2002 California State Controller election

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2002 California State Controller election
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  1998 November 5, 2002 2006  
  Steve Westly (cropped).jpg Tom McClintock (cropped).jpg LauraWellsSacramento3 (cropped).jpg
Nominee Steve Westly Tom McClintock Laura Wells
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote3,289,8393,273,028419,873
Percentage45.32%45.09%5.78%

2002 California State Controller election results map by county.svg
County results
Westly:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
McClintock:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%

Controller before election

Kathleen Connell
Democratic

Elected Controller

Steve Westly
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

California State Controller Democratic primary, 2002
CandidateVotes %
Steve Westly 1,137,39656.51
Johan Klehs 875,46343.49
Total votes2,012,859 100.00

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

California State Controller Republican primary, 2002
CandidateVotes %
Tom McClintock 948,53945.73
Dean Andal 736,31735.50
W. Snow Hume194,8839.40
Nancy Beecham194,5839.38
Total votes2,074,322 100.00

Green

California State Controller Green primary, 2002
CandidateVotes %
Laura Wells29,45784.12
David Delano Blanco5,56115.88
Total votes35,018 100.00

Others

California State Controller primary, 2002 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
American Independent Ernest F. Vance 25,677 100.00
Natural Law J. Carlos Aguirre 4,464 100.00

Results

California State Controller election, 2002 [1] [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Steve Westly 3,289,839 45.32
Republican Tom McClintock 3,273,02845.09
Green Laura Wells419,8735.78
Natural Law J. Carlos Aguirre179,9992.48
American Independent Ernest F. Vance96,0191.32
Invalid or blank votes480,0636.20
Total votes7,258,758 100.00
Turnout  36.05
Democratic hold

Results by county

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

County Westly Votes McClintock VotesWellsVotesAguirreVotesVanceVotes
San Francisco 64.26%129,04822.26%44,70010.52%21,1242.17%4,3570.79%1,579
Alameda 59.36%196,85928.37%94,0729.64%31,9721.71%5,6770.92%3,058
Marin 54.50%47,01734.25%29,5469.77%8,4300.77%6610.71%611
Los Angeles 54.18%898,44036.10%598,6945.08%84,2703.47%57,5421.17%19,356
Santa Cruz 53.23%40,29230.49%23,08412.91%9,7752.08%1,5781.28%972
Santa Clara 52.76%184,01238.03%132,6385.98%20,8661.99%6,9461.23%4,280
San Mateo 52.39%87,06337.07%61,6117.38%12,2612.22%3,6890.94%1,566
Sonoma 50.67%71,92735.32%50,12910.99%15,5951.49%2,1191.53%2,176
Monterey 49.88%42,04940.13%33,8285.47%4,6073.23%2,7211.29%1,087
Solano 49.62%43,08041.45%35,9895.03%4,3692.13%1,8511.77%1,537
Yolo 48.92%22,00439.07%17,5718.46%3,8072.27%1,0191.28%574
Contra Costa 47.77%119,55443.02%107,6566.44%16,1091.67%4,1711.11%2,781
Napa 47.21%16,82342.57%15,1696.99%2,4901.60%5701.62%579
Lake 46.33%7,28343.49%6,8366.76%1,0631.58%2481.84%290
San Benito 44.98%5,40245.24%5,4334.84%5813.80%4561.14%137
Mendocino 44.39%10,83935.99%8,78916.41%4,0071.42%3461.80%439
Imperial 44.04%9,21741.95%8,7814.16%8718.33%1,7441.51%317
Sacramento 43.72%135,97047.11%146,5386.03%18,7691.77%5,5021.37%4,255
Merced 42.56%17,02549.52%19,8093.28%1,3123.21%1,2861.43%571
Humboldt 42.45%17,66140.00%16,64515.43%6,4201.16%4830.96%399
Santa Barbara 40.84%45,14648.66%53,7997.01%7,7512.32%2,5611.18%1,300
Alpine 40.56%21942.96%23210.93%592.22%123.33%18
San Joaquin 40.42%48,61751.12%61,4904.21%5,0652.77%3,3301.48%1,775
San Diego 40.02%254,81851.63%328,7804.57%29,1212.36%15,0081.42%9,051
Stanislaus 40.02%37,47051.93%48,6194.28%4,0052.28%2,1391.49%1,396
Del Norte 39.70%2,59649.99%3,2696.32%4131.44%942.55%167
San Bernardino 38.76%107,44452.25%144,8534.17%11,5603.15%8,7311.68%4,650
Riverside 37.77%112,83354.77%163,6263.75%11,1892.29%6,8391.43%4,264
Fresno 37.60%57,44354.28%82,9244.35%6,6432.68%4,1011.08%1,650
Ventura 37.43%70,61353.74%101,3844.68%8,8212.81%5,2971.34%2,524
San Luis Obispo 36.59%29,23253.39%42,6537.01%5,5981.35%1,0771.67%1,335
Tuolumne 36.26%6,46355.08%9,8195.92%1,0561.07%1901.67%298
Kings 36.14%7,59256.61%11,8933.46%7272.51%5271.28%268
Amador 35.31%4,52455.84%7,1555.88%7531.24%1591.74%223
Trinity 34.51%1,65152.40%2,5078.88%4251.46%702.74%131
Tehama 34.41%5,18657.44%8,6563.80%5731.55%2332.80%422
Butte 33.96%20,39154.23%32,5648.32%4,9961.59%9531.90%1,142
Tulare 33.07%20,54259.69%37,0753.22%2,0002.77%1,7221.25%776
Mono 32.97%96054.70%1,5939.00%2621.61%471.72%50
Nevada 32.45%12,50854.83%21,1349.61%3,7031.47%5661.65%637
Calaveras 32.36%4,79456.52%8,3747.45%1,1031.35%2002.32%344
Madera 32.39%8,34060.29%15,5243.84%9882.09%5381.39%359
Yuba 32.23%3,65658.84%6,6744.59%5212.00%2272.34%265
Shasta 32.12%15,45660.54%29,1353.92%1,8861.10%5312.31%1,114
Kern 31.71%42,26359.98%79,9363.25%4,3363.02%4,0302.04%2,715
Orange 31.78%197,41660.15%373,7014.23%26,2922.41%14,9781.43%8,867
Plumas 31.69%2,45658.01%4,4956.36%4931.74%1352.19%170
Placer 31.34%29,70161.62%58,3964.88%4,6260.98%9321.17%1,106
Siskiyou 31.30%4,74159.01%8,9375.45%8261.58%2402.65%401
El Dorado 31.25%16,93460.15%32,5985.86%3,1751.14%6181.60%867
Inyo 31.13%1,90559.49%3,6415.59%3421.62%992.17%133
Mariposa 30.71%1,95259.29%3,7696.89%4381.18%751.93%123
Lassen 30.43%2,31261.19%4,6494.11%3121.42%1082.86%217
Sierra 30.04%41957.99%8096.16%862.08%293.73%52
Sutter 30.06%5,62963.20%11,8343.07%5741.99%3731.68%314
Colusa 29.75%1,32263.22%2,8093.04%1352.09%931.89%84
Glenn 29.26%1,86363.37%4,0353.00%1912.12%1352.25%143
Modoc 26.22%86765.59%2,1693.96%1311.09%363.14%104

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