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Parents > United States > New Jersey > Senate Class II
OfficeSenate
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 03, 2009 - 12:00pm
Contributornystate63
Last ModifiedRBH January 11, 2022 03:06pm
Data Sources[Link]
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%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - D Primary Robert Torricelli
Jun 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - R Primary Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester
Oct 04, 2002 NJ US Senate - D Nomination Frank Lautenberg
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 7.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Douglas R. "Doug" Forrester
Strong 1
Lean 1
Slight 4
Frank Lautenberg
Safe 1
Strong 7
Lean 26
Slight 6
MATCHUP 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
Votes1,138,193 (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%
Finances$0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Zogby International 
11/02-11/04
55.00% (+7.0) 42.00% (+6.0) 0.00% (-3.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Quinnipiac University 
11/01-11/03
50.00% (-2.0) 39.00% (-4.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Research 2000 
11/01-11/02
52.00% (+6.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Survey USA 
10/27-10/29
51.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/22-10/24
47.00% (+0.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
New York Times 
10/19-10/24
48.00% (+0.0) 36.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
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
IS Sesel
  Bergen Record
POUM Zeus the Moose
D InspectorMorse
D Bob

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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