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  RACE DETAILS
Parents > United States > Alabama > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 20, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 15, 2007 - 12:00pm
ContributorBarack O-blame-a
Last ModifiedRBH February 24, 2018 06:31pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1998
NameDonald E. "Don" Siegelman Votes760,115 (57.55%)
Term01/18/1999 - 01/20/2003 Margin205,369 (+15.55%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jun 04, 2002 AL Governor - D Primary Donald E. "Don" Siegelman
Jun 04, 2002 AL Governor - R Primary Bob Riley
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 10.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Bob Riley
Strong 1
Lean 5
Slight 15
Donald E. "Don" Siegelman
Lean 2
Slight 5
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

02/04/2002 10/24/2002

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name Rep. Bob Riley (I) Gov. Donald E. "Don" Siegelman John P. Sophocleus (W) Others
PartyRepublican Democratic Libertarian Other
Votes672,225 (49.17%) 669,105 (48.95%) 23,272 (1.70%) 2,451 (0.18%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -3,120 (-0.23%) -648,953 (-47.47%) -669,774 (-48.99%)
Predict Avg.50.51% 48.56% 0.79% 0.00%
Finances$13,847,976.00 $11,389,116.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
USA Polling Group 
10/21-10/24
44.00% (+2.0) 40.00% (+5.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Business Council of Alabama 
10/21-10/23
42.00% (+0.0) 41.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Alabama Education Association 
10/19-10/21
40.00% (-6.0) 40.00% (+4.0) 3.00% (+1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Alabama 
09/09-09/12
45.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Alabama Education Association 
09/03-09/04
44.00% (-2.0) 42.00% (+6.0) 1.00% (-1.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Business Council of Alabama 
08/27-08/28
43.00% (+0.0) 43.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Johnny Ford [L]
AENM Angry Russian
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
F Blue Republican
D KeystoneProgressive
I ThatAlabamaGuy
D Jimmy Buffett
D Chase Anderson "Andy" Romagnano
D Jason
D Ashley
R TurnerforCongress
D InspectorMorse
R Barack O-blame-a
I McCord 2014

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Nov 19, 2002 02:31am General Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman concedes race, giving GOP another victory in South  Article None Entered 
Nov 19, 2002 02:30am General Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman concedes, giving GOP another victory in South  Article None Entered 
Nov 19, 2002 02:30am General Election Finally Ends In Alabama  Article None Entered 
Nov 19, 2002 02:29am General Ala. Governor Concedes Race to GOP Candidate  Article None Entered 
Nov 15, 2002 10:40am General Riley seeks court's help  Article None Entered 
Nov 13, 2002 12:53pm General Potential ballot recount meets with indifference  Article None Entered 

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