2002 California Attorney General election

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2002 California Attorney General election
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  1998 November 5, 2002 2006  
  Bill-Lockyer.jpg Dick Ackerman, 2000s.jpg
Nominee Bill Lockyer Dick Ackerman
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,716,2822,920,752
Percentage51.3%40.3%

2002 California Attorney General election results map by county.svg
County results
Lockyer:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Ackerman:     40-50%     50–60%     60–70%

Attorney General before election

Bill Lockyer
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

Bill Lockyer
Democratic

The 2002 California Attorney General election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Bill Lockyer, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman.

Contents

Primary Results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210110/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm.

Results by county are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210110/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm#cty.

Democratic

California Attorney General Democratic primary, 2002
CandidateVotes %
Bill Lockyer 1,715,46082.93
Mike Schmier353,22817.07
Total votes2,068,688 100.00

Others

California Attorney General primary, 2002 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Dick Ackerman 1,838,007 100.00
Green Glen Freeman Mowrer 35,253 100.00
American Independent Diane Beall Templin 27,135 100.00
Libertarian Ed Kuwatch 19,089 100.00

Results

California Attorney General election, 2002 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Bill Lockyer (incumbent) 3,716,282 51.32
Republican Dick Ackerman 2,920,75240.33
Green Glen Freeman Mowrer283,1733.91
American Independent Diane Beall Templin194,3582.68
Libertarian Ed Kuwatch127,1521.76
Invalid or blank votes497,1046.42
Total votes7,241,717 100.00
Turnout  36.05
Democratic hold

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California. [1]

County Lockyer Votes Ackerman VotesMowrerVotesTemplinVotesKuwatchVotes
San Francisco 73.75%150,73014.88%30,4197.77%15,8821.97%4,0261.62%3,316
Alameda 68.98%232,18020.96%70,5506.85%23,0721.83%6,1611.38%4,639
Marin 63.27%55,16426.40%23,0157.34%6,4031.55%1,3501.44%1,257
San Mateo 62.35%104,45728.39%47,5534.89%8,1912.72%4,5531.65%2,766
Los Angeles 59.67%978,01032.21%527,9703.60%59,0082.72%44,6111.80%29,450
Santa Clara 58.74%203,25432.45%112,2924.15%14,3452.62%9,0652.05%7,081
Santa Cruz 58.60%44,48425.97%19,71210.36%7,8632.37%1,7972.71%2,060
Contra Costa 57.34%144,31234.64%87,1693.89%9,7892.58%6,4861.56%3,915
Sonoma 56.59%80,40429.71%42,2168.73%12,4062.91%4,1412.06%2,925
Monterey 56.47%48,39135.02%30,0093.59%3,0772.77%2,3772.15%1,840
Solano 55.46%48,08537.00%32,0803.09%2,6832.93%2,5431.51%1,308
Imperial 55.28%11,91637.23%8,0242.45%5283.63%7831.41%304
Napa 54.28%19,68836.33%13,1754.83%1,7512.65%9621.91%693
Yolo 54.06%24,84135.49%16,3076.51%2,9932.25%1,0321.68%774
San Benito 53.17%6,50039.47%4,8262.68%3282.91%3561.77%216
Lake 51.97%8,23638.60%6,1174.67%7402.78%4401.99%315
Mendocino 50.66%12,32330.69%7,46512.48%3,0362.72%6613.45%838
Sacramento 49.55%154,01042.31%131,5193.73%11,6072.97%9,2301.44%4,474
Merced 49.14%19,57744.32%17,6572.12%8453.01%1,2011.40%556
Humboldt 48.22%20,21934.86%14,61612.36%5,1841.99%8362.57%1,076
San Joaquin 48.12%57,71244.94%53,9022.63%3,1522.86%3,4261.45%1,739
Stanislaus 47.56%45,22745.88%43,6322.47%2,3532.85%2,7091.24%1,180
Alpine 46.81%25737.70%2077.10%395.83%322.55%14
Santa Barbara 46.47%51,67144.31%49,2725.32%5,9182.25%2,4991.66%1,842
Ventura 45.25%84,75046.72%87,4963.29%6,1652.78%5,2031.95%3,661
Del Norte 44.80%2,98045.04%2,9963.52%2343.92%2612.72%181
San Bernardino 44.40%120,70448.27%131,2352.32%6,3023.30%8,9801.71%4,652
San Diego 44.30%278,74647.99%301,9802.95%18,5362.84%17,9011.92%12,056
Kings 43.88%9,18451.14%10,7031.29%2702.74%5730.96%200
Fresno 43.80%66,82950.02%76,3072.16%3,2982.73%4,1691.28%1,959
Riverside 43.37%129,95850.35%150,8672.01%6,0132.85%8,5381.42%4,252
Amador 42.70%5,49949.80%6,4132.98%3842.98%3841.53%197
Tuolumne 42.38%7,54549.58%8,8273.56%6332.99%5321.49%265
Trinity 41.43%1,98845.24%2,1715.58%2684.04%1943.71%178
San Luis Obispo 40.46%32,38250.17%40,1534.84%3,8752.51%2,0102.02%1,616
Mono 39.54%1,15549.81%1,4555.27%1542.77%812.60%76
Calaveras 39.41%5,91350.42%7,5644.58%6873.37%5052.23%334
Tulare 37.81%23,45756.62%35,1211.67%1,0332.72%1,6871.18%735
Nevada 37.80%14,61350.87%19,6656.90%2,6692.51%9691.92%744
Tehama 37.62%5,74953.84%8,2282.76%4223.28%5022.50%382
Butte 37.32%22,40051.38%30,8426.54%3,9262.89%1,7341.87%1,121
Mariposa 37.27%2,36753.14%3,3754.02%2553.90%2481.67%106
Plumas 37.20%2,88053.36%4,1313.77%2923.62%2802.05%159
Madera 36.99%9,62456.83%14,7851.89%4922.84%7381.45%377
Kern 36.66%48,80256.98%75,8511.72%2,2962.83%3,7611.81%2,409
Siskiyou 36.44%5,57753.81%8,2353.54%5423.02%4623.20%489
Placer 36.28%34,53157.14%54,3872.82%2,6842.40%2,2881.35%1,286
El Dorado 36.00%19,82155.32%30,4643.97%2,1882.89%1,5941.81%998
Sierra 35.77%50953.27%7583.51%503.87%553.58%51
Orange 35.52%219,83957.40%355,2342.54%15,7182.60%16,0821.94%12,009
Inyo 35.54%2,19555.17%3,4083.71%2293.22%1992.36%146
Shasta 35.29%16,97457.07%27,4512.27%1,0943.16%1,5222.20%1,059
Lassen 34.92%2,66156.86%4,3332.09%1594.03%3072.10%160
Yuba 34.90%4,00656.50%6,4863.36%3863.65%4191.59%182
Colusa 34.49%1,54659.74%2,6781.87%842.23%1001.67%75
Sutter 33.53%6,39060.65%11,5581.95%3722.59%4941.28%243
Glenn 31.72%2,04260.44%3,8912.87%1852.94%1892.03%131
Modoc 30.77%1,01860.46%2,0002.57%853.63%1202.57%85

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