California State Controller election, 2002

California State Controller election, 2002
	Election results by county
Controller before election; Kathleen Connell ; Democratic	Elected Controller; Steve Westly ; Democratic

Last updated March 17, 2019

The 2002 California State Controller election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Businessman Steve Westly, the Democratic nominee, barely defeated the Republican nominee, Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by Kathleen Connell, who was term-limited.

The State Controller of California is the Chief Financial Officer of the U.S. state of California. The post has broader responsibilities and authority than the California State Treasurer. Responsibilities include investigative authority for every dollar spent by the state, and being an ex-officio member of the state's Board of Equalization.

Steven Paul Westly is an American venture capitalist and politician. He was the State Controller of California from 2003 to 2007 and was one of the top candidates in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in the 2006 election. He was defeated in the Democratic primary by California State Treasurer Phil Angelides, who later lost to Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in the November 2006 elections. During the 2008 Presidential Election, Westly served as California Campaign Co-chair for Obama for America and also as a member of Obama for America's National Finance Committee. Westly was briefly considered for a cabinet-level position in the Obama administration. Currently, Westly is a Managing Partner at The Westly Group, a clean technology venture capital firm he founded.

The California Democratic Party is the state branch of the United States Democratic Party in the state of California. The party is headquartered in Sacramento, and is led by acting-Chair Alex Gallardo-Rooker.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

California State Controller Democratic primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	%
Steve Westly	1,137,396	56.51
Johan Klehs	875,463	43.49
Total votes	2,012,859	100.00

Republican

California State Controller Republican primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	%
Tom McClintock	948,539	45.73
Dean Andal	736,317	35.50
W. Snow Hume	194,883	9.40
Nancy Beecham	194,583	9.38
Total votes	2,074,322	100.00

Green

California State Controller Green primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	%
Laura Wells	29,457	84.12
David Delano Blanco	5,561	15.88
Total votes	35,018	100.00

Others

California State Controller primary, 2002 (Others)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Steve Westly	3,289,839	45.32
	Republican	Tom McClintock	3,273,028	45.09
	Green	Laura Wells	419,873	5.78
	Natural Law	J. Carlos Aguirre	179,999	2.48
	American Independent	Ernest F. Vance	96,019	1.32
Invalid or blank votes			480,063	6.20
Total votes			7,258,758	100.00
Turnout			{{{votes}}}	36.05
	Democratic hold

Results by county

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

The Secretary of State of California is the chief clerk of the U.S. State of California, overseeing a department of 500 people. The Secretary of State is elected for four year terms, like the state's other constitutional officers, and is restricted by term limits to only two terms. The current Secretary of State, Alex Padilla, took office on January 5, 2015.

