The election of Tim Hanke has been deemed the greatest upset in USCF Election history. Nobody supported him. Everybody assumed that he would finish last, and thus he was not taken seriously as a candidate. His campaign was anti-establishment. For example, he called one chess personality "a murderer".

The election was a setback for kingmaker Bill Goichberg, who had supported Schultz, Wagner and Petersen for election. Many had predicted that Wagner would finish first. Only one of Goichberg's picks got elected, whereas in the 2001 election, all four of Goichberg's candidates had been elected.

This was the first election under OMOV, or One Member One Vote. A total of 1822 votes were cast, more than triple of any previous election.

The election campaign was mild, compared to previous years. Only one "hit" or attack letter was sent out. That was sent by Jim Eade, attacking Sam Sloan. Sam Sloan pointed out that Jim Eade, Al Lawrence, Bill Goichberg, John Fernandez, Bruce Draney, George John, Stan Booz, Neil Brennen, Tom Klem, and Richard Peterson had attacked him relentously. Also, all of the other candidates, with the exception of Tim Hanke, had powerful backers, so his fifth place finish was not bad under the circumstances.

There were 161 votes for write-in candidate Steve Doyle. A total of 94 others received write-in votes.

Region	Don Schultz	Sam Sloan	Tim Hanke	Joe Wagner	Beatriz Marinello	Mikel Petersen
Region I: New England	61	48	83	36	60	42
Region II: NY, NJ	120	91	178	98	208	84
Region III: DC, DF, MD, PA, VA, WV	96	79	114	88	137	75
Region IV: FL, GA, NC, SC	146	87	70	89	97	75
Region V: IN, MI, OH	64	54	62	48	75	41
Region VI: MN, ND, SD, WI	27	22	36	23	44	30
Region VII: IA, IL, MO, NE	47	35	62	41	69	41
Region VIII: AL, AR, KY, LA, MS, TN	55	41	51	47	64	37
Region IX: CO, KS, UT, WY	38	22	34	30	48	23
Region X: NM, OK, TX	57	47	40	41	47	37
Region XI: AZ, CA/N, CA/S, HI, NV	111	95	108	129	123	69
Region XII: AK, ID, MT, OR, WA	42	30	45	31	32	28
APO Addresses	3	2	3	3	3	1
TOTAL	867	653	886	704	1007	598

• Game One of Man vs. Machine
• Official USCF Election Results
• Sam Sloan's Candidate's Statement for the June Chess Life
• Sam Sloan's Candidate's Statement for the July Chess Life
• Sam Sloan's Preliminary Candidate's Statement for USCF Executive Board
• USCF Election Issues
• Report on the March 15-16, 2003 meeting of the USCF Executive Board
• Answers to Questions to Candidates for USCF Executive Board
• Maurice Ashley makes The New York Times
• Hikaru Nakamura makes master at 10 years, 2 months
• Game 2 of Man vs. Machine
• Official Man vs. Machine website
• ChessBase Coverage of the Match
• Grandmaster analysis from Kasparov's website
• Follow the match on AOL
• Interview of David Levy
• Chathurangam, Chess in India
• World Chess Champion Bobby Fischer Interviewed over the Radio