The 2002 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm chose not to seek re-election and instead successfully ran for governor. Republican nominee Mike Cox defeated Democratic nominee Gary Peters with 48.86% of the vote in a close race decided by less than 6,000 votes. Cox became the first Republican to win the Attorney General office in Michigan since Frank Millard did so in 1950.
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Turnout | 30.57% | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Cox: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Peters: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Major party candidates
Other candidates
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Mike Cox | 1,499,066 | 48.86 | |
Democratic | Gary Peters | 1,493,866 | 48.69 | |
Green | Jerry Kaufman | 47,894 | 1.56 | |
U.S. Taxpayers | Gerald Van Sickle | 27,186 | 0.89 | |
Total votes | 3,068,012 | 100.00 | ||
Republican gain from Democratic |