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RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Texas > 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 - 08:00pm Central
Term Start December 01, 2002 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedBarack O-blame-a April 15, 2004 12:30am
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LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/05/1996
NamePhil Gramm Votes3,027,680 (54.78%)
Term01/03/1997 - 11/30/2002 Margin598,904 (+10.84%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/04/2008
NameJohn Cornyn Votes4,337,469 (54.82%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin948,104 (+11.98%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 12, 2002 TX US Senate - D Primary
Victor M. Morales
D 954,655
Mar 12, 2002 TX US Senate - R Primary
John Cornyn
R 619,302
Apr 09, 2002 TX US Senate - D Runoff
Ron Kirk
D 620,301
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/09/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
John Cornyn 15 15 3 1
Ron Kirk 11 2 1 --
Leaning Call: John Cornyn (76.32%)
Weighted Call: John Cornyn (99.89%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

05/07/2002 11/04/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Attorney General John Cornyn Mayor Ron Kirk Scott Jameson Roy Williams (W) James "Jim" Wright  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Green Reform  
Campaign Logo  
Uncertified Votes 2,496,243 (55.30%) 1,955,758 (43.33%) 35,538 (0.79%) 25,051 (0.56%) 1,422 (0.03%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -540,485 (-11.97%) -2,460,705 (-54.51%) -2,471,192 (-54.74%) -2,494,821 (-55.27%)  
Predict Avg.50.17% 48.19% 0.85% 0.72% 0.17%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website]  
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MATCHUP POLLS (24 from 11 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg46.75%-- 40.05%-- 0.83%-- 0.53%-- -0.14%--  
Zogby International 
11/02/02-11/04/02
50.00% 1.0 46.00% 2.0 0.00% -- 0.00% 1.0 0.00% --
NBC5 
11/01/02-11/02/02
43.00% -- 44.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% --
Zogby International 
10/31/02-11/02/02
49.00% 4.0 48.00% 11.0 0.00% 2.0 1.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/29/02-11/01/02
53.00% 1.0 45.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Scripps-Howard 
10/27/02-10/29/02
44.00% 7.0 35.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
NBC5 
10/21/02-10/27/02
43.00% 3.0 40.00% 4.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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Oct 24, 2002 08:19pm General In Republican Texas, Democrat Has the Senate Buzz  Article RP 
Sep 01, 2002 06:23pm General Democrats Covet Texas Senate Seat  Article RP 
Aug 13, 2002 02:33pm General Can He Rope Texas?  Article RP 

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