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| Turnout | 30.57% | ||||||||||||||||
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 County results Cox: 40-50% 50-60% 60-70% 70-80% Peters: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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The2002 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2002. IncumbentDemocratic Attorney GeneralJennifer Granholm chose not to seek re-election and instead successfullyran for governor.Republican nomineeMike Cox narrowly defeatedDemocratic nomineeGary Peters with 48.86% of the vote in a close race decided by 5,200 votes. Cox became the first Republican to win the Attorney General office in Michigan sinceFrank Millard did so in 1950.
Major party candidates
Other candidates
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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| Republican | Mike Cox | 1,499,066 | 48.86 | |
| Democratic | Gary Peters | 1,493,866 | 48.69 | |
| Green | Jerry Kaufman | 47,894 | 1.56 | |
| U.S. Taxpayers | Gerald Van Sickle | 27,186 | 0.89 | |
| Total votes | 3,068,012 | 100.00 | ||
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