2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election Rhode Island Presidential 1998 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 1998 2006 Rhode Island gubernatorial election 2006 no November 5, 2002 File:Donald Carcieri (cropped).jpg 150x150px Donald Carcieri Republican Party (United States) 181,827 54.76% File:Myrth York 2011 (cropped).jpg Myrth York Democratic Party (United States) 150,229 45.24% 250px County results 250px Municipality results Carcieri: #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80%York: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Governor Lincoln Almond Republican Party (United States) Donald Carcieri Republican Party (United States) The 2002 Rhode Island gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican governor Lincoln Almond was term-limited. Republican Donald Carcieri won the open seat, defeating Democrat Myrth York. In the Republican primary election, Carcieri defeated James Bennett, who had won the endorsement of the state Republican Party.http://www.ripr.org/post/fung-moves-closer-capturing-republican-governor-endorsement#stream/0 Fung moves closer to capturing Republican governor endorsement Rhode Island Public Radio 2014-06-20 August 3, 2016 July 23, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20160803203721/http://ripr.org/post/fung-moves-closer-capturing-republican-governor-endorsement#stream/0 dead The 2002 campaign was particularly costly to York as she spent $3.8 million of her own money to finance what was to be her last bid for elected office. A key turning point in the campaign was when York criticized Carcieri for the actions of businesses he had been associated with but refused to answer Carcieri's request that she reveal what companies her personal assets were invested in.Fenton Josh Myrth York Leads New Anti-Cianci Group and Launches TV Ad https://www.golocalprov.com/politics/myrth-york-leads-new-anti-cianci-group-and-launches-tv-ad 2022-12-16 GoLocalProv en Republican primary A Republican primary was held on September 10. Candidates Donald Carcieri, businessman Jim Bennett Results Republican primary resultshttp://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php Rhode Island Board of Elections: Elections & Voting 2011-04-23 2011-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928133420/http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php dead Donald Carcieri Republican Party (United States) 17,227 66.91 James S. Bennett Republican Party (United States) 8,518 33.09 25,745 100.00 Results by county 210px|thumb|Results by county Carcieri #E27F90 Carcieri—50–60% #CC2F4A Carcieri—60–70% #D40000 Carcieri—70–80% CountyDonald CarcieriJames S. BennettTotal votes cast#%#%Bristol1,33767.15%65432.85%1,991Kent4,52977.01%1,35222.99%5,881Newport2,05558.56%1,45441.44%3,509Providence6,09162.00%3,733%38.00%9,824Washington3,30670.19%1,40429.81%4,710Totals17,22766.91%8,51833.09%25,745 Results by municipality 210px|thumb|Results by municipality Carcieri #E27F90 Carcieri—50–60% #CC2F4A Carcieri—60–70% #D40000 Carcieri—70–80% #AA0000 Carcieri—80–90% Bennett #FFDC43 Bennett—50–60% #DAAE00 Bennett—70–80% MunicipalityDonald CarcieriJames S. BennettTotal votes castTurnout#%#%%Barrington79670.38%33529.62%1,13112.3%Bristol34465.77%17934.23%5235.4%Burrillville 121 54.02% 103 45.98% 2243.2%Central Falls4464.71%2435.29%682.9%Charlestown13043.77%16756.23%2976.3%Coventry49067.96%23132.04%7214.1%Cranston1,22966.61%61633.39%1,8455.2%Cumberland36659.51%24940.49%6154.9%East Greenwich1,43189.94%16010.06%1,59119.3%East Providence53964.24%30035.76%8395.7%Exeter28871.64%11428.36%40214.3%Foster11369.75%4930.25%1626.4%Glocester14571.78%5728.22%2023.9%Hopkinton8849.16%9150.84%1794.5%Jamestown30068.18%14031.82%44013.5%Johnston13467.00%6633.00%2002.5%Lincoln1,08956.60%83543.40%1,92418.9%Little Compton16466.67%8233.33%24611.3%Middletown30962.30%18737.70%4967.1%Narragansett43871.69%17328.31%6116.2%New Shoreham1124.44%3475.56%454.6%Newport38155.22%30944.78%6908.0%North Kingstown1,38085.29%23814.71%1,61810.9%North Providence24474.85%8225.15%3263.0%North Smithfield22348.48%23751.52%4607.9%Pawtucket32856.36%25443.64%5823.2%Portsmouth70454.15%59645.85%1,30015.2%Providence62964.12%35235.88%9812.2%Richmond14968.98%6731.02%2165.8% Scituate31669.60%13830.40%4547.7%Smithfield37765.00%20335.00% 5805.8%South Kingstown54364.18%30335.82%8466.4%Tiverton19758.46%14041.54% 3374.7%Warren10663.46%6136.53%1672.6%Warwick2,04673.32%78327.68%2,8297.8%West Greenwich27956.25%21743.75% 4969.8%West Warwick20776.10%6523.90%2724.2%Westerly35575.85%11324.15%4684.4%Woonsocket 194 53.59% 168 46.41% 3622.9%Totals17,22766.91%8,51833.09%25,7456.3% Source:2002 Statewide Primary https://elections.ri.gov/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/ State of Rhode Island Board of Elections 18 July 2022 Democratic primary A Democratic primary was