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2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

The 2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 2002 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
← 1998 November 5, 2002 2006 →
 
Nominee Mark Taylor Steve Stancil
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 1,041,231 914,312
Percentage 51.87% 45.54%
Taylor:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%
Stancil:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%      50%
     No data

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Mark Taylor won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Steve Stancil.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Results

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Democratic primary results[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Taylor (incumbent) 409,769 100.00
Total votes 409,769 100.00

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Advanced to runoff

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  • Steve Stancil, State Representative from Canton
  • Mike Beatty, State Senator from Holders

Defeated in primary

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Results

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Republican primary results by county:
  Beatty
  •   Beatty—<40%
  •   Beatty—40–50%
  •   Beatty—50–60%
  •   Beatty—60–70%
  •   Beatty—80–90%
  •   Beatty—>90%
  Stancil
  •   Stancil—<40%
  •   Stancil—40–50%
  •   Stancil—50–60%
  •   Stancil—60–70%
  •   Stancil—>70%
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Beatty 199,848 44.82
Republican Steve Stancil 194,444 43.61
Republican Elbert Bartell 51,610 11.57
Total votes 445,902 100.0

Runoff Results

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Republican runoff results by county:
  Stancil
  •   Stancil—50–60%
  •   Stancil—60–70%
  •   Stancil—70%-80%
  •   Stancil—>80%
  Beatty
  •   Beatty—50–60%
  •   Beatty—60–70%
  •   Beatty—70–80%
  •   Beatty—80–90%
  •   Beatty—>90%
  Tie
  •   Tie—50%
  No data
  •   No data
Republican primary runoff results[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Steve Stancil 90,329 50.54
Republican Mike Beatty 88,398 49.46
Total votes 178,727 100.0

General election

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Results

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2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Mark Taylor (incumbent) 1,041,231 51.87% −4.47%
Republican Steve Stancil 914,312 46.25% +7.07%
Libertarian Herbie Galloway 51,218 2.55% −1.95%
Write-in 788 0.04% +0.02%
Total votes 2,007,539 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "8/20/02 - GA Gov. - D Primary Race" (PDF). sos.ga.gov/page/georgia-election-results. September 4, 2002.
  2. ^ "8/20/02 - GA Lt. Gov. - R Primary Race". August 15, 2004. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "9/10/02 - GA Lt. Gov. - R Runoff Race". August 15, 2004. Archived from the original on August 15, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ "11/5/2002 - Lieutenant Governor". June 1, 2004. Archived from the original on June 1, 2004. Retrieved December 29, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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