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United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2002






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John E. Sununu.jpg

Jeanne Shaheen, official Senate portrait cropped.jpg
Nominee

John E. Sununu

Jeanne Shaheen

Party

Republican

Democratic
Popular vote

227,229
207,478
Percentage

50.8%
46.4%


Results of the United States Senate election in New Hampshire, 2002.svg
County results






U.S. Senator before election

Bob Smith
Republican



Elected U.S. Senator

John E. Sununu
Republican





The 2002 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican/Independent U.S. Senator Bob Smith was defeated in the Republican primary and denied renomination.[1] Republican John E. Sununu won the open seat. As of 2017, this is the last time a Republican won the Class 2 Senate seat in New Hampshire.




Contents





  • 1 Republican primary

    • 1.1 Background


    • 1.2 Results



  • 2 Candidates

    • 2.1 Democratic


    • 2.2 Republican



  • 3 Phone jamming scandal


  • 4 Results


  • 5 References




Republican primary[edit]



Background[edit]


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 8 points.



Results[edit]




Results of the Republican primary for United States Senate in New Hampshire, 2002




















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%


Candidates[edit]



Democratic[edit]



  • Jeanne Shaheen, Governor


Republican[edit]



  • John E. Sununu, U.S. Representative


Phone jamming scandal[edit]



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[update]. 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.



Results[edit]































General election results[6]
Party
Candidate
Votes
%
±


Republican

John Sununu

227,229

50.8%




Democratic
Jeanne Shaheen
207,478
46.4%



Libertarian
Ken Blevens
9,835
2.2%



Republican hold

Swing
[citation needed]


References[edit]




  1. ^ Hulse, Carl (September 12, 2002). "Campaign Season; G.O.P. Is Relieved At Republican's Loss". The New York Times..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  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". New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.


  5. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2002/senate.htm


  6. ^ State of New Hampshire, Elections Division, State General Election - November 5, 2002 retrieved September 5, 2011










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