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| election_name = 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| election_name = 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| country = New Hampshire
| country = New Hampshire
| type = presidential
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1996 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| previous_election = 1996 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| previous_year = 1996
| previous_year = 1996
| next_election = 2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| next_election = 2008 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
| next_year = 2008
| next_year = 2008
| election_date = November 5, 2002
| election_date = November 5, 2002
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| image1 = John E. Sununu.jpg

| image1 = John E. Sununu.jpg
| nominee1 = '''[[John E. Sununu]]'''
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| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
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| nominee1 = '''[[John E. Sununu]]'''
| popular_vote1 = '''227,229'''
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| party1 = Republican Party (United States)
| popular_vote1 = '''227,229'''
| percentage1 = '''51.12%'''
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| image2 = File:Jeanne Shaheen, official Senate portrait cropped.jpg
| percentage1 = '''50.8%'''
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| nominee2 = [[Jeanne Shaheen]]

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| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
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| image2 = Jeanne Shaheen, official Senate portrait cropped.jpg
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| popular_vote2 = 207,478
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| nominee2 = [[Jeanne Shaheen]]
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| percentage2 = 46.67%
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| party2 = Democratic Party (United States)
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| popular_vote2 = 207,478
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| percentage2 = 46.4%
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| title = U.S. Senator

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| before_election = [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]]
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| title = U.S. Senator
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| before_election = [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]]
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The '''2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire''' was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican/Independent U.S. Senator [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]] was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative [[John E. Sununu]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/us/campaign-season-gop-is-relieved-at-republican-s-loss.html?ref=robertcsmith | work=The New York Times | first=Carl | last=Hulse | title=Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss | date=September 12, 2002}}</ref> Sununu won the open seat, defeating Democratic Governor [[Jeanne Shaheen]]. As of {{CURRENTYEAR}}, this is the last time a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] won the Class 2 [[List of United States Senators from New Hampshire|Senate seat]] in New Hampshire.
The '''2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire''' was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]] was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative [[John E. Sununu]].<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/us/campaign-season-gop-is-relieved-at-republican-s-loss.html?ref=robertcsmith | work=The New York Times | first=Carl | last=Hulse | title=Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss | date=September 12, 2002}}</ref> Sununu won the open seat, defeating Democratic Governor [[Jeanne Shaheen]]. {{As of|2023}}, this was the last time Republicans or a male candidate won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Hampshire; Shaheen defeated Sununu in their 2008 rematch for this seat and was re-elected in [[2014 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|2014]] & [[2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire|2020]]. This was Shaheen’s only unsuccessful run for elected office.


== Republican primary ==
== Republican primary ==
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[[File:Results of the Republican primary for United States Senate in New Hampshire, 2002.svg|thumb|left|100px|Results of the Republican primary]]


=== Background ===
=== Campaign ===
Senator [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]], the incumbent [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] Senator, briefly left the party in 1999 to run for president as an independent, claiming that the Republican platform was "not worth the paper it's written on".<ref>{{cite web | last=Cole | first=Jim | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-09-10-nh-primary_x.htm | title=Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | date=September 10, 2002 | accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> He rejoined the GOP a few months later, saying he made a mistake.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cole | first=Jim | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-09-10-nh-primary_x.htm | title=Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | date=September 10, 2002 | accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> Nonetheless, the party never fully forgave him, and some of his fellow Republican Senators went so far as to endorse his primary opponent, Rep. [[John E. Sununu|John Sununu]],<ref>{{cite news | last=Hulse | first=Carl | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/us/campaign-season-gop-is-relieved-at-republican-s-loss.html | title=Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 12, 2002 | accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> who would go on to win by 8 points.
Senator [[Bob Smith (New Hampshire politician)|Bob Smith]], the incumbent [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] Senator, briefly left the party in 1999 to run for president as an independent, claiming that the Republican platform was "not worth the paper it's written on".<ref>{{cite web | last=Cole | first=Jim | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-09-10-nh-primary_x.htm | title=Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | date=September 10, 2002 | access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> He rejoined the GOP a few months later, saying he made a mistake.<ref>{{cite web | last=Cole | first=Jim | url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/2002-09-10-nh-primary_x.htm | title=Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary | publisher=[[Associated Press]] | date=September 10, 2002 | access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> Nonetheless, the party never fully forgave him, and some of his fellow Republican Senators went so far as to endorse his primary opponent, Rep. [[John E. Sununu|John Sununu]],<ref>{{cite news | last=Hulse | first=Carl | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/12/us/campaign-season-gop-is-relieved-at-republican-s-loss.html | title=Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss | newspaper=[[The New York Times]] | date=September 12, 2002 | access-date=April 8, 2015}}</ref> who would go on to win by more than eight percentage points.


