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Parents > United States > New Hampshire > 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 January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedMr. Matt May 27, 2022 04:57pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/01/1999
NameRobert C. "Bob" Smith Votes1 (100.00%)
Term11/01/1999 - 01/03/2003 Margin1 (+100.00%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameJeanne Shaheen Votes358,438 (51.62%)
Term01/03/2009 - 01/03/2015 Margin44,035 (+6.34%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Sep 10, 2002 NH US Senate - R Primary
John Sununu
R 153,585
Sep 10, 2002 NH US Senate- D Primary
Jeanne Shaheen
D 60,483
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/09/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Jeanne Shaheen 28 6 ----
John Sununu 3 6 ----
Leaning Call: Jeanne Shaheen (72.73%)
Weighted Call: Jeanne Shaheen (99.84%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

09/14/2002 11/03/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Rep. John Sununu Gov. Jeanne Shaheen Ken Blevens (I) (W) Sen. Robert C. "Bob" Smith (W) Write-In  
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Independent Nonpartisan  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 227,229 (50.82%) 207,478 (46.40%) 9,835 (2.20%) 2,396 (0.54%) 197 (0.04%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -19,751 (-4.42%) -217,394 (-48.62%) -224,833 (-50.28%) -227,032 (-50.77%)  
Predict Avg.47.78% 49.22% 1.51% 0.00% 0.00%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website]  
Entry Date -- -- -- -- 06/01/2002  
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MATCHUP POLLS (20 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg45.26%-- 43.83%-- 2.03%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--  
American Research Group 
11/02/02-11/03/02		 48.00% -- 44.00% 2.0 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Public Opinion Research 
11/03/02-11/03/02		 45.50% -- 47.30% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
University of New Hampshire 
11/28/02-11/02/02		 46.00% 4.0 45.00% 1.0 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
10/27/02-10/31/02		 46.00% -- 47.00% 5.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Franklin Pierce College 
10/27/02-10/30/02		 40.00% -- 45.00% -- 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
American Research Group 
10/28/02-10/30/02		 48.00% -- 46.00% -- 1.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
AENM Angry Russian
  New Hampshire Union Leader
R TurnerforCongress
  Club for Growth
  Foster's Daily Democrat
D Ashley
  EMILY's List
  Portsmouth Herald
  Concord Monitor
D Bulldogscm
D InspectorMorse
I JR725
  Boston Globe
  Portsmouth Herald
  Concord Monitor
  Carroll County Independent
  Granite State News
  Berlin Reporter
  Coos County Democrat
  Littleton Courier
R CincinnatiReds1990
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 24, 2002 10:39pm General Smith Snubs White House - Won't Aid Sununu  Article RP 
Sep 13, 2002 08:59pm General Smith skips breakfast, misses Senate Votes  Article RP 
Sep 12, 2002 07:54pm General National Republicans Rally Behind Sununu  Article RP 

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