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Massachusetts general election, 2002

A Massachusetts general election was held on November 5, 2002 in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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The election included:

  • statewide elections for U.S. Senator, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Treasurer, and Auditor;
  • district elections for U.S. Representatives, State Representatives, State Senators, and Governor's Councillors; and
  • ballot questions at the state and local levels.

    • Democratic and Republican candidates were selected in party primaries held September 17, 2002.

    United States Senator

    Democratic incumbent John Kerry was re-elected over his Libertarian challenger Michael Cloud.

    Governor & Lieutenant Governor

    Republicans Mitt Romney and Kerry Healey were elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor, respectively, over Democratic candidates Shannon O'Brien and Chris Gabrieli, Green-Rainbow candidates Jill Stein and Tony Lorenzen, Libertarian candidates Carla Howell and Rich Aucoin, and independent candidates Barbara C. Johnson and Joe Schebel.

    Attorney General

    Democrat Thomas Reilly ran unopposed.

    Secretary of the Commonwealth

    Democrat William F. Galvin was re-elected Secretary of the Commonwealth for a third term. He defeated Perennial candidate Jack E. Robinson III in the general election.

    Treasurer and Receiver-General

    Timothy P. Cahill was elected Treasurer and Receiver-General. He defeated Jim Segel, Stephen J. Murphy, and Michael P. Cahill in the Democratic primary and Daniel Grabauskas and James O'Keefe in the general election.

    Auditor

    Democrat A. Joseph DeNucci was re-elected Auditor. He defeated Libertarian Kamal Jain and Independent John James Xenakis.

    U.S. House of Representatives

    see Massachusetts United States House election, 2002

    State House of Representatives

    see Massachusetts House election, 2002

    State Senate

    see Massachusetts Senate election, 2002

    Governor's Council

    See Massachusetts Governor's Council election, 2002

    Ballot questions

    There were three statewide ballot questions, all initiatives, which the Massachusetts voters voted on this election. There were also various local ballot questions around the state.

    Statewide Questions:

  • Question 1 - Abolishing the state income tax. A law to eliminate any state personal income tax for income or other gain realized on or after July 1, 2003.
  • Question 2 - Abolishing bilingual education and replacing it with a one-year program of rapid English immersion. A law that would require that, with limited exceptions, all public-school children must be taught all subjects in English.
  • Question 3 - Taxpayer funding for Clean Elections. A non-binding question relative to the funding of political campaigns for public office.

    • References

    Massachusetts general election, 2002 Wikipedia
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