2002 Tennessee elections

{{main|2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee}}

[[File:2002 United States Senate election in Tennessee results map by county.svg|thumb|350px|alt=Final results by county|Final results by county: {{collapsible list

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Incumbent Republican U.S. senator Fred Thompson decided to retire. Former Republican governor Lamar Alexander won the open seat, defeating Congressman Bob Clement.

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Lamar Alexander|votes=891,498|percentage=54.28%|change=-7.09%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bob Clement|votes=728,232|percentage=44.34%|change=+7.52%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=John Jay Hooker|votes=6,401|percentage=0.39%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Wesley M. Baker|votes=6,106|percentage=0.37%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Connie Gammon|votes=5,349|percentage=0.33%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Karl Stanley Davidson|votes=2,217|percentage=0.13%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (United States)|candidate=Basil Marceaux|votes=1,170|percentage=0.07%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate|party=Write-ins|candidate=|votes=356|percentage=0.02%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority|votes=163,266|percentage=9.94%|change=-14.61%}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=1,642,432|percentage=50.40%|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Republican Party (United States)|loser=|swing=}}

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August 1, 2002, Primary Results

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic primary results{{Cite web |url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/us-senate-dp8-02.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-03 |archive-date=2011-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713042649/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/us-senate-dp8-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bob Clement|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=418,172|percentage=82.18%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Gary G. Davis|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=50,563|percentage=9.94%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Cher A. Hopkey|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=14,481|percentage=2.85%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Michael L. Hampstead|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=12,940|percentage=2.54%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Alvin M. Strauss|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=12,241|percentage=2.41%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Write-ins|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=478|percentage=0.08%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=508,875|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican primary results{{Cite web |url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/us-senate-rp8-02.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2011-06-03 |archive-date=2011-07-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713042655/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/us-senate-rp8-02.pdf |url-status=dead }}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Lamar Alexander|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=295,052|percentage=53.79%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Ed Bryant|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=233,678|percentage=42.60%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Mary Taylor-Shelby|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=5,589|percentage=1.02%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=June Griffin|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=4,930|percentage=0.90%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Michael Brent Todd|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=4,002|percentage=0.73%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=James E. DuBose|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=3,572|percentage=0.65%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Christopher G. Fenner|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=1,552|percentage=0.28%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Write-ins|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=107|percentage=0.03%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=548,482|percentage=100.00%}}

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{{Main|2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee}}

[[File:2002 Tennessee United States House of Representatives election by Congressional District.svg|alt=District results|thumb|350x350px|District results:{{collapsible list

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Tennessee elected nine U.S. representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine congressional districts.

{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|50.38}}

{{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|46.31}}

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{{bar percent|Republican|{{party color|Tennessee Republican Party}}|44.44}}}}

{{main|2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election}}

[[File:2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election results map by county.svg|alt=Final results by county|thumb|350x350px|Final results by county:{{collapsible list

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}}]]Incumbent Democratic governor Phil Bredesen was re-elected to a second term with 68.6% of the vote, defeating his Republican challenger Jim Bryson. Improving on his performance from 2002, Bredesen also carried every county in the state.

{{Election box begin|title=Tennessee gubernatorial election, 2002{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-11/governor.pdf|title=November 5, 2002, General Election: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213442/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-11/governor.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Phil Bredesen|votes=837,284|percentage=50.65%|change=+21.17%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Van Hilleary|votes=786,803|percentage=47.59%|change=-21.03%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Edwin C. Sanders|votes=7,749|percentage=0.47%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Carl Two Feathers Whitaker|votes=5,308|percentage=0.32%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=John Jay Hooker|votes=4,577|percentage=0.28%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=David Gatchell|votes=2,991|percentage=0.18%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Gabriel Givens|votes=1,591|percentage=0.10%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ray Ledford|votes=1,589|percentage=0.10%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=James E. Herren|votes=1,210|percentage=0.07%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Charles V. Wilhoit, Jr.|votes=898|percentage=0.05%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Marivuana Stout Leinoff|votes=645|percentage=0.04%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Francis E. Waldron|votes=635|percentage=0.04%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ronny Simmons|votes=630|percentage=0.04%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Robert O. Watson|votes=579|percentage=0.04%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Basil Marceaux|votes=302|percentage=0.02%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box candidate||party=Write-ins|candidate=|votes=376|percentage=0.02%|change=N/A}}

{{Election box total|votes=1,653,167|percentage=100.00%|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)|loser=Republican Party (United States)|swing=}}

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August 1, 2002, primary results

