2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election
The 2002 Tennessee gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002, to elect the next governor of Tennessee. The incumbent, Don Sundquist, was term-limited and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. To succeed him, former Nashville Mayor Phil Bredesen, the Democratic nominee, who had run against Sundquist in 1994, narrowly defeated United States Congressman Van Hilleary, the Republican nominee, in the general election.
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| Turnout | 50.40% 17.87 pp | ||||||||||||||||
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County results Bredesen: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Hilleary: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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With this win, Bredesen flipped the state back into Democratic control, with the state legislature also being controlled by Democrats.
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