<page_title> 2002 United States Senate elections </page_title> <section_title> Elections leading to the next Congress </section_title> <table> <cell> Tim Hutchinson <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Republican <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Electoral history </col_header> </cell> <cell> Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Democratic gain. <col_header> Results </col_header> </cell> <cell> √ Mark Pryor (Democratic) 53.9% Tim Hutchinson (Republican) 46.1% <col_header> Candidates </col_header> </cell> <cell> Max Cleland <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Party </col_header> </cell> <cell> Democratic <col_header> Incumbent </col_header> <col_header> Electoral history </col_header> </cell> <cell> Incumbent lost re-election. New senator elected. Republican gain. <col_header> Results </col_header> </cell> <cell> √ Saxby Chambliss (Republican) 52.7% Max Cleland (Democratic) 45.9% Claude Thomas (Libertarian) 1.4% <col_header> Candidates </col_header> </cell> </table>
Republicans defeated incumbent Democratic Senator Max Cleland of Georgia, while incumbent Republican Tim Hutchinson of Arkansas lost to Democrat Mark Pryor.