2002 Vermont gubernatorial election

none related races 2002 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 April 2018 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election Vermont presidential 2002 11 5 no 2000 Vermont gubernatorial election 2000 2004 Vermont gubernatorial election 2004 File:Jim Douglas-2009 (cropped).jpg 150x150px Jim Douglas Republican Party (United States) 103,436 44.94% File:Douglas A. Racine 1974 Edit.jpg Democratic Party (United States) Doug Racine 97,565 42.39% 3x4.svg Independent Cornelius Hogan 22,353 9.71% x220px County results x220px Municipality results Douglas: #ffc8cd 30–40% #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #c21b18 80–90%Racine: #bdd3ff 30–40% #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996E2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Governor Howard Dean Democratic Party (United States) Jim Douglas Republican Party (United States) The 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic Governor Howard Dean did not run for re-election to a sixth full term as governor of Vermont. Republican Jim Douglas defeated Democratic candidate Doug Racine and independent candidate Cornelius "Con" Hogan, among others, to succeed him. Since no candidate received a majority in the popular vote, Douglas was elected by the Vermont General Assembly, as required by the state constitution.General Election Results - Governor - 1789-2012 https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/308153/stoff1gov.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 31 December 2014 The race was very close, with Douglas prevailing by just under 6,000 votes or 2.56%. In Vermont, if no candidate for governor, lieutenant governor, or treasurer receives 50% of the popular vote, then the Vermont General Assembly picks the winner. In practice, the general assembly almost always chooses the candidate who obtained a plurality. Racine conceded to Douglas, who was selected by the general assembly. Douglas's strong performance in Montpelier and Rutland carried him to victory. Racine did well in populous Burlington and greater Chittenden County, but it was not enough to overcome Douglas's advantage. Douglas was reelected three more times. Racine ran for governor again in 2010, but narrowly lost the Democratic primary to Peter Shumlin. Shumlin won the general election and chose Racine to be his Secretary of Human Services. Racine stepped down from that post in 2014. Democratic primary Results Democratic primary resultsPrimary Election Results https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62899/p2002.pdf Office of the Vermont Secretary of State 30 December 2014 31 December 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141231001355/https://www.sec.state.vt.us/media/62899/p2002.pdf dead Democratic Party (United States) Doug Racine 25,522 99.1 Democratic Party (United States) Other 232 0.9 25,754 100 Republican primary Results Republican primary results Republican Party (United States) Jim Douglas 23,366 96.7 Republican Party (United States) Other 789 3.3 24,155 100 Progressive primary Results Progressive primary results Vermont Progressive Party Michael J. Badamo 931 54.2 Vermont Progressive Party Peter Diamondstone 412 24.0 Vermont Progressive Party Other 376 21.8 1,719 100 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 R FlipNovember 4, 2002 Results 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election2002 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Vermont http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2002&fips=50&f=1&off=5&elect=0&minper=0 U.S. Election Atlas 30 December 2014 Vermont Republican Party Jim Douglas 103,436 44.94 +6.99% Vermont Democratic Party Doug Racine 97,565 42.39 -8.06% Independent Cornelius Hogan 22,353 9.71 N/A United States Marijuana Party Cris Ericson 1,737 0.75 N/A Vermont Progressive Party Michael Badamo 1,380 0.60 N/A Vermont Libertarian Party Joel Williams 938 0.41 +0.14% Grassroots Party Patricia Hejny 771 0.33 -0.13% Restore Justice-Freedom Marilynn Christian 638 0.28 N/A Liberty Union Party Peter Diamondstone 625 0.27 +0.16% Independent Brian Pearl 569 0.25 N/A Write-in Write-ins 149 0.06 -0.03% 230,161 100.00% Results by county County Jim DouglasRepublican Doug RacineDemocratic Con HoganIndependent Various candidates Margin Total votes cast # % # % # % # % # % Addison 7,305 48.5% 6,354 42.2% 1,098 7.3% 313 2.1% 951 6.3% 15,070 Bennington 6,440 48.6% 5,125 38.7% 1,078 8.1% 595 4.5% 1,315 9.9% 13,238 Caledonia 5,501 55.5% 3,321 33.5% 853 8.6% 228 2.3% 2,180 22.0% 9,903 Chittenden 24,356 43.3% 26,249 46.4% 4,631 8.2% 1,196 2.1% -1,713 -3.1% 56,612 Essex 1,269 62.6% 540 26.7% 126 6.2% 91 4.5% 729 35.9% 2,026 Franklin 7,383 49.5% 5,677 38.1% 1,506 10.1% 346 2.3% 1,706 11.4% 14,912 Grand Isle 1,577 49.8% 1,180 37.3% 317 10.0% 92 2.9% 397 12.5% 3,166 Lamoille 3,854 42.6% 3,508 38.8% 1,433 15.8% 254 2.8% 346 3.8% 9,049 Orange 5,035 44.7% 4,634 41.2% 1,214 10.8% 371 3.3% 401 3.5% 11,254 Orleans 4,734 51.9% 2,900 31.8% 1,237 13.6% 258 2.8% 1,834 20.1% 9,129 Rutland 11,883 52.2% 8,538 37.5% 1,572 6.9% 751 3.3% 3,345 14.7% 22,744 Washington 9,015 36.7% 10,151 41.3% 4,855 19.8% 547 2.2% -1,136 -4.6% 24,568 Windham 6,054 35.9% 8,884 52.7% 885 5.3% 1,028 6.1% -2,830 -16.8% 16,851 Windsor 8,850 40.9% 10,504 48.5% 1,548 7.2% 737 3.4% -1,654 -7.6% 21,639Totals103,43644.9%97,56542.4%22,3539.7%6,8073.0%5,8712.5%230,161 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Addison (largest municipality: Middlebury) Bennington (largest municipality: Bennington) Grand Isle (largest municipality: Alburgh) Lamoille (largest municipality: Morristown) Orange (largest city: Randolph) Rutland (largest municipality: Rutland) See also 2002 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont References Vermont 2002 Gubernatorial Category:Contingent elections in Vermont