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2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma

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All 5 Oklahoma seats to the United States House of Representatives

The 2002 House elections in Oklahoma occurred on November 5, 2002 to elect the members of the State of Oklahoma's delegation to the United States House of Representatives. Oklahoma had five seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census.

These elections were held concurrently with the United States Senate elections of 2002 (including one in Oklahoma), the United States House elections in other states, and various state and local elections.

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a state in the South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, and Colorado on the northwest. Partially in the western extreme of the Upland South, it is the 20th-most extensive and the 28th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its residents are known as Oklahomans and its capital and largest city is Oklahoma City.

U.S. state

U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Due to this shared sovereignty, Americans are citizens both of the federal republic and of the state in which they reside. State citizenship and residency are flexible, and no government approval is required to move between states, except for persons restricted by certain types of court orders.

United States House of Representatives

United States House of Representatives

The United States House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together, they comprise the national bicameral legislature of the United States.

2000 United States census

2000 United States census

The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census. This was the twenty-second federal census and was at the time the largest civilly administered peacetime effort in the United States.

2002 United States Senate elections

2002 United States Senate elections

The 2002 United States Senate elections featured a series of fiercely contested elections that resulted in a victory for the Republican Party, which gained two seats and thus a narrow majority from the Democratic Party in the United States Senate. The Senate seats up for election, known as class 2 Senate seats, were last up for regular election in 1996. The election was held on November 5, 2002, almost fourteen months after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma

The 2002 United States Senate election in Oklahoma was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe won re-election to a second term.

2002 United States House of Representatives elections

2002 United States House of Representatives elections

The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections were held on November 5, 2002, in the middle of President George W. Bush's first term, to elect U.S. Representatives to serve in the 108th United States Congress. This was the first congressional election using districts drawn up during the 2000 United States redistricting cycle on the basis of the 2000 Census.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma, 2002[1]
Party Votes Percentage Seats Before Seats After +/–
Republican 546,832 54.58 5 4 -1
Democratic 391,927 39.12 1 1 ±0
Independent 63,093 6.3 0 0 0
Totals 1,001,852 100.00% 6 5 -1
Voter turnout

Results

Oklahoma congressional districts in the 2002 elections
Oklahoma congressional districts in the 2002 elections
District Incumbent Party First
elected
Result Candidates
Oklahoma 1 John Sullivan Republican 2002 Re-elected John Sullivan (R) 55.62%
Doug Dodd (D) 42.17%
Joe Cristiano (I) 2.21%
Oklahoma 2 Brad Carson Democratic 2000 Re-elected Brad Carson (D) 74.12%
Kent Pharaoh (R) 25.88%
Oklahoma 3 Wes Watkins Republican 1976 Retired
Republican loss
Frank Lucas (R) 75.58%
Robert T. Murphy (D) 24.42%
Frank Lucas
Redistricted from the 6th district (now obsolete)
Republican 1994 Re-elected
Oklahoma 4 J. C. Watts Republican 1994 Retired
Republican hold
Tom Cole (R) 53.83%
Darryl Roberts (D) 46.17%
Oklahoma 5 Ernest Istook Republican 1992 Re-elected Ernest Istook (R) 62.23%
Lou Barlow (D) 32.41%
Donna C. Davis (I) 5.37%

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Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district

Oklahoma's 1st congressional district is in the northeastern corner of the state and borders Kansas. Anchored by Tulsa, it is largely coextensive with the Tulsa metropolitan area. It includes all of Tulsa, Washington and Wagoner counties, and parts of Rogers and Creek counties. Although it has long been reckoned as the Tulsa district, a small portion of Tulsa itself is located in the 3rd district.

John Sullivan (Oklahoma politician)

John Sullivan (Oklahoma politician)

John Alfred Sullivan is an American politician who was the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 1st congressional district from 2002 to 2013. He is a member of the Republican Party.

Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district

Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district

Oklahoma's 2nd congressional district is one of five United States congressional districts in Oklahoma and covers approximately one-fourth of the state in the east. The district borders Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas and includes a total of 24 counties.

Brad Carson

Brad Carson

Brad Rogers Carson is an American lawyer and politician from the state of Oklahoma who served as the Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from 2015 to 2016. In that role, he initiated a number of notable reforms to include opening up all combat positions to women, open service by transgender service members, and new recruiting and retention practices.

Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district

Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district

Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district is the largest congressional district in the state, covering an area of 34,088.49 square miles, over 48 percent the state's land mass. The district is bordered by New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, and the Texas panhandle. Altogether, the district includes a total of 32 counties, and covers more territory than the state's other four districts combined. It is one of the largest districts in the nation that does not cover an entire state.

Wes Watkins

Wes Watkins

Wesley Wade Watkins is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. Watkins is a retired member of the United States House of Representatives where he had represented Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district for 14 years as a Democrat and then for six years as a Republican.

Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)

Frank Lucas (Oklahoma politician)

Frank Dean Lucas is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 3rd congressional district since 2003, having previously represented the 6th district from 1994 to 2003. A member of the Republican Party, Lucas has chaired the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology since 2023. His district, numbered as the 6th from 1994 to 2003, is Oklahoma's largest congressional district and one of the largest in the nation that does not cover an entire state. It covers 34,088.49 square miles and stretches from the Panhandle to the fringes of the Tulsa suburbs, covering almost half of the state's land mass. Lucas is the dean of Oklahoma's House delegation.

Oklahoma's 6th congressional district

Oklahoma's 6th congressional district

Oklahoma's 6th congressional district is a former U.S. congressional district in Western Oklahoma. Oklahoma gained three seats in the 1910 census, but elected the extra seats at-large in 1912. The 6th district was thus created and first used for the 1914 House election. Oklahoma has gradually lost seats since the 1910 census; it lost its sixth seat in the 2000 census. Since 2003, most of the territory that was in the final configuration of the 6th district has been in the 3rd district.

Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

Oklahoma's 4th congressional district

Oklahoma's 4th congressional district is located in south-central Oklahoma and covers a total of 15 counties. Its principal cities include Midwest City, Norman, Moore, Ada, Duncan, Lawton/Ft. Sill, and Ardmore. The district also includes much of southern Oklahoma City.

J. C. Watts

J. C. Watts

Julius Caesar Watts Jr. is an American politician, clergyman, and athlete. Watts was a college football quarterback for the Oklahoma Sooners and later played professionally in the Canadian Football League. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2003 as a Republican, representing Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District.

Tom Cole

Tom Cole

Thomas Jeffery Cole is the U.S. representative for Oklahoma's 4th congressional district, serving since 2003. He is a member of the Republican Party and serves as the chairman of the House Rules Committee. During his tenure as the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) from 2006 to 2008, he was the fourth-ranking Republican in the House.

Oklahoma's 5th congressional district

Oklahoma's 5th congressional district

Oklahoma's 5th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. It borders all of the other congressional districts in the state except the 1st district. It is densely populated and covers almost all of Oklahoma County and all of Pottawatomie and Seminole counties. Although it leans firmly Republican, with a Cook PVI rating of R+12, it is still considered the least Republican district in the state.

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Source: "2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Oklahoma", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 6th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections_in_Oklahoma.

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References
  1. ^ "Oklahoma Secretary of State "Official Election Results, 2004 General Election".

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