02.me.s.hotrace/ CNN.com - Collins wins re-election in Maine, CNN projects - Nov. 6, 2002 CNN Debate + 2002 United States Senate election in Maine debate No. Number Date Host Moderator Link Republican DemocraticKey:black #90ff90  P  Participant  black #FFFFDD  A  Absent  black #ff9090  N  Not invited  black #CCFFCC  I  Invited #f0e68c W Withdrawn Susan Collins Chellie Pingree1 Oct. 19, 2002 Maine Public Barbara CariddiCharlotte Renner C-SPAN P P 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 General election resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm 2002 ELECTION STATISTICS clerk.house.gov Republican Party (United States) Susan Collins (incumbent) 295,041 58.44% +9.25% Democratic Party (United States) Chellie Pingree 209,858 41.56% -2.31% 85,183 16.87% +11.57% 504,899 100.00% N/A Republican Party (United States) Results by county CountySusan CollinsRepublicanChellie PingreeDemocraticMarginTotal votes cast#%#%#%Androscoggin20,09555.2%16,31244.8%3,78310.4%36,407Aroostook17,86968.3%8,28731.7%9,58236.6%26,156Cumberland64,12356.1%50,09543.9%14,02812.2%114,218Franklin6,55557.9%4,77342.1%1,78215.8%11,328Hancock13,39957.5%9,88542.5%3,51415.0%23,284Kennebec24,72453.4%21,61546.6%3,1096.8%46,339Knox8,69152.6%7,83147.4%8605.2%16,522Lincoln9,60959.3%6,58940.7%3,02018.6%16,198Oxford11,82157.4%8,78842.6%3,03314.8%20,609Penobscot35,02463.1%20,50536.9%14,51926.2%55,529Piscataquis4,63365.3%2,45934.7%2,17430.6%7,092Sagadahoc8,40356.8%6,38443.2%2,01913.6%14,787Somerset10,35357.4%7,68542.6%2,66814.8%18,038Waldo8,48957.6%6,23842.4%2,25115.2%14,727Washington7,69765.5%4,05034.5%3,64731.0%11,747York43,55660.6%28,36239.4%15,19421.2%71,918Totals295,04158.4%209,85841.6%85,18316.8%504,899 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Androscoggin (largest city: Lewiston) Cumberland (largest municipality: Portland) Kennebec (largest city: Augusta) right 300px Shift by county 300px Trend by county Legend #d40000 Republican — >15% #ff0000 Republican — +12.5−15% #ff2a2a Republican — +10−12.5% #ff5555 Republican — +7.5−10% #ff8080 Republican — +5−7.5% #ffaaaa Republican — +2.5−5% #ffd5d5 Republican — +0−2.5% #d5f6ff Democratic — +0−2.5% #aaeeff Democratic — +2.5−5% #77e3ff Democratic — +5−7.5% #4bdbff Democratic — +7.5-10% #09ceff Democratic — +10−12.5% #00bdec Democratic — +12.5−15% #00a1c8 Democratic — >15% 300px County flips Legend Republican #f48882 Hold #ca0120 Flip See also 2002 United States Senate election References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Susan Collins (R) for Senate Chellie Pingree (D) for Senate Category:2002 Maine elections Maine 2002