=== Results ===
=== Results ===
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[[File:Results of the Republican primary for United States Senate in New Hampshire, 2002.svg|thumb|100px|Results of the Republican primary for United States Senate in New Hampshire, 2002]]

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| title = Republican primary results<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2002/senate.htm|title = Election and voting information}}</ref>
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== Candidates ==
==General election==
===Candidates===
* Ken Blevens (Libertarian)
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* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], Governor of New Hampshire (Democratic)
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* [[John E. Sununu]], U.S. Representative (Republican)


=== Democratic ===
===Campaign===
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* [[Jeanne Shaheen]], Governor

=== Republican ===
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* [[John E. Sununu]], U.S. Representative

== Phone jamming scandal ==
{{See also|2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal}}
{{See also|2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal}}


During the campaign, there was a major scandal that involved the use of a [[telemarketing]] firm hired by that state's [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] (NHGOP) for election tampering. The [[GOP Marketplace]], based in [[Northern Virginia]], jammed another phone bank being used by the state [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and the [[firefighter]]s' [[labor union|union]] for efforts to turn out voters on behalf of then-[[Governor of New Hampshire|governor]] [[Jeanne Shaheen]] on [[Election Day (politics)|Election Day]]. The tampering involved using a call center to jam the phone lines of a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) operation. In the end, 900 calls were made for 45 minutes of disruption to the Democratic-leaning call centers. In addition to criminal prosecutions, disclosures in the case have come from a civil suit filed by the state's Democratic Party against the state's Republican Party (now settled). Four men have been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, federal crimes and sentenced to [[prison]] for their involvement {{As of|2008 | lc=on}}. One conviction has been reversed by an appeals court, a decision prosecutors are appealing. [[James Tobin (political operative)|James Tobin]], freed on appeal, was later indicted on charges of lying to the [[FBI]] during the original investigation.
During the campaign, there was a major scandal that involved the use of a [[telemarketing]] firm hired by that state's [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] (NHGOP) for election tampering. The [[GOP Marketplace]], based in [[Northern Virginia]], jammed another phone bank being used by the state [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] and the [[firefighter]]s' [[labor union|union]] for efforts to turn out voters on behalf of then-[[Governor of New Hampshire|governor]] [[Jeanne Shaheen]] on [[Election Day (politics)|Election Day]]. The tampering involved using a call center to jam the phone lines of a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) operation. In the end, 900 calls were made for 45 minutes of disruption to the Democratic-leaning call centers. In addition to criminal prosecutions, disclosures in the case have come from a civil suit filed by the state's Democratic Party against the state's Republican Party (now settled). Four men have been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, federal crimes and sentenced to [[prison]] for their involvement {{As of|2008 | lc=on}}. One conviction has been reversed by an appeals court, a decision prosecutors are appealing. [[James Tobin (political operative)|James Tobin]], freed on appeal, was later indicted on charges of lying to the [[FBI]] during the original investigation.


== Results ==
===Predictions===
{| class="wikitable"
!Source
!Ranking
!As of
|-
|[[Sabato's Crystal Ball]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021118115505/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm|archive-date=November 18, 2002|title=Senate Races|website=www.centerforpolitics.org|language=en-US|date=November 4, 2002|access-date=June 25, 2021|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| {{USRaceRating|Lean|D|Flip}}
|November 4, 2002
|}

