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Parents > United States > Iowa > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
HonorificSenator - Abbr: Sen.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 09:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a April 10, 2004 09:56pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1996
NameTom Harkin Votes634,166 (51.81%)
Term01/03/1997 - 01/03/2003 Margin62,359 (+5.09%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameTom Harkin Votes941,665 (62.66%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin381,659 (+25.39%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 2002 IA US Senate - R Primary
Greg Ganske
R 197,096
Jun 04, 2002 IA US Senate - D Primary
Tom Harkin
D 84,060
Jun 04, 2002 IA US Senate - G Primary
Write-In
G 102
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/05/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Tom Harkin 1 20 10 4
Greg Ganske --1 ----
Leaning Call: Tom Harkin (97.75%)
Weighted Call: Tom Harkin (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/28/2002 11/01/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Sen. Tom Harkin Rep. Greg Ganske Tim Harthan Richard J. Moore (W) Others  
PartyDemocratic Republican Green Libertarian Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes 554,278 (54.18%) 447,892 (43.78%) 11,340 (1.11%) 8,864 (0.87%) 701 (0.07%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -106,386 (-10.40%) -542,938 (-53.07%) -545,414 (-53.31%) -553,577 (-54.11%)  
Predict Avg.54.18% 44.07% 1.64% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
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MATCHUP POLLS (13 from 7 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg49.38%-- 38.92%-- 0.90%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
Iowa Poll 
10/27/02-11/01/02
50.00% 4.0 41.00% 7.0 5.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Gazette Communications 
10/28/02-10/30/02
50.60% -- 28.60% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/27/02-10/29/02
60.00% 3.0 38.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/20/02-10/22/02
57.00% 4.0 40.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
KCCI-KIMT TV 
10/13/02-10/16/02
50.00% 1.0 41.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/06/02-10/08/02
53.00% -- 44.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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