2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
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| | | Nominee | John Garamendi | Gary Mendoza | | Party | Democratic | Republican | Popular vote | 3,346,937 | 2,998,243 | Percentage | 46.48% | 41.64% | |
County results Garamendi: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% Mendoza: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% |
Ins. Comm. before election Harry W. Low Democratic | Elected Ins. Comm. John Garamendi Democratic | |
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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.[1]
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.
Democratic
California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 2002 Candidate | Votes | % |
John Garamendi | 800,146 | 38.55 |
Tom Umberg | 586,112 | 28.24 |
Tom Calderon | 476,234 | 22.94 |
Bill Winslow | 213,239 | 10.27 |
Total votes | 2,075,731 | 100.00 |
Republican
California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary, 2002 Candidate | Votes | % |
Gary Mendoza | 808,007 | 41.74 |
Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch | 704,392 | 36.39 |
Wes Bannister | 423,273 | 21.87 |
Total votes | 1,935,672 | 100.00 |
Other Parties
California Attorney General primary, 2002 (Others) Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Green | David I. Sheidlower | 34,784 | 100.00 |
| American Independent | Steve Klein | 27,113 | 100.00 |
| Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 19,213 | 100.00 |
| Natural Law | Raul Calderon, Jr. | 5,044 | 100.00 |
Results
California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002[1][2] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | John Garamendi | 3,346,937 | 46.48 |
| Republican | Gary Mendoza | 2,998,243 | 41.64 |
| Green | David I. Sheidlower | 277,667 | 3.86 |
| Libertarian | Dale F. Ogden | 236,688 | 3.29 |
| Natural Law | Raul Calderon, Jr. | 192,001 | 2.67 |
| American Independent | Steve Klein | 148,893 | 2.07 |
Invalid or blank votes | 538,392 | 6.96 |
Total votes | 7,200,429 | 100.00 |
Turnout | | 36.05 |
| Democratic hold |
Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]
County | Garamendi | Votes | Mendoza | Votes | Sheidlower | Votes | Ogden | Votes | Calderon | Votes | Klein | Votes |
San Francisco | 70.15% | 137,602 | 15.26% | 29,931 | 7.78% | 15,261 | 3.23% | 6,342 | 2.16% | 4,231 | 1.42% | 2,777 |
Alameda | 64.79% | 214,588 | 21.93% | 72,635 | 7.28% | 24,111 | 2.75% | 9,109 | 1.99% | 6,606 | 1.26% | 4,169 |
Marin | 60.31% | 51,967 | 27.33% | 23,551 | 7.64% | 6,587 | 2.63% | 2,265 | 1.16% | 996 | 0.93% | 799 |
San Mateo | 58.90% | 97,857 | 29.56% | 49,102 | 4.54% | 7,550 | 3.02% | 5,012 | 2.44% | 4,058 | 1.54% | 2,555 |
Santa Cruz | 55.31% | 41,663 | 26.17% | 19,709 | 10.60% | 7,981 | 3.64% | 2,744 | 2.68% | 2,015 | 1.61% | 1,210 |
Contra Costa | 55.05% | 141,101 | 34.45% | 88,318 | 3.64% | 9,318 | 3.03% | 7,771 | 2.00% | 5,133 | 1.83% | 4,689 |
