2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election

2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election

← 1998 November 5, 2002 2006 →
 
Nominee Mike Johanns Stormy Dean
Party Republican Democratic
Running mate Dave Heineman Melany Chesterman
Popular vote 330,349 132,348
Percentage 68.68% 27.52%

County results
Johanns:      50–60%      60–70%      70-80%
     80–90%

Governor before election

Mike Johanns
Republican

Elected Governor

Mike Johanns
Republican

The 2002 Nebraska gubernatorial election, held on November 5, 2002, featured incumbent Republican Governor of Nebraska Mike Johanns defeating his Democratic opponent Stormy Dean in a landslide.

This was the first gubernatorial election in Nebraska where the winning primary candidates chose their running mates after the primary election. Prior to this, both the governor and the lieutenant governor were chosen at the primary election.[1] This was also the first gubernatorial election in which a Republican was re-elected in more than forty years.[2]

  1. ^ "State Executive Branch" (PDF). Nebraska State Government. Nebraska Office of the Governor. p. 424. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 19, 2011. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  2. ^ "The President's New Cabinet". Scholastic News. January 2005. Archived from the original on June 9, 2012. Retrieved April 9, 2011.