United States Senate election in Kentucky, 2002
Encyclopedia
The 2002 United States Senate election in Kentucky was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican
U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
won re-election to a fourth term.
Republican Party (United States)
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U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell
Mitch McConnell
Addison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky and the Republican Minority Leader.- Early life, education, and military service :...
won re-election to a fourth term.
Candidates
- Lois Combs Weinberg, Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky
- Tom Barlow, former U.S. Congressman
Results
Candidates
- Mitch McConnellMitch McConnellAddison Mitchell "Mitch" McConnell, Jr. is the senior United States Senator from Kentucky and the Republican Minority Leader.- Early life, education, and military service :...
(R), incumbent U.S. Senator - Lois Combs Weinberg (D), Vice Chair of the Council on Postsecondary Education in Kentucky