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Women Primary Candidates in 2002
Congressional and Statewide Office

The following numbers include women who are running in U.S. Senate, U.S. House or gubernatorial races on major party tickets.

General Seat Codes 
  I=Incumbent; O=Open Seat; C=Challenger; I/U=Incumbent
  Unopposed; O/U=Open Unopposed; O?=Open if defeats
  Incumbent in Primary.

St. Office Dist. Candidate Name & Party Seat
Filing
 Date
Primary
Date
AL Gov.   Gladys Riddle (D) O? lost pri.
06/04/02
   Lt. Gov.   Cheryl Ann Bahakel (R) O lost pri.
06/04/02
   Lt. Gov.   Lucy Baxley (D) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
  Sec. St.   Nancy Worley (D) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Pat Duncan (R) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Carolyn Gibson (D) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Karen Haiden Jackson (D) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Meredith Mayes (R) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Debbie Tucker Corbett (D) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Aud.   Beth Chapman (R) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
  St. Treas.   Twinkle Andress (R) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Treas.   Carol Jean Smith (D) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  St. Treas.   Kay Ivey (R) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
  St. Treas.   Lisa Wallace (R) O lost pri.
06/04/02
  P.S.Comm.   Jan Cook (D) I WON PRI.
06/04/02
  US Sen.   Susan Parker (D) C WON PRI.
06/04/02
  US Rep. 001 Judy McCain Belk (D) O WON PRI.
06/04/02
           
AK US Sen.   Theresa Obermeyer (D) C Lost Pri.
08/27/02
  Gov.   Fran Ulmer (D) O WON PRI.
08/27/02
  Lt. Gov.   Gail Phillips (R) O Lost Pri.
08/27/02
  Lt. Gov.   Sarah Palin (R) O Lost Pri.
08/27/02
           
AR Gov.   Jimmie Lou Fisher (D) C WON PRI.
05/21/02
     Sec. St.   Janet Huckabee (R) O WON PRI.
05/21/02
     St. Aud.   Martha Shoffner (D) O Lost Pri.
05/21/02
  St. Aud.   Mary Jane Rebick (R) O WON PRI.
05/21/02
           
AZ Gov.   Janet Napolitano (D) O WON PRI.
09/10/02
  Gov.   Betsy Bayless (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  Gov.   Carol Springer (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  Sec. St.    Jan Brewer (R) O WON PRI.
09/10/02
  Sec. St.   Sharon Collins (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  St. Treas.   Ruth Solomon (D) O WON PRI.
09/10/02
  Corp. C.   Roberta Voss (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 001 Sydney Hay (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 001 Diane Prescott (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 002 Lisa Atkins (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 002 Linda Calvert (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 002 Liz Farley (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 002 Sandy Reagan (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 006 Deborah Thomas (D) C WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 007 Lori Lustig (R) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 007 Lisa Otondo (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 007 Elaine Richardson (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 007 Sherry Smith (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 008 Mary Judge Ryan (D) C WON PRI.
09/10/02
           
CA Gov.   Mosemarie Boyd (D) O? Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Gov.   Edie Bukewihge (R) C Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Lt. Gov.   Ellie Michaels (R) C Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Sec. St.   Michela Alioto (D) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Sec. St.   March Fong Eu (D) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Sec. St.   Barbara Jean Marr (R) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  St. Treas.   Mary Toman (R) C Lost pri.
03/05/02
  St. Contr.   Nancy Beecham (R) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Sup. P.I.   Lynne Leach (NP) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  Sup. P.I.   Katherine Smith (NP) O Runoff
11/05/02
  US Rep. 006 Lynn Woolsey (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 008 Nancy Pelosi (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 009 Barbara Lee (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 010 Ellen Tauscher (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 011 Elaine Dugger Shaw (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 014 Anna Eshoo (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 015 Linda Rae Hermann (R) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 016 Zoe Lofgren (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 023 Lois Capps (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 023 Beth Rogers (R) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 024 Fern Rudin (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 026 Marjorie Mikels (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 032 Emma E. Fischbeck (R) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 032 Hilda Solis (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 033 Diane Watson (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 034 Lucille Roybal-Allard (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 035 Maxine Waters (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 036 Jane Harman (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
    US Rep. 036 Gloria Davis (R) C Lost pri.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 037 Juanita Millender McDonald (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 038 Grace Napolitano (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 039 Helen Rahder (D) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 039 Linda Sanchez (D) O WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 039 Sally Havice (D) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 039 A.R. "Cecy" Groom (D) O Lost pri.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 040 Christina Avalos (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 043 Wendy Neighbor (R) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 045 Mary Bono (R) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 045 Elle Kurpiewski (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 046 Gerrie Schipske (D) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 047 Loretta Sanchez (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 051 Maria Guadalupe Garcia (R) C WON PRI.
03/05/02
  US Rep. 053 Susan Davis (D) I WON PRI.
03/05/02
         
CO Lt. Gov.   Jane Norton (R) O WON PRI.
08/13/02
   Sec. St.   Donetta Davidson (R) I WON PRI.
08/13/02
   Aty. Gen.   Martha Albright (R) C WON PRI.
08/13/02
  US Rep. 001 Diana DeGette (D) I WON PRI.
08/13/02
  US Rep. 001 Ramona Martinez (D) O? Lost pri.
08/13/02
  US Rep. 004 Marilyn Musgrave (R) O WON PRI.
08/13/02
           
CT Lt. Gov.   M. Jodi Rell (R) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  Sec. St.   Susan Bysiewicz (D) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  Aty. Gen.   Martha Dean (R) C WON PRI.
09/10/02
  St. Treas.   Denise Nappier (D) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  St. Compt.   Nancy Wyman (R) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 001 Miriam Masullo (R) C Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep 003 Rosa DeLauro (D) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep 004 Stephanie Sauchez (D) O WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep 005 Nancy Johnson (R) I vs I WON PRI.
09/10/02
           
DC US Del. AL Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) I WON PRI.
09/02/02
           
DE Aty. Gen.   M. Jane Brady (R) I WON PRI.
09/07/02
           
FL Gov.   Janet Reno (D) C Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  C. Agri.     Mary Barley (D) C Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 003 Corrine Brown (D) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 004 Jennifer Carroll (R) C WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 004 Deborah Katz Pueschel (R) O? Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 005 Karen Thurman (D) I WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 005 Ginny Brown-Waite (R) C WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 013 Katherine Harris (R) O WON PRI.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 013 Candice McElyea (D) O Lost Pri.
09/10/02
  US Rep. 013