{{Election box begin no change|title=Democratic primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/gov-dp8-02.pdf|title=August 1, 2002, Democratic Primary: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213501/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/gov-dp8-02.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Phil Bredesen|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=426,418|percentage=79.05}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Randy Nichols|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=38,322|percentage=7.10}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles E. Smith|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=34,547|percentage=6.40}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Charles V. Brown|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=17,506|percentage=3.25}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=L. Best|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=16,007|percentage=2.97}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Floyd R. Conover|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=6,218|percentage=1.15}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Write-ins|party=Democratic Party (United States)|votes=420|percentage=0.08}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=539,438|percentage=100.00}}

{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin no change|title=Republican primary results{{cite web|url=http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/gov-rp8-02.pdf|title=August 1, 2002, Republican Primary: Governor|publisher=Tennessee Secretary of State|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713213503/http://www.tn.gov/sos/election/results/2002-8/gov-rp8-02.pdf|archive-date=July 13, 2015|url-status=dead}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|candidate=Van Hilleary|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=343,543|percentage=64.31}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jim Henry|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=159,862|percentage=29.92}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Bob Tripp|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=17,156|percentage=3.21}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Dave Kelley|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=8,581|percentage=1.61}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Jessie D. McDonald|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=4,682|percentage=0.88}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|candidate=Write-ins|party=Republican Party (United States)|votes=389|percentage=0.07}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=534,213|percentage=100.00}}

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{{main|2002 Tennessee Senate election}}

{{see also|Tennessee General Assembly}}Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 5, 2002.

After this election, Democrats had 18 seats while Republicans had 15 seats. Both parties maintained their respective amount of seats.

{{main|2002 Tennessee House of Representatives election}}

The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 5, 2002.

Democrats won 54 seats, while Republicans won 45 seats. Republicans gained four seats.

{{Main|2002 Tennessee Amendment 1}}

{{Infobox referendum|name=Amendment 1|country=|date=|location={{Flag|Tennessee}}|question=Shall the Tennessee Constitution be amended so that the period (.) at the end of Article XI, Section 5, of the Constitution of Tennessee be changed to a comma (,) and the following new language be added:

except that the legislature may authorize as state lottery if the net proceeds of the

lottery's revenues are allocated to provide financial assistance to citizens of this statet to enable such citizens to attend post-secondary educational institutions located within this state. The excess after such allocations from such 1 net proceeds from the lottery would be

appropriaed to:

(1) Capital outlay projects for K-12 educational facilities; and

(2) Early learning programs and after school programs.

Such appropriation of funds to support improvements and enhancements for

educational programs and purposes and such net proceeds shall be used to supplement, not supplant, non-lottery educational resources for education programs and purposes.

All other forms of lottery not authorized herein are expressly prohibited unless

authorized by a two-thirds vote of all members elected to each house of the General Assembly for an annual event operated for the benefit of a 501(c)(3) organization located in this state, as defined by the 2000 United States Tax Code or as may be amended from time to time.

A state lottery means a lottery of the type such as in operation in Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia in 2000, and the amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee provided for herein does not authorize games of

chance associated with casinos, including, but not limited to, slot machines, roulette

wheels, and the like.

The state lottery authorized in this section shall be implemented and administered

uniformly throughout the state in such manner as the legislature, by general law, deems appropriate.|yes=894,232|no=659,979|total=1,554,211|notes=Source: Tennessee Secretary of State{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Amendment Election Results |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results |website=Tennessee Secretary of State |language=en}}|map=File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 1 results 2002.svg|mapcaption=Yes

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No

{{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}}}This amendment would establish a state lottery. It passed with 57.54% of the vote, establishing the Tennessee Lottery.{{cite web |last=Staff |date=2013 |title=Tennessee Lottery for Education, Amendment 1 (2002) |url=http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Tennessee_Lottery_for_Education,_Amendment_1_(2002) |accessdate=17 March 2013 |publisher=Ballotpedia.com}}

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{{Main|2002 Tennessee Amendment 2}}

{{Infobox referendum|name=Amendment 2|country=|date=|location={{Flag|Tennessee}}|question=Shall the Tennessee Constitution be amended by deleting Article VI, Section 14, in its entirety and by substituting instead the following:

Sec. 14. The General Assembly shall prescribe the maximum fine that, absent waiver, may be assessed without a jury.|yes=702,434|no=623,535|total=1,325,969|notes=Source: Tennessee Secretary of State{{Cite web |title=Tennessee Amendment Election Results |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results |website=Tennessee Secretary of State |language=en}}|map=File:Tennessee Constitutional Amendment 2 results 2002.svg|mapcaption=Yes

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No

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{{legend|#DEDEBD|50–60% |border=1px #AAAAAA solid}}}}

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