Election History
| Texas general election, 2002: Texas Attorney General | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Republican | Greg Abbott | 2,542,184 | 56.72 | ||
| Democratic | Kirk Watson | 1,841,359 | 41.08 | ||
| Libertarian | Jon Roland | 56,880 | 1.26 | ||
| Green | David Keith Cobb | 41,560 | 0.92 | ||
| Turnout | 4,481,983 | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||
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