Arizona gubernatorial election, 2002

The 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on 5 November 2002 for the post of Governor of Arizona. Democratic Arizona Attornry General Janet Napolitano defeated Republican former Congressman Matt Salmon.

Republican primary

Democratic primary

Napolitano defeated three other candidates in the Democratic primary.cite web| url = http://election.nationaljournal.com/2006/governor/az.htm | title = Arizona 2006 Governor Race | accessdate = 2008-08-10 | publisher = "National Journal"]

Campaign

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Democratic Party (US)
candidate = Janet Napolitano
votes = 566,284
percentage = 46.2
change = +10.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Republican Party (US)
candidate = Matt Salmon
votes = 554,465
percentage = 45.2
change = -15.8Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = Richard Mahoney
votes = 84,947
percentage = 6.9
change = +6.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Libertarian Party (United States)
candidate = Barry Hess
votes = 20,356
percentage = 1.7
change = -1.0Election box candidate
party = Write-ins
candidate =
votes = 69
percentage = 0.0
change = -0.03Election box majority
votes = 11,822
percentage = 1.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 1,226,111
percentage = 55.0
change = +10.0Election box gain with party link
winner = Democratic Party (US)
loser = Republican Party (US)
swing =

References

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