Sonoma | 54.01% | 76,818 | 30.16% | 42,896 | 8.75% | 12,450 | 3.30% | 4,699 | 2.09% | 2,966 | 1.69% | 2,400 |
Los Angeles | 53.87% | 871,779 | 33.70% | 545,306 | 3.39% | 54,880 | 3.33% | 53,894 | 3.58% | 57,993 | 2.12% | 34,301 |
Solano | 53.30% | 46,090 | 36.77% | 31,795 | 2.95% | 2,555 | 2.73% | 2,365 | 2.13% | 1,840 | 2.12% | 1,829 |
Santa Clara | 52.64% | 179,291 | 35.02% | 119,261 | 4.20% | 14,308 | 3.85% | 13,125 | 2.56% | 8,731 | 1.72% | 5,874 |
Napa | 51.96% | 18,738 | 35.94% | 12,959 | 5.34% | 1,924 | 2.78% | 1,001 | 2.27% | 818 | 1.72% | 619 |
Monterey | 51.20% | 43,418 | 35.66% | 30,243 | 3.64% | 3,087 | 3.38% | 2,865 | 3.81% | 3,230 | 2.31% | 1,961 |
Yolo | 49.52% | 22,585 | 36.87% | 16,817 | 7.23% | 3,297 | 2.15% | 979 | 2.66% | 1,212 | 1.57% | 718 |
Lake | 49.11% | 7,734 | 39.78% | 6,265 | 4.92% | 775 | 2.77% | 436 | 1.57% | 247 | 1.85% | 292 |
San Benito | 48.59% | 5,894 | 39.31% | 4,769 | 2.79% | 338 | 3.02% | 366 | 4.47% | 542 | 1.83% | 222 |
Mendocino | 48.49% | 11,746 | 31.23% | 7,566 | 13.56% | 3,284 | 3.03% | 735 | 1.77% | 428 | 1.93% | 467 |
Alpine | 47.22% | 255 | 37.41% | 202 | 5.37% | 29 | 3.70% | 20 | 3.89% | 21 | 2.41% | 13 |
Imperial | 47.15% | 10,085 | 39.33% | 8,412 | 1.48% | 317 | 2.41% | 515 | 7.48% | 1,600 | 2.15% | 459 |
San Joaquin | 46.46% | 57,005 | 44.94% | 55,139 | 2.04% | 2,505 | 2.10% | 2,583 | 2.51% | 3,080 | 1.95% | 2,396 |
Humboldt | 44.86% | 18,484 | 35.14% | 14,479 | 13.18% | 5,432 | 4.04% | 1,666 | 1.90% | 783 | 0.88% | 364 |
Merced | 43.52% | 17,284 | 47.00% | 18,666 | 1.80% | 716 | 2.48% | 983 | 3.39% | 1,346 | 1.81% | 717 |
Sacramento | 42.44% | 131,133 | 46.71% | 144,312 | 3.85% | 11,887 | 2.76% | 8,513 | 2.15% | 6,637 | 2.10% | 6,485 |
Stanislaus | 42.30% | 40,205 | 49.67% | 47,214 | 2.02% | 1,924 | 1.96% | 1,866 | 2.27% | 2,157 | 1.77% | 1,684 |
Del Norte | 42.10% | 2,787 | 45.50% | 3,012 | 3.87% | 256 | 3.87% | 256 | 2.05% | 136 | 2.61% | 173 |
Tuolumne | 40.43% | 7,223 | 50.81% | 9,078 | 3.26% | 582 | 2.40% | 429 | 1.35% | 242 | 1.74% | 311 |
Santa Barbara | 40.45% | 44,056 | 46.04% | 50,143 | 5.37% | 5,847 | 3.74% | 4,073 | 2.71% | 2,949 | 1.70% | 1,850 |
Trinity | 40.42% | 1,908 | 44.46% | 2,099 | 5.57% | 263 | 5.10% | 241 | 2.03% | 96 | 2.41% | 114 |
Ventura | 40.38% | 76,598 | 47.68% | 90,429 | 3.02% | 5,734 | 3.68% | 6,976 | 2.90% | 5,496 | 2.34% | 4,442 |
Calaveras | 40.05% | 6,059 | 49.71% | 7,519 | 3.70% | 560 | 3.06% | 463 | 1.49% | 226 | 1.98% | 300 |
Mono | 39.86% | 1,159 | 48.28% | 1,404 | 5.33% | 155 | 2.92% | 85 | 2.03% | 59 | 1.58% | 46 |
San Bernardino | 39.56% | 107,649 | 48.60% | 132,269 | 2.34% | 6,366 | 3.49% | 9,508 | 3.27% | 8,891 | 2.74% | 7,452 |
Amador | 39.13% | 5,054 | 51.12% | 6,603 | 2.87% | 371 | 2.71% | 350 | 1.83% | 237 | 2.34% | 302 |
Riverside | 39.19% | 116,658 | 50.72% | 150,956 | 1.98% | 5,906 | 3.20% | 9,535 | 2.57% | 7,654 | 2.33% | 6,932 |
