2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan
← 2000 November 5, 2002 2004 →
All 15 Michigan seats to the United States House of Representatives
Republican 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90%	Democratic 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% 90–100%

The 2002 congressional elections in Michigan were held on November 5, 2002, to determine who would represent the state of Michigan in the United States House of Representatives. Michigan had fifteen seats in the House, apportioned according to the 2000 United States census, causing it to lose a seat from the previous election when it had sixteen seats. Representatives are elected for two-year terms.

Michigan was one of six states in which the party that won the state's popular vote did not win a majority of seats in 2002, the other states being Connecticut, Illinois, New Mexico, Texas, and Tennessee.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Michigan, 2002^[1]
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats before	Seats after	+/–
	Democratic	1,507,174	49.32%	9	6	-3
	Republican	1,474,178	48.24%	7	9	+2
	Libertarian	51,983	1.70%	0	0	-
	Green	12,939	0.42%	0	0	-
	U.S. Taxpayers	5,613	0.18%	0	0	-
	Reform	3,912	0.12%	0	0	-
	Write-in	98	0.00%	0	0	-
Total		3,055,897	100.00%	16	15	-1

District 1

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 1st congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bart Stupak (incumbent)	150,701	67.67
	Republican	Don Hooper	69,254	31.10
	Libertarian	John Loosemore	2,732	1.23
Total votes			222,687	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 2nd congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete Hoekstra (incumbent)	156,937	70.40
	Democratic	Jeffrey Wrisley	61,749	27.70
	Libertarian	Laurie Aleck	2,680	1.20
	U.S. Taxpayers	Ronald Graeser	1,541	0.69
Total votes			222,907	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 3rd congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Vern Ehlers (incumbent)	153,131	69.97
	Democratic	Kathryn Lynnes	61,987	28.32
	Libertarian	Tom Quinn	2,613	1.19
	Reform	Richard Lucey	1,124	0.51
Total votes			218,855	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 4th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Camp (incumbent)	149,090	68.21
	Democratic	Lawrence Hollenbeck	65,950	30.17
	Green	Sterling Johnson	2,261	1.03
	Libertarian	Al Chia Jr.	1,272	0.58
Total votes			218,573	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 5th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dale Kildee (incumbent)	158,709	91.56
	Libertarian	Clint Foster	9,344	5.39
	Green	Harley Mikkelson	5,188	2.99
	Write-In	Thom Moffitt	97	0.06
	Write-In	William Fuzi	1	0.00
Total votes			173,339	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 6

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 6th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Fred Upton (incumbent)	126,936	69.17
	Democratic	Gary Giguere Jr.	53,793	29.31
	Reform	Richard Overton	2,788	1.52
Total votes			183,517	100.0
	Republican hold

District 7

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 7th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Smith (incumbent)	121,142	59.66
	Democratic	Mike Simpson	78,412	38.61
	Libertarian	Ken Proctor	3,515	1.73
Total votes			203,069	100.0
	Republican hold

District 8

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 8th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Rogers (incumbent)	156,525	67.88
	Democratic	Frank McAlpine	70,920	30.75
	Libertarian	Thomas Yeutter	3,152	1.37
Total votes			230,597	100.0
	Republican hold

District 9

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 9th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Knollenberg (incumbent)	141,102	58.10
	Democratic	David Fink	96,856	39.88
	Libertarian	Robert Schubring	4,922	2.03
Total votes			242,880	100.0
	Republican hold

District 10

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Lean R (flip)	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe R (flip)	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 10th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Candice Miller	137,339	63.31
	Democratic	Carl Marlinga	77,053	35.52
	Libertarian	Renae Coon	2,536	1.17
Total votes			216,928	100.0
	Republican win (new seat)

District 11

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Lean R	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Tossup	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 11th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Thaddeus McCotter	126,050	57.19
	Democratic	Kevin Kelley	87,402	39.66
	Green	William Boyd	4,243	1.93
	U.S. Taxpayers	Dan Malone	2,710	1.23
Total votes			220,405	100.0
	Republican hold

District 12

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 6th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sander Levin (incumbent)	140,970	68.26
	Republican	Harvey Dean	61,502	29.78
	Libertarian	Dick Gach	2,694	1.30
	U.S. Taxpayers	Steven Revis	1,362	0.66
Total votes			206,528	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 13th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carolyn Kilpatrick (incumbent)	120,869	91.61
	Libertarian	Raymond Warner	11,072	8.39
Total votes			131,941	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 14th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Conyers (incumbent)	145,285	83.21
	Republican	Dave Stone	26,544	15.20
	Libertarian	Francis Schorr	1,532	0.88
	Green	John Litle	1,247	0.71
Total votes			174,608	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2002
New York Times^[3]	Safe D	October 14, 2002

Results

2002 Michigan's 15th congressional district election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Dingell (incumbent)	136,518	72.21
	Republican	Martin Kaltenbach	48,626	25.72
	Libertarian	Gregory Stempfle	3,919	2.07
Total votes			189,063	100.0
	Democratic hold

References

↑ Trandahl, Jeff. "STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5, 2002". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 29, 2026.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "50 most competitive House races of 2002". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2002. Archived from the original on November 6, 2002. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2002 Senate, House and Governor Ratings". The New York Times. October 14, 2002. Retrieved December 21, 2023.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

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[clerk-1] Trandahl, Jeff. "STATISTICS OF THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION OF NOVEMBER 5, 2002". Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

[Sabato-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "50 most competitive House races of 2002". Sabato's Crystal Ball. November 6, 2002. Archived from the original on November 6, 2002. Retrieved November 24, 2023.

[NYT-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "2002 Senate, House and Governor Ratings". The New York Times. October 14, 2002. Retrieved December 21, 2023.

[genresults-4] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES" (PDF). Michigan Legislature. Retrieved August 29, 2026.

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