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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

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{{Infobox election

| election_name = 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

| country = Tennessee

| type = legislative

| ongoing = no

| previous_election = 2000 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

| previous_year = 2000

| next_election = 2004 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee

| next_year = 2004

| seats_for_election = All 9 Tennessee seats to the United States House of Representatives

| election_date = {{Start date|2002|11|5}}

| party1 = Democratic Party (United States)

| last_election1 = 4

| seats1 = 5

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1

| popular_vote1 = 708,290

| percentage1 = 46.31%

| swing1 = {{Increase}} 2.14%

| party2 = Republican Party (United States)

| last_election2 = 5

| seats2 = 4

| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1

| popular_vote2 = 770,514

| percentage2 = 50.38%

| swing2 = {{decrease}} 3.11%

| map_caption = {{legend0|#92C5DE|Democratic hold}}
{{legend0|#F48882|Republican hold}} {{legend0|#0671B0|Democratic gain}}{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

Democratic

{{legend|#86B6F2|50–60%}}

{{legend|#4389E3|60–70%}}

{{legend|#1666CB|70–80%}}

{{legend|#0645B4|80–90%}}

{{col-2}}

Republican

{{legend|#cc2f4a|60–70%}}

{{legend|#D40000|70–80%}}

{{legend|#800000|>90%}}

{{col-end}}

| turnout = 50.40% {{decrease}}{{Cite news |date=November 5, 2002 |title=Tennessee Voter Turnout in 2002 |work=Tennessee Secretary of State |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/statistics|access-date=February 28, 2023}} 12.63 pp

| map = {{switcher |320px |Results by party winners |320px|Results by district margin|default=1}}

}}

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The 2002 congressional elections in Tennessee was held on November 5, 2002, to determine who will represent the state of Tennessee in the United States House of Representatives.

File:United States Congressional Districts in Tennessee, 2003 – 2013.tif from 2002]]

These elections were the first under Tennessee's new congressional map after redistricting was completed by the state government.{{Cite web |title=2000s Redistricting Case Summaries |url=https://www.ncsl.org/redistricting-and-census/2000s-redistricting-case-summaries |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.ncsl.org}} Following the 2002 elections, Democrat Lincoln Davis flipped Tennessee's 4th congressional district, which was previously represented by Republican Van Hilleary. This flipped the Tennessee delegation to a 5-4 Democratic majority.{{Cite web |title=CNN.com Election 2002 - SpatiaLogic Map: House |url=https://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2002/pages/maps/full.html |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=www.cnn.com}}

Tennessee was one of six states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2002, the other states being Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, and Texas.

Overview

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"

! colspan="6" |United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee, 2002{{Cite web |title=Historical Election Results {{!}} Tennessee Secretary of State |url=https://sos.tn.gov/elections/results#2002 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=sos.tn.gov}}

colspan="2" style="width: 15em" |Party

! style="width: 5em" |Votes

! style="width: 7em" |Percentage

! style="width: 5em" |Seats

! style="width: 5em" |+/–

style="background-color:#3333FF; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" |Democratic

| align="right" |708,290

| align="right" |46.31%

| align="right" |5

| align="right" |{{increase}} 1

style="background-color:#FF3333; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" |Republican

| align="right" |770,514

| align="right" |50.38%

| align="right" |4

| align="right" |{{decrease}} 1

style="background-color:#DDDDDD; width: 3px" |

| style="width: 130px" |Independents

| align="right" |48,450

| align="right" |3.17%

| align="right" |0

| align="right" |—

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

| colspan="2" align="right" |Totals

| align="right" |1,529,309

| align="right" |100.00%

| align="right" |9

| align="right" |—

bgcolor="#EEEEEE"

(There was 2,055 Write-in votes that were added to the statewide total number of votes).

{{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}}

{{bar percent|Other|#777777|3.30}}}}{{bar box|title=House seats|titlebar=#ddd|width=600px|barwidth=410px|bars={{bar percent|Democratic|{{party color|Tennessee Democratic Party}}|55.56}}

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

=By district=

class=wikitable
rowspan=2 | District

! colspan=3 | Incumbent

! colspan=2 | This race

Member

! Party

! First elected

! Results

! Candidates

{{ushr|Tennessee|1|X}}

| Bill Jenkins

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1996

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Bill Jenkins (Republican)
  • Uncontested

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|2|X}}

| Jimmy Duncan

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1988

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Jimmy Duncan (Republican) 78.98%
  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John Greene (Democratic) 19.91%}}

{{collapsible list|title=Others|

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Joshua Williamson (Independent) 0.60%

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}George Njezic (Independent) 0.51%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|3|X}}

| Zach Wamp

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Zach Wamp (Republican) 64.54%
  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}John Wolfe Jr. (Democratic) 33.82%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}William Bolen (Independent) 1.00%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Timothy Sevier (Independent) 0.54%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|4|X}}

| Van Hilleary

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | Incumbent retired to run for Governor of Tennessee.
New member elected.
Democratic gain.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Lincoln Davis (Democratic) 52.08%
  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Janice Bowling (Republican) 46.49%}}

{{collapsible list|title=Others|

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}William Chandler (Independent) 0.58%

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}John Ray (Independent) 0.33%

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Bert Mason (Independent) 0.27%

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Ed Wellmann (Independent) 0.22%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|5|X}}

| Bob Clement

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1988

| {{Party shading/Democratic/Hold}} | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
New member elected.
Democratic hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Jim Cooper (Democratic) 63.73%
  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Robert Duvall (Republican) 33.25%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}John Jay Hooker (Independent) 1.79%}}

