2002 California State Controller election explained

Election Name:2002 California State Controller election
Country:California
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1998 California State Controller election
Previous Year:1998
Next Election:2006 California State Controller election
Next Year:2006
Election Date:November 5, 2002
Image1:Image:Steve Westly (cropped).jpg
Nominee1:Steve Westly
Party1:Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:3,289,839
Percentage1:45.32%
Nominee2:Tom McClintock
Party2:Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:3,273,028
Percentage2:45.09%
Controller
Before Election:Kathleen Connell
Before Party:Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:Steve Westly
After Party:Democratic Party (United States)
Nominee3:Laura Wells
Party3:Green Party (California)
Popular Vote3:419,873
Percentage3:5.78%
Image3:File:LauraWellsSacramento3 (cropped).jpg

The 2002 California State Controller election was on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Businessman Steve Westly, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican nominee, Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by Kathleen Connell, who was term-limited.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210455/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

Candidates

Steve Westly, Venture Capitalist

Johan Klehs, Member of The State Board of Equalization

Republican

Candidates

Tom McClintock, State Senator, nominee for CA-24 in 1992 and nominee for Controller in 1994

Dean Andal, Former Assemblyman

W. Snow Hume

Nancy Beecham

Others

Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:

CountyWestlyVotesMcClintockVotesWellsVotesAguirreVotesVanceVotes
San Francisco64.26%129,04822.26%44,70010.52%21,1242.17%4,3570.79%1,579
Alameda59.36%196,85928.37%94,0729.64%31,9721.71%5,6770.92%3,058
Marin54.50%47,01734.25%29,5469.77%8,4300.77%6610.71%611
Los Angeles54.18%898,44036.10%598,6945.08%84,2703.47%57,5421.17%19,356
Santa Cruz53.23%40,29230.49%23,08412.91%9,7752.08%1,5781.28%972
Santa Clara52.76%184,01238.03%132,6385.98%20,8661.99%6,9461.23%4,280
San Mateo52.39%87,06337.07%61,6117.38%12,2612.22%3,6890.94%1,566
Sonoma50.67%71,92735.32%50,12910.99%15,5951.49%2,1191.53%2,176
Monterey49.88%42,04940.13%33,8285.47%4,6073.23%2,7211.29%1,087
Solano49.62%43,08041.45%35,9895.03%4,3692.13%1,8511.77%1,537
Yolo48.92%22,00439.07%17,5718.46%3,8072.27%1,0191.28%574
Contra Costa47.77%119,55443.02%107,6566.44%16,1091.67%4,1711.11%2,781
Napa47.21%16,82342.57%15,1696.99%2,4901.60%5701.62%579
Lake46.33%7,28343.49%6,8366.76%1,0631.58%2481.84%290
San Benito44.98%5,40245.24%5,4334.84%5813.80%4561.14%137
Mendocino44.39%10,83935.99%8,78916.41%4,0071.42%3461.80%439
Imperial44.04%9,21741.95%8,7814.16%8718.33%1,7441.51%317
Sacramento43.72%135,97047.11%146,5386.03%18,7691.77%5,5021.37%4,255
Merced42.56%17,02549.52%19,8093.28%1,3123.21%1,2861.43%571
Humboldt42.45%17,66140.00%16,64515.43%6,4201.16%4830.96%399
Santa Barbara40.84%45,14648.66%53,7997.01%7,7512.32%2,5611.18%1,300
Alpine40.56%21942.96%23210.93%592.22%123.33%18
San Joaquin40.42%48,61751.12%61,4904.21%5,0652.77%3,3301.48%1,775
San Diego40.02%254,81851.63%328,7804.57%29,1212.36%15,0081.42%9,051
Stanislaus40.02%37,47051.93%48,6194.28%4,0052.28%2,1391.49%1,396
Del Norte39.70%2,59649.99%3,2696.32%4131.44%942.55%167
San Bernardino38.76%107,44452.25%144,8534.17%11,5603.15%8,7311.68%4,650
Riverside37.77%112,83354.77%163,6263.75%11,1892.29%6,8391.43%4,264
Fresno37.60%57,44354.28%82,9244.35%6,6432.68%4,1011.08%1,650
Ventura37.43%70,61353.74%101,3844.68%8,8212.81%5,2971.34%2,524
San Luis Obispo36.59%29,23253.39%42,6537.01%5,5981.35%1,0771.67%1,335
Tuolumne36.26%6,46355.08%9,8195.92%1,0561.07%1901.67%298
Kings36.14%7,59256.61%11,8933.46%7272.51%5271.28%268
Amador35.31%4,52455.84%7,1555.88%7531.24%1591.74%223
Trinity34.51%1,65152.40%2,5078.88%4251.46%702.74%131
Tehama34.41%5,18657.44%8,6563.80%5731.55%2332.80%422
Butte33.96%20,39154.23%32,5648.32%4,9961.59%9531.90%1,142
Tulare33.07%20,54259.69%37,0753.22%2,0002.77%1,7221.25%776
Mono32.97%96054.70%1,5939.00%2621.61%471.72%50
Nevada32.45%12,50854.83%21,1349.61%3,7031.47%5661.65%637
Calaveras32.36%4,79456.52%8,3747.45%1,1031.35%2002.32%344
Madera32.39%8,34060.29%15,5243.84%9882.09%5381.39%359
Yuba32.23%3,65658.84%6,6744.59%5212.00%2272.34%265
Shasta32.12%15,45660.54%29,1353.92%1,8861.10%5312.31%1,114
Kern31.71%42,26359.98%79,9363.25%4,3363.02%4,0302.04%2,715
Orange31.78%197,41660.15%373,7014.23%26,2922.41%14,9781.43%8,867
Plumas31.69%2,45658.01%4,4956.36%4931.74%1352.19%170
Placer31.34%29,70161.62%58,3964.88%4,6260.98%9321.17%1,106
Siskiyou31.30%4,74159.01%8,9375.45%8261.58%2402.65%401
El Dorado31.25%16,93460.15%32,5985.86%3,1751.14%6181.60%867
Inyo31.13%1,90559.49%3,6415.59%3421.62%992.17%133
Mariposa30.71%1,95259.29%3,7696.89%4381.18%751.93%123
Lassen30.43%2,31261.19%4,6494.11%3121.42%1082.86%217
Sierra30.04%41957.99%8096.16%862.08%293.73%52
Sutter30.06%5,62963.20%11,8343.07%5741.99%3731.68%314
Colusa29.75%1,32263.22%2,8093.04%1352.09%931.89%84
Glenn29.26%1,86363.37%4,0353.00%1912.12%1352.25%143
Modoc26.22%86765.59%2,1693.96%1311.09%363.14%104

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