County	Westly	Votes	McClintock	Votes	Wells	Votes	Aguirre	Votes	Vance	Votes
San Francisco	64.26%	129,048	22.26%	44,700	10.52%	21,124	2.17%	4,357	0.79%	1,579
Alameda	59.36%	196,859	28.37%	94,072	9.64%	31,972	1.71%	5,677	0.92%	3,058
Marin	54.50%	47,017	34.25%	29,546	9.77%	8,430	0.77%	661	0.71%	611
Los Angeles	54.18%	898,440	36.10%	598,694	5.08%	84,270	3.47%	57,542	1.17%	19,356
Santa Cruz	53.23%	40,292	30.49%	23,084	12.91%	9,775	2.08%	1,578	1.28%	972
Santa Clara	52.76%	184,012	38.03%	132,638	5.98%	20,866	1.99%	6,946	1.23%	4,280
San Mateo	52.39%	87,063	37.07%	61,611	7.38%	12,261	2.22%	3,689	0.94%	1,566
Sonoma	50.67%	71,927	35.32%	50,129	10.99%	15,595	1.49%	2,119	1.53%	2,176
Monterey	49.88%	42,049	40.13%	33,828	5.47%	4,607	3.23%	2,721	1.29%	1,087
Solano	49.62%	43,080	41.45%	35,989	5.03%	4,369	2.13%	1,851	1.77%	1,537
Yolo	48.92%	22,004	39.07%	17,571	8.46%	3,807	2.27%	1,019	1.28%	574
Contra Costa	47.77%	119,554	43.02%	107,656	6.44%	16,109	1.67%	4,171	1.11%	2,781
Napa	47.21%	16,823	42.57%	15,169	6.99%	2,490	1.60%	570	1.62%	579
Lake	46.33%	7,283	43.49%	6,836	6.76%	1,063	1.58%	248	1.84%	290
San Benito	44.98%	5,402	45.24%	5,433	4.84%	581	3.80%	456	1.14%	137
Mendocino	44.39%	10,839	35.99%	8,789	16.41%	4,007	1.42%	346	1.80%	439
Imperial	44.04%	9,217	41.95%	8,781	4.16%	871	8.33%	1,744	1.51%	317
Sacramento	43.72%	135,970	47.11%	146,538	6.03%	18,769	1.77%	5,502	1.37%	4,255
Merced	42.56%	17,025	49.52%	19,809	3.28%	1,312	3.21%	1,286	1.43%	571
Humboldt	42.45%	17,661	40.00%	16,645	15.43%	6,420	1.16%	483	0.96%	399
Santa Barbara	40.84%	45,146	48.66%	53,799	7.01%	7,751	2.32%	2,561	1.18%	1,300
Alpine	40.56%	219	42.96%	232	10.93%	59	2.22%	12	3.33%	18
San Joaquin	40.42%	48,617	51.12%	61,490	4.21%	5,065	2.77%	3,330	1.48%	1,775
San Diego	40.02%	254,818	51.63%	328,780	4.57%	29,121	2.36%	15,008	1.42%	9,051
Stanislaus	40.02%	37,470	51.93%	48,619	4.28%	4,005	2.28%	2,139	1.49%	1,396
Del Norte	39.70%	2,596	49.99%	3,269	6.32%	413	1.44%	94	2.55%	167
San Bernardino	38.76%	107,444	52.25%	144,853	4.17%	11,560	3.15%	8,731	1.68%	4,650
Riverside	37.77%	112,833	54.77%	163,626	3.75%	11,189	2.29%	6,839	1.43%	4,264
Fresno	37.60%	57,443	54.28%	82,924	4.35%	6,643	2.68%	4,101	1.08%	1,650
Ventura	37.43%	70,613	53.74%	101,384	4.68%	8,821	2.81%	5,297	1.34%	2,524
San Luis Obispo	36.59%	29,232	53.39%	42,653	7.01%	5,598	1.35%	1,077	1.67%	1,335
Tuolumne	36.26%	6,463	55.08%	9,819	5.92%	1,056	1.07%	190	1.67%	298
Kings	36.14%	7,592	56.61%	11,893	3.46%	727	2.51%	527	1.28%	268
Amador	35.31%	4,524	55.84%	7,155	5.88%	753	1.24%	159	1.74%	223
Trinity	34.51%	1,651	52.40%	2,507	8.88%	425	1.46%	70	2.74%	131
Tehama	34.41%	5,186	57.44%	8,656	3.80%	573	1.55%	233	2.80%	422
Butte	33.96%	20,391	54.23%	32,564	8.32%	4,996	1.59%	953	1.90%	1,142
Tulare	33.07%	20,542	59.69%	37,075	3.22%	2,000	2.77%	1,722	1.25%	776
Mono	32.97%	960	54.70%	1,593	9.00%	262	1.61%	47	1.72%	50
Nevada	32.45%	12,508	54.83%	21,134	9.61%	3,703	1.47%	566	1.65%	637
Calaveras	32.36%	4,794	56.52%	8,374	7.45%	1,103	1.35%	200	2.32%	344
Madera	32.39%	8,340	60.29%	15,524	3.84%	988	2.09%	538	1.39%	359
Yuba	32.23%	3,656	58.84%	6,674	4.59%	521	2.00%	227	2.34%	265
Shasta	32.12%	15,456	60.54%	29,135	3.92%	1,886	1.10%	531	2.31%	1,114
Kern	31.71%	42,263	59.98%	79,936	3.25%	4,336	3.02%	4,030	2.04%	2,715
Orange	31.78%	197,416	60.15%	373,701	4.23%	26,292	2.41%	14,978	1.43%	8,867
Plumas	31.69%	2,456	58.01%	4,495	6.36%	493	1.74%	135	2.19%	170
Placer	31.34%	29,701	61.62%	58,396	4.88%	4,626	0.98%	932	1.17%	1,106
Siskiyou	31.30%	4,741	59.01%	8,937	5.45%	826	1.58%	240	2.65%	401
El Dorado	31.25%	16,934	60.15%	32,598	5.86%	3,175	1.14%	618	1.60%	867
Inyo	31.13%	1,905	59.49%	3,641	5.59%	342	1.62%	99	2.17%	133
Mariposa	30.71%	1,952	59.29%	3,769	6.89%	438	1.18%	75	1.93%	123
Lassen	30.43%	2,312	61.19%	4,649	4.11%	312	1.42%	108	2.86%	217
Sierra	30.04%	419	57.99%	809	6.16%	86	2.08%	29	3.73%	52
Sutter	30.06%	5,629	63.20%	11,834	3.07%	574	1.99%	373	1.68%	314
Colusa	29.75%	1,322	63.22%	2,809	3.04%	135	2.09%	93	1.89%	84
Glenn	29.26%	1,863	63.37%	4,035	3.00%	191	2.12%	135	2.25%	143
Modoc	26.22%	867	65.59%	2,169	3.96%	131	1.09%	36	3.14%	104

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References

1 2 "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2002-12-16. Retrieved 2008-07-29.
↑ "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

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[results-1] 1 2 "Secretary of State" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2002-12-16. Retrieved 2008-07-29.

[2] "Registration and Participation" (PDF). Secretary of State of California. 2002-12-18. Retrieved 2008-07-29.