Texas gubernatorial election, 2002
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County Results
Perry—80-90%
Perry—70-80%
Perry—60-70%
Perry—50-60%
Sanchez—40-50%
Sanchez—50-60%
Sanchez—60-70%
Sanchez—70-80%
Sanchez—80-90%
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The 2002 Texas gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002 to elect the Governor of Texas. Incumbent Republican Governor Rick Perry, who had ascended to the governorship after the resignation of George W. Bush, was elected to his first full term in office, winning 58% of the vote to Democrat Tony Sanchez's 40%.
Perry carried 218 out of 254 counties, while Sanchez only carried 36. Exit polls showed Perry easily won Anglos (72% to 28%) while Sanchez won African Americans (85% to 15%) and Latinos (65% to 35%). His second inauguration for a first full four-year term began on January 21, 2003 on the Texas State Capitol South Grounds.
Incumbent Rick Perry ascended to the governorship of Texas on December 21, 2000 following the resignation of then-Gov. George W. Bush, who had been elected President of the United States. Perry had been elected Lieutenant Governor of Texas in 1998 and previously elected Texas Commissioner of Agriculture in 1990 and 1994 including three terms in the Texas House of Representatives in 1984, 1986 and 1988. He successfully ran for a full four-year term in 2002.
Perry had an ongoing political feud with Democratic Speaker Pete Laney during the 2001 legislative session, and vetoed several pieces of legislation brought forward by several Democratic state lawmakers. However, rumors about fellow Republican U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison launching a primary challenge against Perry had been swirling for weeks, but Hutchison chose not to run for governor, choosing instead to serve as Vice Chair of the Senate Republican Conference to avoid a nasty primary battle that would have divided the Texas Republican Party in time for the general election of 2002. Perry's campaign received the endorsement of former State Attorney General Dan Morales, who lost the Democratic primary nomination, and he also received endorsements from the Dallas Morning News, Abilene Reporter-News, Midland Reporter-Telegram, Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, and the Galveston County Daily News. Public opinion polls from Zogby International, Survey USA, and Scripps-Howard showed Perry leading by double-digits and the Perry campaign was outspent by Sanchez by a margin of 12-to-1, with Perry spending $27 million to Sanchez's $76 million.
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