2002 United States Senate election in Arkansas

November 5, 2002


Nominee	Mark Pryor	Tim Hutchinson
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	435,347	372,909
Percentage	53.86%	46.14%

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

Federal government

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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

Democratic

Mark Pryor, Arkansas Attorney General

Republican

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%

General election

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 14, 2002

Predictions

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

Results

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

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

^ "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".

Elections in Arkansas
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U.S. President	1836 1840 1844 1848 1852 1856 1860 1864 1868 1872 1876 1880 1884 1888 1892 1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
U.S. Senate	Class 2: 1833 1839–40 1848 S 1853 1859 1868 S 1870 1876 1883 1885 S 1889 1895 1901 1907 1913 S 1913 1918 1924 1930 1936 1937 S 1942 1948 1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2008 2014 2020 Class 3: 1837 1843 1845 S 1849 1855 1861 1867 1873 1879 1881 S 1885 1891 1897 1903 1909 1914 1916 S 1920 1926 1932 S 1932 1938 1944 1950 1956 1962 1968 1974 1980 1986 1992 1998 2004 2010 2016 2022
U.S. House	1837 1838 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1851 1853 1854 1856 1858 1860 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 (4th S) 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 (6th S) 1962 1964 1966 (4th S) 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024
'S,' denotes special election; 'U,' denotes election under Federal (Union) military occupation See also: Political party strength in Arkansas

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