Tehama | 38.07% | 5,774 | 51.43% | 7,800 | 2.12% | 322 | 3.62% | 549 | 1.72% | 261 | 3.03% | 459 |
Kings | 37.57% | 7,891 | 53.31% | 11,195 | 1.59% | 334 | 2.56% | 537 | 3.04% | 639 | 1.93% | 405 |
Siskiyou | 37.33% | 5,631 | 51.21% | 7,724 | 2.94% | 443 | 4.73% | 713 | 1.94% | 293 | 1.86% | 280 |
San Luis Obispo | 36.32% | 28,697 | 50.42% | 39,837 | 5.31% | 4,192 | 3.95% | 3,125 | 1.99% | 1,575 | 2.01% | 1,591 |
San Diego | 35.98% | 225,666 | 52.46% | 328,990 | 3.03% | 18,991 | 3.80% | 23,810 | 2.42% | 15,172 | 2.31% | 14,507 |
Inyo | 35.70% | 2,191 | 53.09% | 3,258 | 3.18% | 195 | 3.70% | 227 | 1.76% | 108 | 2.57% | 158 |
Kern | 35.41% | 47,632 | 54.35% | 73,106 | 1.56% | 2,104 | 2.97% | 3,996 | 2.52% | 3,393 | 3.19% | 4,287 |
Shasta | 35.21% | 16,743 | 55.57% | 26,426 | 2.18% | 1,038 | 3.05% | 1,452 | 1.66% | 789 | 2.33% | 1,110 |
Butte | 35.23% | 21,119 | 50.79% | 30,445 | 6.86% | 4,113 | 2.81% | 1,685 | 1.82% | 1,089 | 2.49% | 1,492 |
Plumas | 35.24% | 2,729 | 53.07% | 4,109 | 3.63% | 281 | 3.65% | 283 | 1.69% | 131 | 2.71% | 210 |
Mariposa | 35.01% | 2,205 | 54.37% | 3,425 | 3.51% | 221 | 3.08% | 194 | 1.62% | 102 | 2.41% | 152 |
Fresno | 34.97% | 52,946 | 55.03% | 83,308 | 2.16% | 3,263 | 3.23% | 4,896 | 2.56% | 3,874 | 2.05% | 3,099 |
Lassen | 34.88% | 2,631 | 54.38% | 4,102 | 2.17% | 164 | 4.02% | 303 | 1.75% | 132 | 2.80% | 211 |
Modoc | 34.61% | 1,136 | 55.48% | 1,821 | 1.98% | 65 | 3.50% | 115 | 1.52% | 50 | 2.89% | 95 |
Colusa | 34.20% | 1,538 | 57.42% | 2,582 | 1.89% | 85 | 2.00% | 90 | 2.54% | 114 | 1.96% | 88 |
Nevada | 34.11% | 13,106 | 52.23% | 20,071 | 7.18% | 2,758 | 2.96% | 1,139 | 1.69% | 650 | 1.83% | 702 |
Orange | 33.33% | 208,490 | 55.51% | 347,198 | 2.45% | 15,308 | 3.86% | 24,149 | 2.42% | 15,141 | 2.43% | 15,195 |
Sierra | 32.84% | 465 | 53.11% | 752 | 5.01% | 71 | 4.80% | 68 | 1.34% | 19 | 2.90% | 41 |
Madera | 32.70% | 8,446 | 57.79% | 14,925 | 2.03% | 525 | 2.87% | 742 | 2.45% | 634 | 2.14% | 553 |
Yuba | 32.57% | 3,727 | 56.23% | 6,434 | 2.84% | 325 | 3.50% | 401 | 2.05% | 235 | 2.81% | 321 |
Glenn | 32.37% | 2,068 | 57.76% | 3,690 | 1.83% | 117 | 2.85% | 182 | 1.86% | 119 | 3.33% | 213 |
El Dorado | 32.23% | 17,674 | 57.13% | 31,327 | 4.04% | 2,213 | 2.82% | 1,549 | 1.75% | 958 | 2.04% | 1,118 |
Sutter | 32.11% | 6,105 | 60.02% | 11,409 | 1.75% | 333 | 2.07% | 394 | 2.01% | 383 | 2.03% | 386 |
Tulare | 32.08% | 19,648 | 57.23% | 35,057 | 1.68% | 1,032 | 2.94% | 1,801 | 3.31% | 2,029 | 2.76% | 1,688 |
Placer | 31.93% | 30,206 | 59.40% | 56,193 | 2.77% | 2,618 | 2.66% | 2,518 | 1.54% | 1,455 | 1.70% | 1,610 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 16, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
- ^ "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 18, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 31, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
External links
- VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians
- Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State