The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon were held on November 5, 2002, to select Oregon's representatives to the United States House of Representatives. All five seats were up for election in 2002, as they are every two years. All five incumbents were re-elected, four of them by large margins; only the 5th district was somewhat competitive.
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Overview
edit| United States House of Representatives elections in Oregon, 2002[1] | |||||
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| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | |
| Democratic | 676,920 | 54.58% | 4 | — | |
| Republican | 528,997 | 42.65% | 1 | — | |
| Libertarian | 22,626 | 1.82% | — | ||
| Socialist (Oregon) | 6,588 | 0.53% | — | ||
| Constitution (Oregon) | 3,495 | 0.28% | — | ||
| write-ins | 1,689 | 0.14% | — | ||
| Totals | 1,240,315 | 100% | 5 | — | |
District 1
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edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | David Wu (incumbent) | 149,215 | 62.69% | |
| Republican | Jim Greenfield | 80,917 | 33.99% | |
| Libertarian | Beth A. Knight | 7,639 | 3.21% | |
| write-ins | 1,521 | 0.64% | ||
| Total votes | 354,338 | 100% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 2
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edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Greg Walden (incumbent) | 181,295 | 71.86% | |
| Democratic | Peter Buckley | 64,991 | 25.76% | |
| Libertarian | Mike Wood | 5,681 | 2.25% | |
| write-ins | 317 | 0.13% | ||
| Total votes | 252,284 | 100% | ||
| Republican hold | ||||
District 3
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edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Earl Blumenauer (incumbent) | 156,851 | 66.75% | |
| Republican | Sarah Seale | 62,821 | 26.73% | |
| Socialist | Walter F. "Walt" Brown | 6,588 | 2.80% | |
| Libertarian | Kevin Jones | 4,704 | 2.00% | |
| Constitution | David Brownlow | 3,495 | 1.49% | |
| write-ins | 518 | 0.22% | ||
| Total votes | 234,977 | 100% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 4
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edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Peter A. DeFazio (incumbent) | 168,150 | 63.82% | |
| Republican | Liz VanLeeuwen | 90,523 | 34.36% | |
| Libertarian | Chris Bigelow | 4,602 | 1.75% | |
| write-ins | 206 | 0.08% | ||
| Total votes | 263,481 | 100% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
District 5
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edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Democratic | Darlene Hooley (incumbent) | 137,713 | 54.75% | |
| Republican | Brian Boquist | 113,441 | 45.10% | |
| write-ins | 383 | 0.15% | ||
| Total votes | 251,537 | 100% | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
See also
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edit- ^ a b c d e f Jeff Trahndahl (May 1, 2003). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002" (PDF). Clerk of the United States House of Representatives. Retrieved November 23, 2016.