United States Senate election in Louisiana, 2002
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The 2002 United States Senate election in Louisiana was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu
won re-election to a second term.
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu
Mary Landrieu
Mary Loretta Landrieu is the senior United States Senator from the State of Louisiana and a member of the Democratic Party.Born in Arlington, Virginia, Landrieu was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana...
won re-election to a second term.
Republican
- John CookseyJohn CookseyJohn Charles Cooksey, M.D. is an ophthalmologist who was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Louisiana from 1997 to 2003.-Early life:...
, U.S. Congressman - Tony PerkinsTony Perkins (politician)Anthony Richard "Tony" Perkins is president of the Family Research Council, a conservative Christian think tank and public policy foundation based in Washington, D.C...
, State Rep. - Ernest Edward Skillman
- Suzanne Haik TerrellSuzanne Haik TerrellSuzanne Haik Terrell is a Louisiana lawyer who failed in a high-profile Republican bid for the U.S. Senate in 2002 and for state attorney general in 2003. She was the state's last commissioner of elections, having served from 2000 to 2004. In 2005, President George W...
, Louisiana Elections Commissioner
Initial results
Run off results
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Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
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External links
- Elections Division from the Louisiana Secretary of State