2002 California Insurance Commissioner election

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2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
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  1998 November 5, 2002 2006  
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Nominee John Garamendi Gary Mendoza
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote3,346,9372,998,243
Percentage46.48%41.64%

2002 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg
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

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.

Contents

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
CandidateVotes %
John Garamendi 800,14638.55
Tom Umberg 586,11228.24
Tom Calderon 476,23422.94
Bill Winslow213,23910.27
Total votes2,075,731 100.00

Republican

California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary, 2002
CandidateVotes %
Gary Mendoza808,00741.74
Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch704,39236.39
Wes Bannister 423,27321.87
Total votes1,935,672 100.00

Other Parties

California Attorney General primary, 2002 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
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]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Garamendi 3,346,937 46.48
Republican Gary Mendoza2,998,24341.64
Green David I. Sheidlower277,6673.86
Libertarian Dale F. Ogden236,6883.29
Natural Law Raul Calderon, Jr.192,0012.67
American Independent Steve Klein148,8932.07
Invalid or blank votes538,3926.96
Total votes7,200,429 100.00
Turnout  36.05
Democratic hold

Results by county

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

County Garamendi VotesMendozaVotesSheidlowerVotesOgdenVotesCalderonVotesKleinVotes
San Francisco 70.15%137,60215.26%29,9317.78%15,2613.23%6,3422.16%4,2311.42%2,777
Alameda 64.79%214,58821.93%72,6357.28%24,1112.75%9,1091.99%6,6061.26%4,169
Marin 60.31%51,96727.33%23,5517.64%6,5872.63%2,2651.16%9960.93%799
San Mateo 58.90%97,85729.56%49,1024.54%7,5503.02%5,0122.44%4,0581.54%2,555
Santa Cruz 55.31%41,66326.17%19,70910.60%7,9813.64%2,7442.68%2,0151.61%1,210
Contra Costa 55.05%141,10134.45%88,3183.64%9,3183.03%7,7712.00%5,1331.83%4,689
Sonoma 54.01%76,81830.16%42,8968.75%12,4503.30%4,6992.09%2,9661.69%2,400
Los Angeles 53.87%871,77933.70%545,3063.39%54,8803.33%53,8943.58%57,9932.12%34,301
Solano 53.30%46,09036.77%31,7952.95%2,5552.73%2,3652.13%1,8402.12%1,829
Santa Clara 52.64%179,29135.02%119,2614.20%14,3083.85%13,1252.56%8,7311.72%5,874
Napa 51.96%18,73835.94%12,9595.34%1,9242.78%1,0012.27%8181.72%619
Monterey 51.20%43,41835.66%30,2433.64%3,0873.38%2,8653.81%3,2302.31%1,961
Yolo 49.52%22,58536.87%16,8177.23%3,2972.15%9792.66%1,2121.57%718
Lake 49.11%7,73439.78%6,2654.92%7752.77%4361.57%2471.85%292
San Benito 48.59%5,89439.31%4,7692.79%3383.02%3664.47%5421.83%222
Mendocino 48.49%11,74631.23%7,56613.56%3,2843.03%7351.77%4281.93%467
Alpine 47.22%25537.41%2025.37%293.70%203.89%212.41%13
Imperial 47.15%10,08539.33%8,4121.48%3172.41%5157.48%1,6002.15%459
San Joaquin 46.46%57,00544.94%55,1392.04%2,5052.10%2,5832.51%3,0801.95%2,396
Humboldt 44.86%18,48435.14%14,47913.18%5,4324.04%1,6661.90%7830.88%364
Merced 43.52%17,28447.00%18,6661.80%7162.48%9833.39%1,3461.81%717
Sacramento 42.44%131,13346.71%144,3123.85%11,8872.76%8,5132.15%6,6372.10%6,485
Stanislaus 42.30%40,20549.67%47,2142.02%1,9241.96%1,8662.27%2,1571.77%1,684
Del Norte 42.10%2,78745.50%3,0123.87%2563.87%2562.05%1362.61%173
Tuolumne 40.43%7,22350.81%9,0783.26%5822.40%4291.35%2421.74%311
Santa Barbara 40.45%44,05646.04%50,1435.37%5,8473.74%4,0732.71%2,9491.70%1,850
Trinity 40.42%1,90844.46%2,0995.57%2635.10%2412.03%962.41%114
Ventura 40.38%76,59847.68%90,4293.02%5,7343.68%6,9762.90%5,4962.34%4,442
Calaveras 40.05%6,05949.71%7,5193.70%5603.06%4631.49%2261.98%300
Mono 39.86%1,15948.28%1,4045.33%1552.92%852.03%591.58%46
San Bernardino 39.56%107,64948.60%132,2692.34%6,3663.49%9,5083.27%8,8912.74%7,452
Amador 39.13%5,05451.12%6,6032.87%3712.71%3501.83%2372.34%302
Riverside 39.19%116,65850.72%150,9561.98%5,9063.20%9,5352.57%7,6542.33%6,932
Tehama 38.07%5,77451.43%7,8002.12%3223.62%5491.72%2613.03%459
Kings 37.57%7,89153.31%11,1951.59%3342.56%5373.04%6391.93%405
Siskiyou 37.33%5,63151.21%7,7242.94%4434.73%7131.94%2931.86%280
San Luis Obispo 36.32%28,69750.42%39,8375.31%4,1923.95%3,1251.99%1,5752.01%1,591
San Diego 35.98%225,66652.46%328,9903.03%18,9913.80%23,8102.42%15,1722.31%14,507
Inyo 35.70%2,19153.09%3,2583.18%1953.70%2271.76%1082.57%158
Kern 35.41%47,63254.35%73,1061.56%2,1042.97%3,9962.52%3,3933.19%4,287
Shasta 35.21%16,74355.57%26,4262.18%1,0383.05%1,4521.66%7892.33%1,110
Butte 35.23%21,11950.79%30,4456.86%4,1132.81%1,6851.82%1,0892.49%1,492
Plumas 35.24%2,72953.07%4,1093.63%2813.65%2831.69%1312.71%210
Mariposa 35.01%2,20554.37%3,4253.51%2213.08%1941.62%1022.41%152
Fresno 34.97%52,94655.03%83,3082.16%3,2633.23%4,8962.56%3,8742.05%3,099
Lassen 34.88%2,63154.38%4,1022.17%1644.02%3031.75%1322.80%211
Modoc 34.61%1,13655.48%1,8211.98%653.50%1151.52%502.89%95
Colusa 34.20%1,53857.42%2,5821.89%852.00%902.54%1141.96%88
Nevada 34.11%13,10652.23%20,0717.18%2,7582.96%1,1391.69%6501.83%702
Orange 33.33%208,49055.51%347,1982.45%15,3083.86%24,1492.42%15,1412.43%15,195
Sierra 32.84%46553.11%7525.01%714.80%681.34%192.90%41
Madera 32.70%8,44657.79%14,9252.03%5252.87%7422.45%6342.14%553
Yuba 32.57%3,72756.23%6,4342.84%3253.50%4012.05%2352.81%321
Glenn 32.37%2,06857.76%3,6901.83%1172.85%1821.86%1193.33%213
El Dorado 32.23%17,67457.13%31,3274.04%2,2132.82%1,5491.75%9582.04%1,118
Sutter 32.11%6,10560.02%11,4091.75%3332.07%3942.01%3832.03%386
Tulare 32.08%19,64857.23%35,0571.68%1,0322.94%1,8013.31%2,0292.76%1,688
Placer 31.93%30,20659.40%56,1932.77%2,6182.66%2,5181.54%1,4551.70%1,610

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