===Results===
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| title = General election results<ref>[http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2002/sumuss.htm State of New Hampshire, Elections Division, State General Election - November 5, 2002] retrieved September 5, 2011</ref>}}
| title = General election results<ref>[http://www.sos.nh.gov/general2002/sumuss.htm State of New Hampshire, Elections Division, State General Election - November 5, 2002] retrieved September 5, 2011</ref>}}
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| candidate = [[John E. Sununu|John Sununu]]
| candidate = [[John E. Sununu|John Sununu]]
| votes = 227,229
| votes = 227,229
| percentage = 50.8%
| percentage = 51.12%
}}
}}
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| candidate = [[Jeanne Shaheen]]
| candidate = [[Jeanne Shaheen]]
| votes = 207,478
| votes = 207,478
| percentage = 46.4%
| percentage = 46.67%
}}
}}
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| candidate = Ken Blevens
| candidate = Ken Blevens
| votes = 9,835
| votes = 9,835
| percentage = 2.2%
| percentage = 2.21%
}}
}}
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| votes = 444,542
| votes = 444,542
| percentage = 100.0
| percentage = 100.0%
}}
}}
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==== Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic ====
* [[Grafton County, New Hampshire|Grafton]] (largest city: [[Lebanon, New Hampshire|Lebanon]])

== See also ==
* [[2002 United States Senate election]]


== References ==
== References ==
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{{United States elections, 2002}}
{{United States elections, 2002}}

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2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire
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Nominee John E. Sununu Jeanne Shaheen
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 227,229 207,478
Percentage 51.12% 46.67%
Sununu:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Shaheen:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      >90%
Tie:      40–50%
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Bob Smith
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The 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bob Smith was defeated in the Republican primary by U.S. Representative John E. Sununu.[1] Sununu won the open seat, defeating Democratic Governor Jeanne Shaheen. As of 2023, this was the last time Republicans or a male candidate won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Hampshire; Shaheen defeated Sununu in their 2008 rematch for this seat and was re-elected in 2014 & 2020. This was Shaheen’s only unsuccessful run for elected office.

Republican primary

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Results of the Republican primary

Campaign

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Senator Bob Smith, the incumbent Republican Senator, briefly left the party in 1999 to run for president as an independent, claiming that the Republican platform was "not worth the paper it's written on".[2] He rejoined the GOP a few months later, saying he made a mistake.[3] Nonetheless, the party never fully forgave him, and some of his fellow Republican Senators went so far as to endorse his primary opponent, Rep. John Sununu,[4] who would go on to win by more than eight percentage points.

Results

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Republican primary results[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Sununu 81,920 53.35%
Republican Bob Smith (incumbent) 68,608 44.68%
Total votes 150,528 100.00%

General election

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Candidates

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Campaign

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See also: 2002 New Hampshire Senate election phone jamming scandal

During the campaign, there was a major scandal that involved the use of a telemarketing firm hired by that state's Republican Party (NHGOP) for election tampering. The GOP Marketplace, based in Northern Virginia, jammed another phone bank being used by the state Democratic Party and the firefighters' union for efforts to turn out voters on behalf of then-governor Jeanne Shaheen on Election Day. The tampering involved using a call center to jam the phone lines of a Get Out the Vote (GOTV) operation. In the end, 900 calls were made for 45 minutes of disruption to the Democratic-leaning call centers. In addition to criminal prosecutions, disclosures in the case have come from a civil suit filed by the state's Democratic Party against the state's Republican Party (now settled). Four men have been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, federal crimes and sentenced to prison for their involvement as of 2008. One conviction has been reversed by an appeals court, a decision prosecutors are appealing. James Tobin, freed on appeal, was later indicted on charges of lying to the FBI during the original investigation.

Predictions

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Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[6] Lean D (flip) November 4, 2002

Results

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General election results[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Sununu 227,229 51.12%
Democratic Jeanne Shaheen 207,478 46.67%
Libertarian Ken Blevens 9,835 2.21%
Total votes 444,542 100.0%
Republican hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hulse, Carl (September 12, 2002). "Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Cole, Jim (September 10, 2002). "Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary". Associated Press. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  3. ^ Cole, Jim (September 10, 2002). "Sununu ousts Smith in New Hampshire primary". Associated Press. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  4. ^ Hulse, Carl (September 12, 2002). "Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
  5. ^ "Election and voting information".
  6. ^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
  7. ^ State of New Hampshire, Elections Division, State General Election - November 5, 2002 retrieved September 5, 2011
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