2002 Long Beach, California, mayoral election

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2002 Long Beach, California, mayoral election
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  1998 April 9, 2002 (first round) [1]
June 4, 2002 (runoff) [2]
2006  
 
Candidate Beverly O'Neill Dan Baker
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First-round vote11,0329,628
First-round percentage28.3%24.7%
Second-round voteunknown15,173
Second-round percentageunknown%36.7%

 
CandidateNorm RyanRay Grabinski
Party Nonpartisan Nonpartisan
First-round vote8,9097,490
First-round percentage22.8%19.2%

Mayor before election

Beverly O'Neill
Nonpartisan

Elected Mayor

Beverly O'Neill
Nonpartisan

Long Beach, California, held an election for mayor on April 9, 2002 and June 4, 2002. It saw the reelection of Beverly O'Neill to an unprecedented third term. O'Neill had to run as a write-in, as she was otherwise term limited. [3] In the runoff she faced city councilman Dan Baker and write-in Norm Ryan. [3]

Contents

Candidates

Results

First round

First round results [1]
CandidateVotes %
Beverly O'Neill (incumbent) write-in11,03228.3
Dan Baker9,62824.7
Norm Ryan8,90922.8
Ray Grabinski7,49019.2
John Stolpe7511.9
David P. Wong6251.6
Bob Livingstone5391.3
Total votes

Runoff

Runoff results [2]
CandidateVotes %
Write-ins (including Beverly O'Neill and Norm Ryan)26,13063.2
Dan Baker15,17336.7

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