2002 Michigan Attorney General election

The 2002 Michigan Attorney General election was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Jennifer Granholm chose not to seek re-election and instead successfully ran for governor. Republican nominee Mike Cox narrowly defeated Democratic nominee Gary Peters with 48.86% of the vote in a close race decided by 5,200 votes. Cox became the first Republican to win the Attorney General office in Michigan since Frank Millard did so in 1950.

Candidates
Major party candidates
 * Mike Cox, Republican
 * Gary Peters, Democratic

Other candidates
 * Jerry Kaufman, Green
 * Gerald Van Sickle, U.S. Taxpayers