2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota
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Elections in Minnesota |
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The 2002 congressional elections in Minnesota, were held on November 5, 2002 to determine who would represent the state, in the United States House of Representative.
Minnesota had eight seats in the House, and the 2002 congressional election was the first held pursuant to the apportionment made according to the 2000 United States census. Representatives are elected for two-year terms; those elected served in the 108th Congress from January 3, 2003 until January 3, 2005. The election coincided with a U.S. Senate election and a gubernatorial election. DFLer Bill Luther, formerly of the 6th congressional district, who was redistricted into the 2nd congressional district, was the only incumbent in Minnesota's House delegation who failed to win reelection.
Overview
[edit]United States House of Representatives elections in Minnesota, 2002 [1] | |||||
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Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
Democratic-Farmer-Labor | 1,097,911 | 49.87% | 4 | -1 | |
Republican | 1,029,612 | 46.76% | 4 | +1 | |
Green | 37,708 | 1.71% | 0 | — | |
Independence | 21,484 | 0.98% | 0 | — | |
Others | 14,923 | 0.68% | 0 | — | |
Totals | 2,201,638 | 100.00% | 8 | — |
District 1
[edit]Nominee | Gil Gutknecht | Steve Andreasen | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic (DFL) | |
Popular vote | 163,570 | 92,165 | |
Percentage | 61.5% | 34.7% |
Gutknecht: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Andreasen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% >90%
Tie: 40–50%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent Republican Gil Gutknecht, who had represented Minnesota's 1st congressional district since 1994, ran against Steve Andreasen of the DFL and Greg Mikkelson of the Green Party. Gutknecht easily won a fifth term, defeating second-place Pomeroy by a landslide 26.85 percent margin, as Mikkelson finished at a very distant third.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Steve Andreasen, former Director for Defense Policy and Arms Control on the National Security Council (1993-2001).
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Steve Andreasen | 19,394 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 19,394 | 100.00 |
Green primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Greg Mikkelson
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Greg Mikkelson | 467 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 467 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Gil Gutknecht, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1994
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent) | 25,978 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 25,978 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Gil Gutknecht (Incumbent) | 163,570 | 61.50 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Steve Andreasen | 92,165 | 34.65 | |
Green | Greg Mikkelson | 9,964 | 3.75 | |
Write-In | Others | 283 | 0.11 | |
Total votes | 265,982 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
District 2
[edit]Nominee | John Kline | Bill Luther | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic (DFL) | |
Popular vote | 152,970 | 121,121 | |
Percentage | 53.3% | 42.2% |
Kline: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Luther: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Tie: 50%
U.S. Representative before election Bill Luther (6th) |
Elected U.S. Representative |
In the reapportionment that occurred in consequence of the 2000 United States census, Mark Kennedy, the incumbent Republican from the Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, was redistricted into the 6th congressional district, while Bill Luther, the incumbent DFLer from the 6th congressional district was redistricted into the 2nd congressional district. Thus, Luther was forced to run in the new congressional district 2 in the 2002 election, while Kennedy ran in the new congressional district 6.
Luther, who was first elected to Congress in 1994, was unchallenged in the DFL primary. However, in the general election race against Republican challenger John Kline, the more conservative composition of the new district worked against Luther. Luther's campaign was further harmed by political fallout that was created when Samuel Garst, a Luther campaign staffer, entered the race on the "No New Taxes" line in an attempt to use a false flag to split the conservative vote. In the end, Garst was only able to secure 4.33 percent of the vote, and the political damage to Luther contributed to Kline winning the election by a margin of more than 11 percent.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Bill Luther, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1995
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Bill Luther (Incumbent) | 14,437 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 14,437 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- John Kline, retired Colonel (USMC)
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Kline | 22,596 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 22,596 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | John Kline | 152,970 | 53.33 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Bill Luther (Incumbent) | 121,121 | 42.22 | |
No New Taxes | Samuel D. Garst | 12,430 | 4.33 | |
Write-In | Others | 339 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 286,860 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic (DFL) |
District 3
[edit]Nominee | Jim Ramstad | Darryl Stanton | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic (DFL) | |
Popular vote | 213,334 | 82,575 | |
Percentage | 72.0% | 27.9% |
Ramstad: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Stanton: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent Republican Jim Ramstad, who was first elected in 1990, defeated DFL challenger Darryl Stanton, and won election to his seventh term in Congress, by a landslide 44.14 percent margin.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Darryl Stanton
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Darryl Stanton | 14,837 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 14,837 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Jim Ramstad, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1991
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ramstad (Incumbent) | 26,275 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 26,275 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Jim Ramstad (Incumbent) | 213,334 | 72.02 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Darryl Stanton | 82,575 | 27.88 | |
Write-In | Others | 309 | 0.10 | |
Total votes | 296,218 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
District 4
[edit]Nominee | Betty McCollum | Clyde Billington | |
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Party | Democratic (DFL) | Republican | |
Popular vote | 164,597 | 89,705 | |
Percentage | 62.2% | 33.9% |
McCollum: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Billington: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent DFLer Betty McCollum, who was first elected in 2000, faced off against Clyde Billington of the Republican Party of Minnesota and Scott J. Raskiewicz of the Green Party of Minnesota. Defeating Billington by a comfortable 28 percent margin, McCollum easily won her second term in Congress, as Raskiewicz finished a very distant third.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Betty McCollum, incumbent U.S. Representative since 2001
