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词条 2002 Massachusetts general election
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  1. Statewide elections

     United States Senator  Governor & Lieutenant Governor  Attorney General  Secretary of the Commonwealth  Treasurer and Receiver-General 

  2. Auditor

  3. District elections

     U.S. House of Representatives  State House of Representatives  State Senate  Governor's Council 

  4. Ballot questions

  5. References

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

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.

Statewide elections

United States Senator

{{see|Massachusetts United States Senate election, 2002}}

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

Governor & Lieutenant Governor

{{see|Massachusetts gubernatorial election, 2002}}

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.

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|candidate = Thomas Reilly
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|percentage = 99.24%
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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.

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|percentage = 73.97%
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|candidate = Jack E. Robinson III
|votes = 516,260
|percentage = 25.93%
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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.

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|candidate = Timothy P. Cahill
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|percentage = 35.79%
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = Jim Segel
|votes = 153,940
|percentage = 24.33%
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = Stephen J. Murphy
|votes = 135,612
|percentage = 21.43%
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = Michael P. Cahill
|votes = 116,737
|percentage = 18.45%
|change ={{Election box end}}{{Election box begin
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|candidate = Dan Grabauskas
|votes = 110,690
|percentage = 53.19%
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = Bruce A. Herzfelder
|votes = 96,851
|percentage = 46.54%
|change ={{Election box candidate
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|candidate =
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|percentage = 0.27
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}}{{Election box end}}{{Election box begin
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|votes = 1,040,281
|percentage = 50.66
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|candidate = Daniel Grabauskas
|votes = 848,904
|percentage = 41.34
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = James O'Keefe
|votes = 163,559
|percentage = 7.96
|change ={{Election box candidate
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|candidate =
|votes = 830
|percentage = 0.04
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}}{{Election box hold with party link
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}}{{Election box end}}

Auditor

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

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|party = Democratic Party (US)
|candidate = A. Joseph DeNucci
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|percentage = 77.96
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = John James Xenakis
|votes = 277,974
|percentage = 14.87
|change ={{Election box candidate with party link
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|candidate = Kamal Jain
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District elections

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. [3]
  • 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. [4]
  • Question 3 - Taxpayer funding for Clean Elections. A non-binding question relative to the funding of political campaigns for public office. [5]

| title=Question 1: Abolishing the state income tax
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| winner =
| candidate = Yes
| votes = 885,683
| percentage = 45.3%
| change =
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| winner = ✓
| candidate = No
| votes = 1,069,467
| percentage = 54.7%
| change =
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| title=Question 2: Abolishing bilingual education [6]
 }} {{Election box candidate no party with winner

| winner = ✓
| candidate = Yes
| votes = 1,359,935
| percentage = 67.98%
| change =
 }} {{Election box candidate no party with winner

| winner =
| candidate = No
| votes = 640,525
| percentage = 32.02%
| change =
 }} {{Election box end}}

| title=Question 3: Taxpayer funding for Clean Elections
 }} {{Election box candidate no party with winner

| winner = ✓
| candidate = Yes
| votes = 1,462,435
| percentage = 73.87%
| change =
 }} {{Election box candidate no party with winner

| winner =
| candidate = No
| votes = 517,285
| percentage = 26.13%
| change =
 }} {{Election box end}}

References

1. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1442
2. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=1443
3. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117122354/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |archivedate=2011-11-17 |df= }}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117122354/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |archivedate=2011-11-17 |df= }}
5. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2010-07-25 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111117122354/http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/other_stories/documents/02511116.htm |archivedate=2011-11-17 |df= }}
6. ^http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=3258
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