The Green Papers: Alabama 2002 Midterm Election
 
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Primary: Tuesday 4 June 2002
Run-off (Sen-D, CD1-Dem, CD1-Rep, CD7-Dem): Tuesday 25 June 2002
Midterm Election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
2002 Representatives:7(1.61% of 435)
1990 Census:4,040,389 (1.62% of 248,765,170)
2000 Census:4,461,130 (1.58% of 281,998,273)
Registered Voters (Nov 98):2,316,598
Estimated Voting age population (Jan 98):3,293,000
Capital:Montgomery
Tuesday 4 June 2002 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 25 June 2002 polls close 7:00p CDT (0000 UTC)
Tuesday 5 November 2002 polls close 7:00p CST (0100 UTC)
 

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Alabama State and Local Government

preview re: General Election in ALABAMA-
Tuesday 5 November 2002

Polls close: 7 PM Central Standard Time
(0100 UTC, Wed 6 Nov)

  • ALABAMA is electing its Governor in 2002; incumbent Democrat Don Siegelman is a candidate for re-election as Governor in the General Election.
  • ALABAMA is electing its U.S. Senator in the "Class 2" seat in 2002; incumbent Republican Jeff Sessions is a candidate for re-election to the Senate in the General Election.
  • ALABAMA is electing 7 Members of Congress (U.S. House of Representatives) in 2002; the State did not gain nor lose a House seat as a result of the 2000 census.
  • There are no House seats which will have incumbents running against one another in the General Election.

    • Members of Congress currently serving in the U.S. House of Representatives, 107th Congress from the State of ALABAMA not seeking re-election in the 5 November 2002 General Election:

    Incumbent Party District
    [per 1990
    Apportionment]    		 Reason for not
    seeking re-election
    H.L. "Sonny" Callahan Republican CD # 1 voluntarily retiring
    Bob Riley Republican CD # 3 Nominee for Governor
    Earl Hilliard Democrat CD # 7 lost Primary for House

    Open Seats [those in which there is no incumbent running for re-election] in the U.S. House from ALABAMA in the 5 November 2002 General Election [NOTE-- Districts are those per 2000 Apportionment ]

    • CD 1
    • CD 3
    • CD 7

    Uncontested Major Races in the 5 November 2002 General Election in ALABAMA:

    None.

 
Governor  Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors
Chair up for election Democrat Governor Don Siegelman
• First elected: 1998
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• The current Governor is NOT affected by this state's term limit.
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
  Candidate Democrat Governor Don Siegelman
  Candidate Libertarian John P. Sophocleus
  Elected Republican Congressman Bob Riley
 Close Race. Republican Congressman Bob Riley (670,913 votes, 49.26%) vs Incumbent Democrat Governor Don Siegelman (667,718 votes, 49.03%). Apparently, an extra several thousand votes were originally counted for Governor Siegelman in Baldwin County that were mistakenly counted twice; it was evidently on the belief- fueled, in part, by the original numbers- that a recount could possibly still give him the victory that caused Governor Siegelman to claim victory on Election Night even as Congressman Riley was doing the same. The county canvassing boards will certify election results no later than 20 November. Congressman Riley has asked the Alabama Supreme Court to block a statewide recount on grounds that, under State law, the seals on voting machines can only be broken under circumstances not applicable to the instant case: Oral Argument has been set for Thursday 21 November, the day after the deadline for the election results to be certified. For his part, Governor Siegelman is claiming that nearly 10,000 so-called "undervotes" (that is, ballots cast in which no vote for Governor appears to have been made) includes enough actual votes for Governor misread as "blank" to potentially give him the ultimate victory; in the unofficial returns, Siegelman is behind Riley by slightly more than 3,000 votes (as can be seen above). Nevertheless, it appears that- without question- this race was won by Congressman Riley.
Senate  6-year term, 107th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Republican Senator Jeff Sessions
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
• Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary
  Candidate Democrat Susan Parker
  Candidate Libertarian Jeff Allen
  Elected Republican Senator Jeff Sessions
Class 3 Republican Senator Richard Shelby
• First elected as a Democrat: 1986; re-elected: 1992; Changed Party affiliation to Republican: 9 November 1994; re-elected as a Republican: 1998
[also served in the U.S. House- elected: 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984 as a Democrat]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2004
107th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2001-2002)
1992-2000 Congressional Districts for the election of the 107th Congress
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
5 Republicans (2 Open, 3 Renominated);
2 Democrats (1 Renominated, 1 Lost)
CD 1 Republican Congressman H.L. "Sonny" Callahan
• First elected: 1984
• Open Seat - Voluntary Retirement
CD 2 Republican Congressman Terry Everett
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1992
• Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Everett is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 2
CD 3 Republican Congressman Bob Riley
• First elected: 1996
• Open Seat - Nominee for Governor
CD 4 Republican Congressman Robert Aderholt
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1996
• Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Aderholt is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 4
CD 5 Democrat Congressman Bud Cramer
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1990
• Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Cramer is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 5
CD 6 Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus
• Re-elected 5 November 2002
• First elected: 1992
• Renominated - 4 June 2002 Primary
 Congressman Bachus is a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 6
CD 7 Democrat Congressman Earl Hilliard
• First elected: 1992
• Lost Primary - Runoff: 25 June 2002
 Congressman Hilliard is no longer a candidate for re-election in the new CD # 7
108th House of Representatives  2-year term, House (2003-2004)
2002-2010 Congressional Districts for the election of the 108th Congress
CD 1
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Judy McCain-Belk
  Candidate Libertarian Dick M. Coffee
  Elected Republican Jo Bonner
CD 2
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Democrat Charles Woods
  Candidate Libertarian Floyd Shackelford
  Elected Republican Congressman Terry Everett
CD 3
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Candidate Democrat Joe Turnham
  Candidate Libertarian George Crispin
  Elected Republican Mike Rogers
CD 4
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Libertarian Tony Hughes McLendon
  Elected Republican Congressman Robert Aderholt
CD 5
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Elected Democrat Congressman Bud Cramer
  Candidate Libertarian Alan F. Barksdale
  Candidate Republican Stephen P. Engel
CD 6
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
  Candidate Libertarian J. Holden McAllister
  Elected Republican Congressman Spencer Bachus
CD 7
Seat up for election		   (pending)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002
 ** Open Seat (no incumbent) **
  Elected Democrat Artur Davis
  Candidate Libertarian Lauren Orth McCay
 

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