The Green Papers: Alabama 2002 Midterm Election |
Alabama
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 |
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preview re: General Election in ALABAMA-
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Incumbent | Party | District [per 1990 Apportionment] |
Reason for not seeking re-election |
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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 |
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Governor Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms, Governors | |||
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 |
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Democrat | Governor Don Siegelman | ||
Libertarian | John P. Sophocleus | ||
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 |
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 |
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Democrat | Susan Parker | ||
Libertarian | Jeff Allen | ||
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 |
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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 |
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CD 2 | Republican | Congressman Terry Everett Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1992 Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary |
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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 |
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CD 4 | Republican | Congressman Robert Aderholt Re-elected 5 November 2002 First elected: 1996 Renominated - Unopposed, 4 June 2002 Primary |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Democrat | Judy McCain-Belk | ||
Libertarian | Dick M. Coffee | ||
Republican | Jo Bonner | ||
CD 2 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Charles Woods | ||
Libertarian | Floyd Shackelford | ||
Republican | Congressman Terry Everett | ||
CD 3 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Democrat | Joe Turnham | ||
Libertarian | George Crispin | ||
Republican | Mike Rogers | ||
CD 4 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Libertarian | Tony Hughes McLendon | ||
Republican | Congressman Robert Aderholt | ||
CD 5 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Democrat | Congressman Bud Cramer | ||
Libertarian | Alan F. Barksdale | ||
Republican | Stephen P. Engel | ||
CD 6 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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Libertarian | J. Holden McAllister | ||
Republican | Congressman Spencer Bachus | ||
CD 7 |
(pending) Seat up for election: Tuesday 5 November 2002 |
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  | ** Open Seat (no incumbent) ** | ||
Democrat | Artur Davis | ||
Libertarian | Lauren Orth McCay |
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