2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

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The 2002 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania. Incumbent Republican Governor Mark Schweiker, who took office in 2001 when Tom Ridge resigned to become Homeland Security advisor, was eligible to run for a full term, but did not do so. Democrat Ed Rendell, the former mayor of Philadelphia and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, emerged from a primary against Bob Casey Jr. to win the general election against Republican Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher. Rendell was the first official from Philadelphia to win the governorship since 1914. This was the first time since 1826 that a Democrat won all four of Philadelphia's suburban counties, and the first time since 1970 that a Democrat won Montgomery County in a gubernatorial election.

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