Texas — 2002 governor election
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Akashic2002 · GovernorTexas · GovernorRick PerryR+17.8
Candidates
Texas 2002 governor — certified statewide results.
- Rick Perry✓Republican2,632,59157.8%
- Tony SanchezDemocratic1,819,79840.0%
- Other candidatesOther101,5982.2%
Statewide returns compiled from the Wikipedia gubernatorial-election article for this cycle, which aggregates the official state canvass returns it cites. No county map before the precinct era. Non-major vote restored from this cycle's certified county returns (per_governor_county), which carry the full per-county other; the statewide compilation had stored Democratic + Republican only.
presidential baselinePresident 2000R+21.3Governor 2002R+17.8vs. baselineD+3.5
Texas's 2002 governor race ran 3.5 points more Democratic than its 2000 presidential margin.
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Source. MIT Election Data + Science Lab — 2002 gubernatorial returns · certified statewide totals. Real returns — nothing estimated.