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2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election
	County results; Taylor: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% ; Tie: 40–50%; Stancil: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Lieutenant Governor before election; Mark Taylor; Democratic	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Mark Taylor; Democratic

The 2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2002, to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia, concurrently with the 2002 gubernatorial election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Georgia is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.

Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Mark Taylor won re-election to a second term, defeating Republican nominee Steve Stancil.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Taylor (incumbent)	409,769	100.00
Total votes			409,769	100.00

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Beatty	199,848	44.82
	Republican	Steve Stancil	194,444	43.61
	Republican	Elbert Bartell	51,610	11.57
Total votes			445,902	100.0

Republican primary runoff results^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Stancil	90,329	50.54
	Republican	Mike Beatty	88,398	49.46
Total votes			178,727	100.0

2002 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Mark Taylor (incumbent)	1,041,231	51.87%	−4.47%
	Republican	Steve Stancil	914,312	46.25%	+7.07%
	Libertarian	Herbie Galloway	51,218	2.55%	−1.95%
Total votes			2,007,539	100.00%	N/A
	Democratic hold