2002 United States Senate election in Iowa

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa Iowa Flag of Iowa (xrmap collection).svg presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Iowa 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Iowa 2008 November 5, 2002 File:Tom Harkin official portrait (cropped).jpg 150x150px Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) 554,278 54.18% File:Greg Ganske's Official Portrait.jpg Greg Ganske Republican Party (United States) 447,892 43.78% 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa results map by county.svg 240px County results Harkin: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% Ganske: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #c21b18 80–90% U.S. Senator Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin Democratic Party (United States) The 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fourth term in office. Harkin was opposed in the general election by U.S. Congressman Greg Ganske, who fought off a difficult challenger in the Republican primary. Though Harkin narrowly defeated his opponent six years earlier, he was able to defeat Ganske by a comfortable margin to win re-election. Democratic primary Candidates Tom Harkin, incumbent United States Senator Results Democratic primary resultsElection: 2002 Primary Election (6/4/2002) https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/pdf/2002/results/PRI_USSenator.pdf State of Iowa Secretary of State Tom Harkin (incumbent) Democratic Party (United States) 83,505 99.34% Write-ins Democratic Party (United States) 555 0.66% 84,060 100.00% Republican primary Candidates Greg Ganske, U.S. Representative from Des Moines Bill Salier, hog farmer Results Republican primary results Greg Ganske Republican Party (United States) 116,229 58.97% Bill Salier Republican Party (United States) 80,700 40.95% Write-ins Republican Party (United States) 167 0.08% 197,096 100.00% General election Debates Complete video of debate, October 6, 2002 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 Lean DNovember 4, 2002 Polling Poll source Date(s)administered Samplesizekey Key:A – all adultsRV – registered votersLV – likely votersV – unclear Marginof error TomHarkin (D) GregGanske (R) Other /UndecidedSurveyUSASurveyUSA October 27–29, 2002 605 (LV) ± 4.1% 60% 38% 2% Results United States Senate election in Iowa, 2002Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives Clerk of the United States House of Representatives Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002 https://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002election.pdf U.S. Government Printing Office 15 Democratic Party (United States) Tom Harkin (incumbent) 554,278 54.18% +2.37% Republican Party (United States) Greg Ganske 447,892 43.78% -2.94% Green Party (United States) Timothy A. Harthan 11,340 1.11% Libertarian Party (United States) Richard J. Moore 8,864 0.87% 701 0.06% 106,386 10.40% +5.30% 1,023,075 Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Adair (Largest city: Greenfield) Adams (Largest city: Corning) Allamakee (Largest city: Waukon) Audubon (Largest city: Audubon) Calhoun (Largest city: Rockwell City) Carroll (Largest city: Carroll) Cherokee (Largest city: Cherokee) Clay (Largest city: Spencer) Decatur (Largest city: Lamoni) Franklin (Largest city: Hampton) Guthrie (Largest city: Guthrie Center) Hancock (Largest city: Garner) Hardin (Largest city: Iowa Falls) Kossuth (Largest city: Algona) Monona (Largest city: Onawa) Pocahontas (Largest city: Pocahontas) Ringgold (Largest city: Mount Ayr) Taylor (Largest city: Bedford) Union (Largest city: Creston) Woodbury (Largest city: Sioux City) Wright (Largest city: Eagle Grove) Louisa (largest city: Wapello) Buena Vista (largest city: Storm Lake) Humboldt (largest city: Humboldt) Ida (largest city: Ida Grove) Sac (largest city: Sac City) Dickinson (Largest city: Spirit Lake) Wayne (Largest city: Corydon) Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Delaware (Largest city: Manchester) See also 2002 United States Senate elections Notes References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Tom Harkin (D) for Senate Greg Ganske (R) for Senate Iowa 2002 Category:2002 Iowa elections