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The US mid‐term elections of 2002

On 6 November 2002, the United States held its 108th mid-term congressional elections for the national legislature. The US electoral system is known for its fixed election dates (the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of even numbered years) and set terms of office. The President of the United States has a four-year term. As George W. Bush was elected in November 2000, he will not be up for re-election until November 2004. Since the 2002 elections were held in the middle of his four-year term, they are known as 'mid-term' elections (as opposed to 'on-year' elections when there is a presidential election). The lower house of the national legislature, the US House of Representatives, has two-year terms for its 435 members. All of these seats were up for election in 2002. The upper house, the US Senate, has six-year terms for each of its 100 members, but their expiration is staggered by constitutional mandate so that only one-third of the body is up for reelection every two years. In 2002, 34 Senate seats were up for re-election (one of those in Missouri under special circumstances). In addition to the national elections, many states held elections for their chief executives (Governors) and state legislatures at the mid-term in the presidential cycle. Thirty-six states held important state elections in 2002. The remaining fourteen states hold their elections during the presidential election year or in an odd-numbered offyear (Virginia and New Jersey are in this category).