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An Alabama gubernatorial election was held on November 5 2002. The race pitted incumbent Governor Don Siegelman a Democrat against Representative Bob Riley a Republican and Libertarian nominee John Sophocleus.The result was an extremely narrow victory for Riley. The certified results showed Riley with 672225 votes to Siegelman’s 669105 (a difference of 3120 votes or 0.23% of the 1367053 votes cast). Sophocleus garnered 23272 votes and 2451 votes were for write-in candidates.
