2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi

2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi
← 1996 November 5, 2002 2008 →
	County results; Cochran: 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; Thad Cochran; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; Thad Cochran; Republican

The 2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Thad Cochran overwhelmingly won re-election to a fifth term. The Democratic Party did not field a candidate, resulting in Reform Party candidate Shawn O'Hara winning 15.42%. O'Hara's percentage of the vote was more than double Ross Perot's statewide total of 5.84% in the 1996 presidential election. His percentage was also the highest percentage for a Reform candidate in a U.S. Senate election.

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thad Cochran (incumbent)	533,269	84.58%
	Reform	Shawn O'Hara	97,226	15.42%
Total votes			630,495	100.00%
	Republican hold

County^[2]	Thad Cochran Republican		Shawn O'Hara Reform		Margin		Total
County^[2]	#	%	#	%	#	%	Total
Adams	6,621	76.41%	2,044	23.59%	4,577	52.82%	8,665
Alcorn	3,284	88.52%	426	11.48%	2,858	77.04%	3,710
Amite	3,811	65.87%	1,975	34.13%	1,836	31.73%	5,786
Attala	4,810	85.07%	844	14.93%	3,966	70.15%	5,654
Benton	1,272	81.07%	297	18.93%	975	62.14%	1,569
Bolivar	5,660	83.27%	1,137	16.73%	4,523	66.54%	6,797
Calhoun	2,614	86.33%	414	13.67%	2,200	72.66%	3,028
Carroll	2,215	83.43%	440	16.57%	1,775	66.85%	2,655
Chickasaw	3,299	79.67%	842	20.33%	2,457	59.33%	4,141
Choctaw	1,698	87.26%	248	12.74%	1,450	74.51%	1,946
Claiborne	1,386	64.32%	769	35.68%	617	28.63%	2,155
Clarke	3,755	83.37%	749	16.63%	3,006	66.74%	4,504
Clay	4,356	72.05%	1,690	27.95%	2,666	44.10%	6,046
Coahoma	3,036	89.24%	366	10.76%	2,670	78.48%	3,402
Copiah	5,315	79.25%	1,392	20.75%	3,923	58.49%	6,707
Covington	4,685	84.07%	888	15.93%	3,797	68.13%	5,573
DeSoto	10,431	88.55%	1,349	11.45%	9,082	77.10%	11,780
Forrest	13,771	87.99%	1,880	12.01%	11,891	75.98%	15,651
Franklin	2,475	84.04%	470	15.96%	2,005	68.08%	2,945
George	3,717	90.15%	406	9.85%	3,311	80.31%	4,123
Greene	2,256	89.21%	273	10.79%	1,983	78.41%	2,529
Grenada	4,675	83.98%	892	16.02%	3,783	67.95%	5,567
Hancock	7,034	85.84%	1,160	14.16%	5,874	71.69%	8,194
Harrison	35,954	86.08%	5,816	13.92%	30,138	72.15%	41,770
Hinds	46,687	82.16%	10,138	17.84%	36,549	64.32%	56,825
Holmes	2,732	67.98%	1,287	32.02%	1,445	35.95%	4,019
Humphreys	1,797	73.53%	647	26.47%	1,150	47.05%	2,444
Issaquena	422	77.86%	120	22.14%	302	55.72%	542
Itawamba	4,424	86.66%	681	13.34%	3,743	73.32%	5,105
Jackson	25,305	89.22%	3,056	10.78%	22,249	78.45%	28,361
Jasper	3,564	75.48%	1,158	24.52%	2,406	50.95%	4,722
Jefferson	1,225	63.14%	715	36.86%	510	26.29%	1,940
