2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky

The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell won re-election to a fourth term. This election was McConnell's biggest margin of victory to date. It is the only election in which he won Franklin County, and the most recent in which he won urban Jefferson and Fayette counties. The latter two were the only Kentucky counties won by either Hillary Clinton in 2016 or Joe Biden in 2020, signifying their leftward drift. == Republican primary == === Candidates === Mitch McConnell, incumbent U.S. senator === Results === McConnell was unopposed. == Democratic primary == === Candidates === Tom Barlow, former U.S. representative from Paducah (1993–95) Lois Combs Weinberg, vice chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky === Results === == General election == === Candidates === Mitch McConnell (R), incumbent U.S. senator Lois Combs Weinberg (D), vice chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky === Predictions === === Polling === === Results === ==== Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican ==== Magoffin (largest city: Salyersville) Webster (largest city: Providence) Morgan (largest city: West Liberty) Henderson (largest city: Henderson) Letcher (largest city: Jenkins) Muhlenberg (largest city: Central City) Fulton (largest city: Fulton) Bath (largest city: Owingsville) Marion (largest city: Lebanon) Menifee (largest city: Frenchburg) Rowan (largest city: Morehead) Jefferson (largest city: Louisville) Carlisle (largest city: Bardwell) Livingston (largest city: Salem) Hopkins (largest city: Madisonville) Marshall (largest city: Benton) Graves (largest city: Mayfield) Hickman (largest city: Clinton) Lyon (largest city: Eddyville) Montgomery (largest city: Mount Sterling) Union (largest city: Morganfield) Perry (largest city: Hazard) Ballard (largest city: LaCenter) Boyd (largest city: Ashland) Harlan (largest city: Cumberland) == See also == 2002 United States Senate election == Notes == == References ==