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Betty McCollum (Incumbent) | 30,878 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 30,878 | 100.00 |
Green primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Scott J. Raskiewicz
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Scott J. Raskiewicz | 877 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 877 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Clyde Billington
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Clyde Billington | 14,052 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 14,052 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Betty McCollum (Incumbent) | 164,597 | 62.22 | |
Republican | Clyde Billington | 89,705 | 33.91 | |
Green | Scott J. Raskiewicz | 9,919 | 3.75 | |
Write-In | Others | 319 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 264,540 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
District 5
[edit]Nominee | Martin Olav Sabo | Daniel Nielsen Mathias | |
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Party | Democratic (DFL) | Republican | |
Popular vote | 171,572 | 66,271 | |
Percentage | 67.0% | 25.9% |
Sabo: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%
Mathias: 50–60%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent DFLer Martin Sabo, who was first elected in 1978, had no difficulty winning his 13th term in Congress, defeating Republican challenger Daniel Nielsen Mathias by a margin of just over 41 percent, while Green candidate Tim Davis finished a distant third.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Martin Olav Sabo, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1979
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Martin Olav Sabo (Incumbent) | 33,310 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 33,310 | 100.00 |
Green primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Tim Davis | 1,635 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 1,635 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Daniel Nielsen Mathias
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Daniel Nielsen Mathias | 9,947 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 9,947 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Martin Olav Sabo (Incumbent) | 171,572 | 67.03 | |
Republican | Daniel Nielsen Mathias | 66,271 | 25.89 | |
Green | Tim Davis | 17,825 | 6.96 | |
Write-In | Others | 314 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 255,982 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
District 6
[edit]Nominee | Mark Kennedy | Janet Robert | |
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Party | Republican | Democratic (DFL) | |
Popular vote | 164,747 | 100,738 | |
Percentage | 57.3% | 35.1% |
Kennedy: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Robert: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. Representative before election Mark Kennedy (2nd) |
Elected U.S. Representative |
In the reapportionment that occurred in consequence of the 2000 United States census, Mark Kennedy, the incumbent Republican from the Minnesota's 2nd congressional district, was redistricted into the 6th congressional district, while Bill Luther, the incumbent DFLer from the 6th congressional district was redistricted into the 2nd congressional district. Thus, Kennedy was forced to run in the new congressional district 6 in the 2002 election, while Luther ran in the new congressional district 2.
Kennedy, who was first elected in 2000, encountered little difficulty in winning his second term in Congress, defeating DFL challenger Janet Robert by a landslide margin of 22.28 percent, while Independence Party candidate Dan Becker finished a distant third.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Janet Robert
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Janet Robert | 16,204 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 16,204 | 100.00 |
Independence primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Dan Becker
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Independence | Dan Becker | 2,199 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 2,199 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Mark R. Kennedy, incumbent U.S. Representative since 2001
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark R. Kennedy (Incumbent) | 22,239 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 22,239 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mark R. Kennedy (Incumbent) | 164,747 | 57.34 | |
Democratic (DFL) | Janet Robert | 100,738 | 35.06 | |
Independence | Dan Becker | 21,484 | 7.48 | |
Write-In | Others | 343 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 287,312 | 100.00 | ||
Republican hold |
District 7
[edit]Nominee | Collin Peterson | Dan Stevens | |
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Party | Democratic (DFL) | Republican | |
Popular vote | 170,234 | 90,342 | |
Percentage | 65.3% | 34.6% |
Peterson: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Stevens: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Tie: 40–50% 50%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent DFLer Collin Peterson, who was first elected in 1990, faced no difficulty winning his eighth term in Congress, defeating Republican challenger Dan Stevens by a landslide 30.63 percent margin.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Collin C. Peterson, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1991
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Collin C. Peterson (Incumbent) | 35,130 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 35,130 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Dan Stevens
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Dan Stevens | 29,855 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 29,855 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | Collin C. Peterson (Incumbent) | 170,234 | 65.27 | |
Republican | Dan Stevens | 90,342 | 34.64 | |
Write-In | Others | 237 | 0.09 | |
Total votes | 260,813 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
District 8
[edit]Nominee | Jim Oberstar | Bob Lemen | |
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Party | Democratic (DFL) | Republican | |
Popular vote | 194,909 | 88,673 | |
Percentage | 68.6% | 31.2% |
Oberstar: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
Lemen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% >90%
Tie: 50%
U.S. Representative before election |
Elected U.S. Representative |
Incumbent DFLer Jim Oberstar, who was first elected in 1974, had no difficulty winning his 15th term in Congress, defeating Republican challenger Bob Lemen by a margin of more than 37 percent.
DFL primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Jim Oberstar, incumbent U.S. Representative since 1975
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | James L. Oberstar (Incumbent) | 50,582 | 100.00 | |
Total votes | 50,582 | 100.00 |
Republican primary
[edit]Candidates
[edit]- Bob Lemen
- Warren L. Nelson
Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Bob Lemen | 13,422 | 50.55 | |
Republican | Warren L. Nelson | 13,132 | 49.45 | |
Total votes | 26,554 | 100.00 |
General election
[edit]Results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic (DFL) | James L. Oberstar (Incumbent) | 194,909 | 68.65 | |
Republican | Bob Lemen | 88,673 | 31.23 | |
Write-In | Others | 349 | 0.12 | |
Total votes | 283,931 | 100.00 | ||
Democratic (DFL) hold |
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