2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico

2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico
	November 5, 2002
	County results; Domenici: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%; Tristani: 50–60%
U.S. senator before election; Pete Domenici; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Pete Domenici; Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in New Mexico was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Pete Domenici won re-election to a sixth term. As of 2025, this is the last time a Republican has won a U.S. Senate election in New Mexico.

Along with Maine and Oregon, this was one of the three Republican-held Senate seats up for election in a state that Al Gore won in the 2000 presidential election.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Gloria Tristani, member of the Federal Communications Commission and former Corporation Commissioner of New Mexico
Francesa Lobato
Don E. Durham (write-in)

Results

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Tristani	109,084	77.71%
	Democratic	Francesa Lobato	31,228	22.24%
	Democratic	Don E. Durham (write-in)	73	0.05%
Total votes			140,385	100.00%

Republican primary

Candidates

Pete Domenici, incumbent U.S. Senator
Orlin G. Cole (write-in)

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Domenici (incumbent)	91,898	99.93%
	Republican	Orlin G. Cole (write-in)	62	0.07%
Total votes			91,960	100.00%

General election

Candidates

Pete Domenici (R), incumbent U.S. Senator
Gloria Tristani (D), member of the Federal Communications Commission and former Corporation Commissioner of New Mexico

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[3]	Safe R	November 4, 2002

Results

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete Domenici (incumbent)	314,301	65.03%	+0.31%
	Democratic	Gloria Tristani	169,039	34.97%	+5.18%
Majority			145,262	30.05%	−4.90%
Turnout			483,340
	Republican hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Guadalupe (largest city: Santa Rosa)
Mora (largest city: Mora)

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Santa Fe (largest city: Santa Fe)
San Miguel (largest city: Las Vegas)
Taos (largest city: Taos)

References

^ "New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for". Archived from the original on August 3, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
^ "New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for". Archived from the original on August 3, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2011.
^ "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ https://electionstats.sos.nm.gov/contest/1169

[1] "New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for". Archived from the original on August 3, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2011.

[2] "New Mexico Official 2002 Election Results for". Archived from the original on August 3, 2006. Retrieved May 7, 2011.

[3] "Senate Races". www.centerforpolitics.org. November 4, 2002. Archived from the original on November 18, 2002. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[4] ttps://electionstats.sos.nm.gov/contest/1169

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

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Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Predictions

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References