2002 was a presidential election year in the United States.
Major events
Elections
- United States presidential election, 2002
- Democratic presidential primary election, 2002
- Republican presidential primary election, 2002
- United States congressional election, 2002
Other Events
- Sam Seaborn runs for congress
Deaths
Events of The West Wing
- early January : events of H.Con - 172
- January 20 : events of 100,000 Airplanes
- late January: events of The Two Bartlets
- early February : events of Night Five
- late February : events of Hartsfield's Landing
- early March : events of Dead Irish Writers
- March - April : events of The U.S. Poet Laureate and Stirred
- April 29 - May 1: events of Enemies Foreign and Domestic
- Summer : events of The Black Vera Wang, We Killed Yamamoto and Posse Comitatus
- September 24 : events of 20 Hours in America (Part I), 20 Hours in America (Part II), and College Kids
- early October : events of The Red Mass
- mid October : events of Debate Camp
- October 23 : events of Game On
- November 5 : events of Election Night and Process Stories
- mid November : events of Swiss Diplomacy
- November 27 : events of Arctic Radar
- December 23 : events of Holy Night
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