2002_United_States_Senate_election_in_Arkansas Knowpia

2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas
	County results; Pryor: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%; Hutchinson: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Tim Hutchinson; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Mark Pryor; Democratic

The 2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Tim Hutchinson ran for a second term, but was defeated by Democratic candidate Mark Pryor, whose father David had held the seat from 1979 to 1997. This was the only Senate seat in the 2002 midterm elections to switch from Republican to Democratic, and Hutchinson was the only incumbent Republican senator to lose reelection during that cycle.

Major candidates edit

Democratic edit

Mark Pryor, Arkansas Attorney General

Republican edit

Republican Jim Bob Duggar challenged Hutchinson in the primary.

Tim Hutchinson, incumbent U.S. Senator
Jim Bob Duggar, State Representative

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Hutchinson (incumbent)	71,576	77.7%
	Republican	Jim Bob Duggar	20,546	22.3%
Total votes			92,116	100.0%

Republican primary results by county

Hutchinson

60–70%
70–80%
80–90%
>90%

General election edit

Debates edit

Complete video of debate, October 14, 2002

Predictions edit

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Lean D (flip)	November 4, 2002

Results edit

2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Pryor	435,347	53.86%
	Republican	Tim Hutchinson (incumbent)	372,909	46.14%
Total votes			808,256	100.0%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic edit

Columbia (Largest city: Magnolia)
Craighead (Largest city: Jonesboro)
Conway (Largest city: Morrilton)
Franklin (Largest city: Ozark)
Garland (Largest city: Hot Springs)
Independence (Largest city: Batesville)
Johnson (Largest city: Clarksville)
Logan (Largest city: Booneville)
Perry (Largest city: Perryville)
Sharp (Largest city: Cherokee Village)
Stone (Largest city: Mountain View)
Union (Largest city: El Dorado)
Van Buren (Largest city: Clinton)
Yell (Largest city: Dardanelle)

References edit

^ "2002 Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2015.
^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "Our Campaigns - AR US Senate Race - Nov 05, 2002".