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Parents > United States > New Jersey > 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
Contributornystate63
Last ModifiedRBH January 11, 2022 03:06pm
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/05/1996
NameRobert Torricelli Votes1,519,328 (52.68%)
Term01/03/1997 - 01/03/2003 Margin291,511 (+10.11%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/04/2008
NameFrank Lautenberg Votes1,951,218 (56.03%)
Term01/03/2009 - 06/03/2013 Margin490,193 (+14.08%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - D Primary
Robert Torricelli
D 181,468
Jun 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - R Primary
Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester
R 218,300
Oct 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - D Nomination
Frank Lautenberg
D 1
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/09/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester 4 1 1 --
Frank Lautenberg 6 26 7 1
Leaning Call: Frank Lautenberg (90.22%)
Weighted Call: Frank Lautenberg (99.99%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

10/02/2002 11/04/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name Sen. Frank Lautenberg Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester Ted Glick Elizabeth Macron Norman E. Wahner Greg Pason  
PartyDemocratic Republican Green Libertarian NJ Conservative Socialist  
Campaign Logo  
Certified Votes 1,138,193 (53.88%) 928,439 (43.95%) 24,308 (1.15%) 12,558 (0.59%) 6,404 (0.30%) 2,702 (0.13%)  
Margin0 (0.00%) -209,754 (-9.93%) -1,113,885 (-52.73%) -1,125,635 (-53.28%) -1,131,789 (-53.57%) -1,135,491 (-53.75%)  
Predict Avg.52.90% 44.98% 1.48% 0.50% 0.00% 0.07%  
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--  
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]  
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MATCHUP POLLS (18 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg48.98%-- 40.02%-- 0.89%-- 0.59%-- 0.00%-- 0.13%--  
Zogby International 
11/02/02-11/04/02
55.00% 7.0 42.00% 6.0 0.00% 3.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Quinnipiac University 
11/01/02-11/03/02
50.00% 2.0 39.00% 4.0 2.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Research 2000 
11/01/02-11/02/02
52.00% 6.0 40.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/27/02-10/29/02
51.00% -- 41.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Mason-Dixon 
10/22/02-10/24/02
47.00% -- 40.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
New York Times 
10/19/02-10/24/02
48.00% -- 36.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
  Star-Ledger (NJ)
D Ex-New Jerseyan
D Stephen Yellin
  New York Daily News
LBT NJLBT
D Magical Horse
R TurnerforCongress
  New York Post
  Asbury Park Press
  Courier-Post, The (NJ)
  Easton Express-Times
 


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NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 19, 2004 12:00am Press Release Forrester Camp Releases New TV Ad "Black and White"  Article *crickets chirp* 
Nov 00, 2002 12:00am Audio My Favorite Stink  Article *crickets chirp* 
Oct 31, 2002 05:24pm General U.S. Senate pests  Article *crickets chirp* 
Oct 15, 2002 12:35pm General Forrester on Defensive for Old Newspaper Columns  Article RP 
Oct 09, 2002 11:56am General Lautenberg Plays Offense With Attacks on Forrester  Article RP 
Oct 07, 2002 08:17pm General GOP Seeks to Block Torricelli Fund Transfer  Article RP 

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