Gubernatorial Elections 2002

Thirty-six states, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands held elections for governor in 2002. Below is a listing of the elections, the then current governor, and the primary election date. Click on the state name to link to state election sites.
 

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State/Territory	Incumbent Governor	Primary Election Date
Alabama	Don Siegelman (D)	June 4
Alaska	Tony Knowles (D)1	Aug. 27
Arizona	Jane Dee Hull (R)1	Sept. 10
Arkansas	Mike Huckabee (R)	Oct. 15
California	Gray Davis (D)	March 5
Colorado	Bill Owens (R)	Aug. 13
Connecticut	John G. Rowland (R)	Sept. 10
Florida	Jeb Bush (R)	Sept. 10
Georgia	Roy Barnes (D)	Aug. 20
Guam	Carl T.C. Gutierrez (D)1	Sept. 7
Hawaii	Benjamin J. Cayetano (D)1	Sept. 21
Idaho	Dirk Kempthorne (R)	May 28
Illinois	George Ryan (R)2	March 19
Iowa	Tom Vilsack (D)	June 4
Kansas	Bill Graves (R)1	Aug. 6
Maine	Angus S. King Jr. (I)1	June 11
Maryland	Parris N. Glendening (D)1	Sept. 10
Massachusetts	Jane M. Swift (R)2	Sept. 17
Michigan	John Engler (R)1	Aug. 6
Minnesota	Jesse Ventura (MN Independence)2	Sept. 10
Nebraska	Mike Johanns (R)	May 14
Nevada	Kenny Guinn (R)	Sept. 3
New Hampshire	Jeanne Shaheen (D)2	Sept. 10
New Mexico	Gary E. Johnson (R)1	June 4
New York	George E. Pataki (R)	Sept. 10
Ohio	Bob Taft (R)	May 7
Oklahoma	Frank Keating (R)1	Aug. 27
Oregon	John A. Kitzhaber (D)1	May 21
Pennsylvania	Mark Schweiker (R)2	May 21
Rhode Island	Lincoln Almond (R)1	Sept. 10
South Carolina	Jim Hodges (D)	June 11
South Dakota	William J. Janklow (R)1	June 4
Tennessee	Don Sundquist (R)1	Aug. 1
Texas	Rick Perry (R)	March 12
Vermont	Howard Dean, M.D. (D)2	Sept. 10
Virgin Islands	Charles Turnbull (D)	Sept. 14
Wisconsin	Scott McCallum (R)	Sept. 10
Wyoming	Jim Geringer (R)1	Aug. 20
1. Governor is prohibited from seeking reelection to another term. 2. Governor has indicated he/she will not seek reelection to another term. Source: National Governors Association; Web: http://www.nga.org/.

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