2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado

November 5, 2002
All 7 Colorado seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Republican Democratic Last election 4 2 Seats won 5 2 Seat change 1 Popular vote 752,998 589,463 Percentage 53.90% 42.19% Swing 5.75% 11.64%
Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70% Democratic   60–70%

The 2002 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado were held on November 5, 2002, with all seven House seats up for election. The winners served from January 3, 2003, to January 3, 2005.

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado, 2002
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	Republican	752,998	53.90%	5	+1
	Democratic	589,463	42.19%	2	-
	Libertarian	38,831	2.78%	0	-
	Green	6,483	0.46%	0	-
	Others	9,313	0.67%	0	-
Totals		1,397,088	100.00%	7	-

Results

District 1

2002 Colorado's 1st congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diana DeGette (incumbent)	111,718	66.28%
	Republican	Ken Chlouber	49,884	29.59%
	Green	Ken Seaman	3,209	1.90%
	Libertarian	Kent Leonard	2,584	1.53%
	Constitution	George Lilly	1,169	0.69%
Total votes			168,564	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 2

2002 Colorado's 2nd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Udall (incumbent)	123,504	60.09%
	Republican	Sandy Hume	75,564	36.77%
	Libertarian	Norm Olsen	3,579	1.74%
	Natural Law	Patrick West	1,617	0.79%
	Constitution	Erik Brauer	1,258	0.61%
Total votes			205,522	100.00%
	Democratic hold

District 3

2002 Colorado's 3rd congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott McInnis (incumbent)	143,433	65.80%
	Democratic	Denis Berckefeldt	68,160	31.27%
	Libertarian	Brent Shroyer	4,370	2.00%
	Natural Law	Gary Swing	1,903	0.87%
	Independent	Jason Alessio (write-in)	106	0.05%
Total votes			217,972	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 4

2002 Colorado's 4th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Marilyn Musgrave	115,359	54.94%
	Democratic	Stan Matsunaka	87,499	41.68%
	Libertarian	John Volz	7,097	3.38%
Total votes			209,955	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 5

2002 Colorado's 5th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Hefley (incumbent)	128,118	69.37%
	Democratic	Curtis Imrie	45,587	24.68%
	Libertarian	Biff Baker	10,972	5.94%
Total votes			184,677	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 6

2002 Colorado's 6th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Tancredo (incumbent)	158,851	66.88%
	Democratic	Lance Wright	71,327	30.03%
	Libertarian	Adam Katz	7,323	3.08%
Total votes			237,501	100.00%
	Republican hold

District 7

This was the closest House race in 2002.

2002 Colorado's 7th congressional district election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bob Beauprez	81,789	47.31%
	Democratic	Mike Feeley	81,668	47.24%
	Green	Dave Chandler	3,274	1.89%
	Reform	Victor Good	3,133	1.81%
	Libertarian	Bud Martin	2,906	1.68%
	Independent	Stanford Andress (write-in)	109	0.06%
Total votes			237,501	100.00%
	Republican win (new seat)