Jefferson Davis	2,964	77.07%	882	22.93%	2,082	54.13%	3,846
Jones	13,463	88.49%	1,751	11.51%	11,712	76.98%	15,214
Kemper	2,701	83.29%	542	16.71%	2,159	66.57%	3,243
Lafayette	5,605	85.53%	948	14.47%	4,657	71.07%	6,553
Lamar	10,069	92.79%	782	7.21%	9,287	85.59%	10,851
Lauderdale	17,398	88.78%	2,198	11.22%	15,200	77.57%	19,596
Lawrence	4,186	83.29%	840	16.71%	3,346	66.57%	5,026
Leake	4,326	84.81%	775	15.19%	3,551	69.61%	5,101
Lee	12,585	88.76%	1,594	11.24%	10,991	77.52%	14,179
Leflore	4,553	79.17%	1,198	20.83%	3,355	58.34%	5,751
Lincoln	8,708	86.32%	1,380	13.68%	7,328	72.64%	10,088
Lowndes	10,268	84.14%	1,936	15.86%	8,332	68.27%	12,204
Madison	20,109	87.86%	2,779	12.14%	17,330	75.72%	22,888
Marion	5,988	86.41%	942	13.59%	5,046	72.81%	6,930
Marshall	4,068	77.83%	1,159	22.17%	2,909	55.65%	5,227
Monroe	5,204	82.29%	1,120	17.71%	4,084	64.58%	6,324
Montgomery	2,813	87.80%	391	12.20%	2,422	75.59%	3,204
Neshoba	6,864	90.57%	715	9.43%	6,149	81.13%	7,579
Newton	5,491	91.20%	530	8.80%	4,961	82.39%	6,021
Noxubee	2,194	70.25%	929	29.75%	1,265	40.51%	3,123
Oktibbeha	7,793	79.67%	1,988	20.33%	5,805	59.35%	9,781
Panola	5,058	79.74%	1,285	20.26%	3,773	59.48%	6,343
Pearl River	7,212	87.49%	1,031	12.51%	6,181	74.98%	8,243
Perry	2,695	88.51%	350	11.49%	2,345	77.01%	3,045
Pike	8,776	78.33%	2,428	21.67%	6,348	56.66%	11,204
Pontotoc	4,530	89.53%	530	10.47%	4,000	79.05%	5,060
Prentiss	4,951	87.54%	705	12.46%	4,246	75.07%	5,656
Quitman	1,088	73.07%	401	26.93%	687	46.14%	1,489
Rankin	31,180	93.02%	2,341	6.98%	28,839	86.03%	33,521
Scott	5,501	83.82%	1,062	16.18%	4,439	67.64%	6,563
Sharkey	1,233	78.74%	333	21.26%	900	57.47%	1,566
Simpson	5,823	81.77%	1,298	18.23%	4,525	63.54%	7,121
Smith	5,075	91.66%	462	8.34%	4,613	83.31%	5,537
Stone	3,132	89.77%	357	10.23%	2,775	79.54%	3,489
Sunflower	3,479	73.72%	1,240	26.28%	2,239	47.45%	4,719
Tallahatchie	2,261	74.67%	767	25.33%	1,494	49.34%	3,028
Tate	3,363	85.05%	591	14.95%	2,772	70.11%	3,954
Tippah	3,646	86.01%	593	13.99%	3,053	72.02%	4,239
Tishomingo	3,344	82.94%	688	17.06%	2,656	65.87%	4,032
Tunica	551	68.11%	258	31.89%	293	36.22%	809
Union	4,672	90.79%	474	9.21%	4,198	81.58%	5,146
Walthall	3,530	81.17%	819	18.83%	2,711	62.34%	4,349
Warren	11,036	86.76%	1,684	13.24%	9,352	73.52%	12,720
Washington	8,263	75.57%	2,671	24.43%	5,592	51.14%	10,934
Wayne	4,384	83.79%	848	16.21%	3,536	67.58%	5,232
Webster	2,829	88.99%	350	11.01%	2,479	77.98%	3,179
Wilkinson	1,403	60.45%	918	39.55%	485	20.90%	2,321
Winston	5,661	82.53%	1,198	17.47%	4,463	65.07%	6,859
Yalobusha	2,205	78.16%	616	21.84%	1,589	56.33%	2,821
Yazoo	4,752	82.90%	980	17.10%	3,772	65.81%	5,732
Totals	533,269	84.58%	97,226	15.42%	436,043	69.16%	630,495

2002 United States Senate election in Mississippi

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