The 2002 United States Senate election in Iowa was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Harkin sought re-election to a fourth term in office. Harkin was opposed in the general election by U.S. Congressman Greg Ganske, who fought off a difficult challenger in the Republican primary. Though Harkin narrowly defeated his opponent six years earlier, he was able to defeat Ganske by a comfortable margin to win re-election.
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County results Harkin: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Ganske: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 80-90% | |||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 83,505 | 99.34% | |
Democratic | Write-ins | 555 | 0.66% | |
Total votes | 84,060 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Greg Ganske | 116,229 | 58.97% | |
Republican | Bill Salier | 80,700 | 40.95% | |
Republican | Write-ins | 167 | 0.08% | |
Total votes | 197,096 | 100.00% |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[2] | Lean D | November 4, 2002 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered |
Sample size[a] |
Margin of error |
Tom Harkin (D) |
Greg Ganske (R) |
Other / Undecided |
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SurveyUSA | October 27–29, 2002 | 605 (LV) | ± 4.1% | 60% | 38% | 2% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Tom Harkin (incumbent) | 554,278 | 54.18% | +2.37% | |
Republican | Greg Ganske | 447,892 | 43.78% | -2.94% | |
Green | Timothy A. Harthan | 11,340 | 1.11% | ||
Libertarian | Richard J. Moore | 8,864 | 0.87% | ||
Write-in | 701 | 0.06% | |||
Majority | 106,386 | 10.40% | +5.30% | ||
Turnout | 1,023,075 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |