2002 Arizona gubernatorial election
The 2002 Arizona gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Republican Governor Jane Dee Hull was term-limited. The Democratic nominee, Arizona Attorney General Janet Napolitano, narrowly defeated Republican Matt Salmon, a former U.S. Representative. Upon her inauguration, Napolitano became the first woman to succeed another woman as Governor of a state. Until 2022, this was the last gubernatorial election in Arizona in which the margin of victory was single digits.
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| Turnout | 56.33% | ||||||||||||||||||||
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County results Napolitano: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Salmon: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||||||
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