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OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 08:00pm
Term Start January 13, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End January 08, 2007 - 12:00pm
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Last Modified... June 02, 2004 03:29pm
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Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won11/03/1998
NameRobert A. "Bob" Taft III Votes1,678,721 (50.05%)
Term01/11/1999 - 01/13/2003 Margin179,765 (+5.36%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Dec 31, 1998 OH Governor - Succession Nancy Hollister
May 07, 2002 OH Governor - D Primary Tim Hagan
May 07, 2002 OH Governor - R Primary Robert A. "Bob" Taft III
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 0.0000000000 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Robert A. "Bob" Taft III
Safe 4
Strong 11
Lean 4
Slight 2
Tim Hagan
Slight 1
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

04/04/2002 10/31/2002

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Gov. Robert A. "Bob" Taft III County Commissioner Tim Hagan John A. Eastman (W) James Whitman (W) Eva Braiman
PartyRepublican Democratic Independent Independent Socialist Workers
Votes1,865,007 (57.76%) 1,236,924 (38.31%) 126,686 (3.92%) 291 (0.01%) 84 (0.00%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -628,083 (-19.45%) -1,738,321 (-53.83%) -1,864,716 (-57.75%) -1,864,923 (-57.76%)
Predict Avg.54.48% 44.22% 0.60% 0.09% 0.00%
Finances$10,455,199.00 $1,298,494.00 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00
MATCHUP POLLS
Survey USA 
10/29-10/31
57.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Zogby International 
10/22-10/24
49.00% (+0.0) 35.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Mason-Dixon 
10/21-10/23
50.00% (+2.0) 38.00% (+1.0) 3.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
University of Cincinnati (The Ohio Poll) 
10/10-10/20
54.00% (+1.0) 38.00% (+3.0) 3.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Columbus Dispatch 
10/15-10/20
51.00% (+0.0) 44.00% (+4.0) 0.00% (-2.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
Columbus Dispatch 
10/07-10/07
51.00% (+5.0) 40.00% (+0.0) 2.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0) 0.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D InspectorMorse
Veg Thomas Walker

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 18, 2002 07:45pm General Ohio Candidate Can Keep Using Duck to Mock Governor Despite AFLAC's Objections  Article RP 
Sep 01, 2002 07:11pm General In Ohio, Taft on the Ropes  Article Stephen Yellin 
Aug 27, 2002 11:45am General 'Star Trek' captains boost Ohio candidate's campaign  Article RP 

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