2002 California Insurance Commissioner election explained

Election Name:2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
Country:California
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1998 California Insurance Commissioner election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2006 California Insurance Commissioner election
Next Year:2006
Election Date:November 5, 2002
Image1:Image:John Garamendi (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:John Garamendi
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:3,346,937
Percentage1:46.48%
Nominee2:Gary Mendoza
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:2,998,243
Percentage2:41.64%
Map Size:230px
Ins. Comm.
Before Election:Harry W. Low
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:John Garamendi
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)

The 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated Corporations Commissioner Gary Mendoza, the Republican nominee, for the office previously held by Harry W. Low.https://web.archive.org/web/20080731044355/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/ic.pdf

Primary Results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210236/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Other Parties

Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

CountyGaramendiVotesMendozaVotesSheidlowerVotesOgdenVotesCalderonVotesKleinVotes
San Francisco70.15%137,60215.26%29,9317.78%15,2613.23%6,3422.16%4,2311.42%2,777
Alameda64.79%214,58821.93%72,6357.28%24,1112.75%9,1091.99%6,6061.26%4,169
Marin60.31%51,96727.33%23,5517.64%6,5872.63%2,2651.16%9960.93%799
San Mateo58.90%97,85729.56%49,1024.54%7,5503.02%5,0122.44%4,0581.54%2,555
Santa Cruz55.31%41,66326.17%19,70910.60%7,9813.64%2,7442.68%2,0151.61%1,210
Contra Costa55.05%141,10134.45%88,3183.64%9,3183.03%7,7712.00%5,1331.83%4,689
Sonoma54.01%76,81830.16%42,8968.75%12,4503.30%4,6992.09%2,9661.69%2,400
Los Angeles53.87%871,77933.70%545,3063.39%54,8803.33%53,8943.58%57,9932.12%34,301
Solano53.30%46,09036.77%31,7952.95%2,5552.73%2,3652.13%1,8402.12%1,829
Santa Clara52.64%179,29135.02%119,2614.20%14,3083.85%13,1252.56%8,7311.72%5,874
Napa51.96%18,73835.94%12,9595.34%1,9242.78%1,0012.27%8181.72%619
Monterey51.20%43,41835.66%30,2433.64%3,0873.38%2,8653.81%3,2302.31%1,961
Yolo49.52%22,58536.87%16,8177.23%3,2972.15%9792.66%1,2121.57%718
Lake49.11%7,73439.78%6,2654.92%7752.77%4361.57%2471.85%292
San Benito48.59%5,89439.31%4,7692.79%3383.02%3664.47%5421.83%222
Mendocino48.49%11,74631.23%7,56613.56%3,2843.03%7351.77%4281.93%467
Alpine47.22%25537.41%2025.37%293.70%203.89%212.41%13
Imperial47.15%10,08539.33%8,4121.48%3172.41%5157.48%1,6002.15%459
San Joaquin46.46%57,00544.94%55,1392.04%2,5052.10%2,5832.51%3,0801.95%2,396
Humboldt44.86%18,48435.14%14,47913.18%5,4324.04%1,6661.90%7830.88%364
Merced43.52%17,28447.00%18,6661.80%7162.48%9833.39%1,3461.81%717
Sacramento42.44%131,13346.71%144,3123.85%11,8872.76%8,5132.15%6,6372.10%6,485
Stanislaus42.30%40,20549.67%47,2142.02%1,9241.96%1,8662.27%2,1571.77%1,684
Del Norte42.10%2,78745.50%3,0123.87%2563.87%2562.05%1362.61%173
Tuolumne40.43%7,22350.81%9,0783.26%5822.40%4291.35%2421.74%311
Santa Barbara40.45%44,05646.04%50,1435.37%5,8473.74%4,0732.71%2,9491.70%1,850
Trinity40.42%1,90844.46%2,0995.57%2635.10%2412.03%962.41%114
Ventura40.38%76,59847.68%90,4293.02%5,7343.68%6,9762.90%5,4962.34%4,442
Calaveras40.05%6,05949.71%7,5193.70%5603.06%4631.49%2261.98%300
Mono39.86%1,15948.28%1,4045.33%1552.92%852.03%591.58%46
San Bernardino39.56%107,64948.60%132,2692.34%6,3663.49%9,5083.27%8,8912.74%7,452
Amador39.13%5,05451.12%6,6032.87%3712.71%3501.83%2372.34%302
Riverside39.19%116,65850.72%150,9561.98%5,9063.20%9,5352.57%7,6542.33%6,932
Tehama38.07%5,77451.43%7,8002.12%3223.62%5491.72%2613.03%459
Kings37.57%7,89153.31%11,1951.59%3342.56%5373.04%6391.93%405
Siskiyou37.33%5,63151.21%7,7242.94%4434.73%7131.94%2931.86%280
San Luis Obispo36.32%28,69750.42%39,8375.31%4,1923.95%3,1251.99%1,5752.01%1,591
San Diego35.98%225,66652.46%328,9903.03%18,9913.80%23,8102.42%15,1722.31%14,507
Inyo35.70%2,19153.09%3,2583.18%1953.70%2271.76%1082.57%158
Kern35.41%47,63254.35%73,1061.56%2,1042.97%3,9962.52%3,3933.19%4,287
Shasta35.21%16,74355.57%26,4262.18%1,0383.05%1,4521.66%7892.33%1,110
Butte35.23%21,11950.79%30,4456.86%4,1132.81%1,6851.82%1,0892.49%1,492
Plumas35.24%2,72953.07%4,1093.63%2813.65%2831.69%1312.71%210
Mariposa35.01%2,20554.37%3,4253.51%2213.08%1941.62%1022.41%152
Fresno34.97%52,94655.03%83,3082.16%3,2633.23%4,8962.56%3,8742.05%3,099
Lassen34.88%2,63154.38%4,1022.17%1644.02%3031.75%1322.80%211
Modoc34.61%1,13655.48%1,8211.98%653.50%1151.52%502.89%95
Colusa34.20%1,53857.42%2,5821.89%852.00%902.54%1141.96%88
Nevada34.11%13,10652.23%20,0717.18%2,7582.96%1,1391.69%6501.83%702
Orange33.33%208,49055.51%347,1982.45%15,3083.86%24,1492.42%15,1412.43%15,195
Sierra32.84%46553.11%7525.01%714.80%681.34%192.90%41
Madera32.70%8,44657.79%14,9252.03%5252.87%7422.45%6342.14%553
Yuba32.57%3,72756.23%6,4342.84%3253.50%4012.05%2352.81%321
Glenn32.37%2,06857.76%3,6901.83%1172.85%1821.86%1193.33%213
El Dorado32.23%17,67457.13%31,3274.04%2,2132.82%1,5491.75%9582.04%1,118
Sutter32.11%6,10560.02%11,4091.75%3332.07%3942.01%3832.03%386
Tulare32.08%19,64857.23%35,0571.68%1,0322.94%1,8013.31%2,0292.76%1,688
Placer31.93%30,20659.40%56,1932.77%2,6182.66%2,5181.54%1,4551.70%1,610

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