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2002 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Tennessee
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  Gubernatorial
Candidate		Political
Party		Popular Vote
Phil BredesenDemocratic 837,284 50.65%
Van HillearyRepublican 786,803 47.59%
Edwin SandersIndependent 7,749 0.47%
Carl WhitakerIndependent 5,308 0.32%
John HookerIndependent 4,577 0.28%
YOther (+) - 11,446 0.69%
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Election Notes:
  • Other Independent Candidates include: Marivuana Leinoff (645 votes), Basil Marceaux (302 votes), Ronny Simmons (630 votes), Francis Waldron (635 votes), Robert Watson (579 votes), Charles Wilhoit (898 votes), and Write-ins (376 votes)
Demographic Data

2010 Population:6,346,105Enum.2010 Population Density:59.4persons/km2
2002 Population:5,795,918Est.2002 Population Density:54.3persons/km2
2000 Population:5,689,283Enum.2000 Population Density:53.3persons/km2
Land Area (2000):106,752km2Annual Pop Growth Rate:1.1%

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Data Sources:
  • Source for Popular Vote data: Tennessee Secretary of State. November 5, 2002 General Election Governor, Tennessee Secretary of State ( ) (accessed 20 Nov 2005)
  • Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.
Results for and Individual County:

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