{{collapsible list|title=Others|

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Jonathan Farley (Independent) 0.71%

| {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Jesse Turner (Independent) 0.51%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|6|X}}

| Bart Gordon

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1984

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Bart Gordon (Democratic) 65.92%
  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Robert Garrison (Republican) 32.33%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Patrick Lyons (Independent) 1.73%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|7|X}}

| Ed Bryant

| {{party shading/Republican}} | Republican

| 1994

| {{Party shading/Republican/Hold}} | Incumbent retired to run for U.S. senator.
New member elected.
Republican hold.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Marsha Blackburn (Republican) 70.73%
  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}Tim Barron (Democratic) 26.48%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Rick Patterson (Independent) 2.77%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|8|X}}

| John S. Tanner

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1988

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} John S. Tanner (Democratic) 70.14%
  • {{Party stripe|Republican Party (US)}}Mat McClain (Republican) 27.30%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}James L. Hart (Independent) 2.55%

}}

{{ushr|Tennessee|9|X}}

| Harold Ford Jr.

| {{party shading/Democratic}} | Democratic

| 1996

| Incumbent re-elected.

| nowrap | {{Plainlist|

  • {{Party stripe|Democratic Party (US)}}{{Aye}} Harold Ford Jr. (Democratic) 83.81%
  • {{Party stripe|Independent (US)}}Tony Rush (Independent) 16.09%

}}

District 1

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{{see also|Tennessee's 1st congressional district}}

==Predictions==

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Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball{{cite web | title=50 most competitive House races of 2002 | url=http://www.centerforpolitics.org:80/crystalball/house-competitive.htm| publisher=Sabato's Crystal Ball | date= 6 November 2002| access-date=24 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021106080608/http://www.centerforpolitics.org:80/crystalball/house-competitive.htm |archive-date=6 November 2002}}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times{{cite web | title=2002 Senate, House and Governor Ratings | url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/elections.html| publisher=The New York Times | date= 14 October 2002| access-date=21 December 2023 }}

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 1st congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Bill Jenkins (inc.)|votes=127,300|percentage=98.77%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=1,586|percentage=1.23%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=128,886|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 2

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{{see also|Tennessee's 2nd congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 2nd congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Jimmy Duncan (inc.)|votes=146,887|percentage=78.98%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=John Greene|votes=37,035|percentage=19.91%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Joshua Williamson|votes=1,110|percentage=0.60%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=George Njezic|votes=940|percentage=0.51%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=9|percentage=0.00%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=185,981|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 3

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{{see also|Tennessee's 3rd congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 3rd congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Zach Wamp (inc.)|votes=112,254|percentage=64.54%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=John Wolfe|votes=58,824|percentage=33.82%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=William C. Bolen|votes=1,743|percentage=1.00%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Timothy A. Sevier|votes=947|percentage=0.54%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=153|percentage=0.09%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=173,921|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 4

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{{see also|Tennessee's 4th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Lean|D|flip}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Lean|D|flip}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 4th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Lincoln Davis|votes=95,989|percentage=52.08%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Janice Bowling|votes=85,680|percentage=46.49%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=William Tharon Chandler|votes=1,073|percentage=0.58%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=John Ray|votes=605|percentage=0.33%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Bert Mason|votes=504|percentage=0.27%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ed Wellmann|votes=399|percentage=0.22%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=50|percentage=0.03%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=184,300|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing

|winner = Democratic Party (United States)

|loser = Republican Party (United States)

}}

{{Election box end}}

District 5

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{{see also|Tennessee's 5th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 5th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Jim Cooper|votes=108,903|percentage=63.73%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Robert Duvall|votes=56,825|percentage=33.25%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=John Jay Hooker|votes=3,063|percentage=1.79%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jonathan D. Farley|votes=1,205|percentage=0.71%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jesse Turner|votes=877|percentage=0.51%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=13|percentage=0.01%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=170,886|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 6

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{{see also|Tennessee's 6th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 6th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Bart Gordon (inc.)|votes=117,034|percentage=65.92%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Robert L. Garrison|votes=57,401|percentage=32.33%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=J. Patrick Lyons|votes=3,065|percentage=1.73%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=47|percentage=0.03%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=177,547|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 7

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{{see also|Tennessee's 7th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|R}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 7th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Marsha Blackburn|votes=138,314|percentage=70.73%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Tim Barron|votes=51,790|percentage=26.48%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Rick Patterson|votes=5,423|percentage=2.77%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=31|percentage=0.02%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=195,558|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Republican Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 8

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{{see also|Tennessee's 8th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 8th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=John Tanner (inc.)|votes=117,811|percentage=70.14%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Republican Party (United States)|candidate=Mat McClain|votes=45,853|percentage=27.30%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=James L. Hart|votes=4,288|percentage=2.55%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=18|percentage=0.01%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=167,970|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

District 9

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{{see also|Tennessee's 9th congressional district}}

==Predictions==

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Source

!Ranking

!As of

align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| November 4, 2002

align=left | New York Times

|{{USRaceRating|Safe|D}}

| October 14, 2002

=Results=

{{Election box begin no change|title=Tennessee's 9th congressional district election, 2002}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|party=Democratic Party (United States)|candidate=Harold Ford Jr. (inc.)|votes=120,904|percentage=83.81%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Independent politician|candidate=Tony Rush|votes=23,208|percentage=16.09%}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|party=Write-in candidate|candidate=Write-ins|votes=148|percentage=0.10%}}

{{Election box total no change|votes=144,260|percentage=100.00%}}

{{Election box hold with party link without swing|winner=Democratic Party (United States)}}

{{Election box end}}

See also

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