held on September 10. Candidates Antonio J. Pires, former Rhode Island state representative. Sheldon Whitehouse, Attorney General of Rhode Island, former U.S. attorney for the District of Rhode Island Myrth York, former Rhode Island senator, 1994 and 1998 Democratic nominee for governor Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesize Marginof error Pires Whitehouse York UndecidedTaubman Center for Public PolicyTaubman Center for Public PolicyAugust 31-September 2, 2002437± 5.0%13%26%32%29% Results 250px|thumb|Results by county York #BDD3FF York—30–40% #A5B0FF York—40–50% Whitehouse #FFC5DA Whitehouse—30–40% #FFAACC Whitehouse—40–50% 150px|thumb|Results by municipality York #BDD3FF York—30–40% #A5B0FF York—40–50% #7996E2 York—50–50% #6674DE York—60–70% Whitehouse #FFC5DA Whitehouse—30–40% #FFAACC Whitehouse—40–50% #FF80B2 Whitehouse—50–60% Pires #FFEEAA Pires—30–40% #FFDD55 Pires—40–50% Democratic primary resultshttp://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php Rhode Island Board of Elections: Elections & Voting 2011-04-23 2011-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20110928133420/http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/statewideprimary/summary.php dead Myrth York Democratic Party (United States) 46,806 39.16 Sheldon Whitehouse Democratic Party (United States) 45,880 38.39 Antonio J. Pires Democratic Party (United States) 26,838 22.45 119,524 100.00 Results by county CountyAntonio J. PiresSheldon WhitehouseMyrth YorkTotal votes cast#%#%#%Bristol1,27727.67%1,68236.45%1,65635.88%4,615Kent3,01419.31%6,26540.13%6,33340.56%15,612Newport1,03215.41%2,94343.93%2,72440.66%6,699Providence19,40424.13%30,31137.70%30,68738.17%80,402Washington2,11117.31%4,67938.37%5,40644.33%12,196Totals26,83822.45%45,88038.39%46,80639.16%119,524 Results by municipality MunicipalityAntonio J. PiresSheldon WhitehouseMyrth YorkTotal votes castTurnout#%#%#%%Barrington27817.46%69243.47%62239.07%1,59216.5%Bristol71035.52%64232.12%64732.37%1,99915.8%Burrillville 194 17.67% 436 39.71% 468 42.62% 1,09812.8%Central Falls59340.15%36224.51%52235.34%1,47729.0%Charlestown7515.89%16835.59%22948.52%47210.1%Coventry57720.67%1,06138.02%1,15341.31%2,79113.5%Cranston1,84319.68%3,81840.76%3,70639.56%9,36720.5%Cumberland2,00539.87%1,69933.78%1,32526.35%5,02924.9%East Greenwich15518.15%33739.46%36242.39%85410.6%East Providence2,02533.65%1,87831.21%2,11435.13%6,01724.6%Exeter6116.18%14638.73%17045.09%37711.5%Foster4117.23%8535.71%11247.06%2389.3%Glocester9618.64%21942.52%20038.83%5158.9%Hopkinton258.56%13646.58%13144.86%2926.7%Jamestown15016.78%34838.93%39644.30%89423.9%Johnston1,19319.24%2,81745.44%2,19035.32%6,20031.7%Lincoln77032.24%90237.77%71629.98%2,38818.9%Little Compton4816.27%13646.10%11137.63%29513.3%Middletown13814.35%42043.66%40442.00%96212.2%Narragansett66322.29%1,20840.62%1,10337.09%2,97424.3%New Shoreham1516.13%2021.51%5862.37%937.8%Newport25811.34%1,17151.47%84637.19%2,27520.2%North Kingstown43217.92%91537.95%1,06444.13%2,41114.8%North Providence1,16319.77%2,83048.10%1,89132.14%5,88423.5%North Smithfield26321.06%56745.40%41933.55%1,24917.6%Pawtucket4,34849.49%1,89121.53%2,54628.98%8,78525.6%Portsmouth25817.40%58739.58%63843.02%1,48315.3%Providence3,72614.23%10,03538.34%12,41447.43%26,17528.7%Richmond5214.09%12834.69%18951.22%3699.0% Scituate14124.06%21436.52%23139.42%58610.0%Smithfield45323.03%81041.18%70435.79% 1,96715.9%South Kingstown57516.45%1,21334.70%1,70848.86%3,49622.4%Tiverton18022.78%28135.57%32941.65% 7908.3%Warren28928.22%34833.98%38737.79%1,02412.8%Warwick1,71919.08%3,57139.64%3,71941.28%9,00917.2%West Greenwich5720.21%11340.07%11239.72% 2829.8%West Warwick50618.91%1,18344.21%98736.88%2,67618.5%Westerly21312.44%74543.52%75444.04%1,71213.0%Woonsocket 550 16.05% 1,748 51.01% 1,129 32.94% 3,42717.7%Totals26,83822.45%45,88038.39%46,80639.16%119,52420.4% Source: 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 TossupOctober 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 Lean D FlipNovember 4, 2002 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error DonaldCarcieri (R) MyrthYork (D) Other /UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 28–30, 2002 593 (LV) ± 4.2% 48% 45% 7% Results Rhode Island gubernatorial election, 2002http://www.elections.state.ri.us/elections/results/2002/generalelection/governor.php March 2022 Republican Party (United States) Donald Carcieri 181,827 54.76% +3.76% Democratic Party (United States) Myrth York 150,229 45.24% +3.24% 31,598 9.52% +0.52% 332,056 Republican Party (United States) By county Donald CarcieriRepublican Myrth YorkDemocratic County Votes % Votes % Bristol10,70758.6%7,55541.4% Kent36,47060.2%24,13939.8% Newport17,00857.8%12,40842.2% Providence89,69750.5%87,81849.5% Washington27,94560.4%18,30939.6% Notes References See also 2002 Rhode Island Gubernatorial Category:November 2002 in the United States