California gubernatorial election, 2002

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California gubernatorial election, 2002
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Nominee Gray Davis Bill Simon Peter Camejo
Party Democratic Republican Green
Popular vote3,533,4903,169,801393,036
Percentage47.3%42.4%5.3%
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County Results
Governor before election

Gray Davis
Democratic

Elected Governor

Gray Davis
Democratic

The 2002 California gubernatorial election was an election that occurred on November 5, 2002. Democrat Gray Davis defeated Republican Bill Simon by 5% and was re-elected to a second four-year term as Governor of California. Davis would be recalled less than a year into his next term.

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.

Gray Davis former governor of California

Joseph Graham "Gray" Davis Jr. is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 37th Governor of California from 1999 to 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, only a few months into his second term, in 2003 Davis was recalled and removed from office, the second state governor successfully recalled in U.S. history. Prior to serving as governor, Davis was chief of staff to Governor Jerry Brown (1975–81), a California State Assemblyman (1983–87), California State Controller (1987–95) and the 44th Lieutenant Governor of California (1995–99). Davis holds a B.A. in history from Stanford University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He was awarded a Bronze Star for his service as a Captain in the Vietnam War.

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Contents

The 2002 gubernatorial primary occurred in March 2002. Gray Davis faced no major competitor in the primary and won the nomination. Simon defeated former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan in the Republican primary. Gray Davis ran a series of negative ads against Riordan in the primary. Riordan was seen as a moderate and early state polls showed him defeating Gray Davis in the general election.

Richard Riordan American mayor

Richard Joseph Riordan is an American investment banker, businessman, and politician who served as the 39th Mayor of Los Angeles, California serving from 1993 to 2001. He is a member of the Republican Party. To date, Riordan remains the most recent Republican to serve as Mayor of Los Angeles.

Primaries

During the 2002 election campaign, Davis took the unusual step of taking out campaign ads during the Republican primaries against Los Angeles mayor Richard Riordan. Davis claimed that Riordan had attacked his record and that his campaign was defending his record. [1] Polls showed that, as a moderate, Riordan would be a more formidable challenger in the general election than a conservative candidate. Polls even showed that Riordan would defeat Davis. [2] Davis attacked Riordan with negative ads in the primary. The ads questioned Riordan's pro-choice stance by questioning Riordan's support of pro-life politicians and judges. [3] [4] The ads pointed out Riordan's position of wanting a moratorium on the death penalty as being to the left of Gray Davis, who strongly supported it. [5] [6] [7]

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

In 2000, the United States Supreme Court in California Democratic Party v. Jones struck down California's blanket primary. [8] With the end of the blanket primary, only non-partisans and registered Republicans could vote for Richard Riordan in the 2002 primary. The end of the blanket primary made it more difficult for the more moderate Riordan. It has long been known in politics that primary voters are much more ideological and strongly liberal or strongly conservative than those who vote in the general election. [9]

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California Democratic Party v. Jones, 530 U.S. 567 (2000), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that California's blanket primary violates a political party's First Amendment freedom of association.

The blanket primary is a system used for selecting political party candidates in a primary election in the United States. In a blanket primary, voters may pick one candidate for each office without regard to party lines; for instance, a voter might select a Democratic candidate for governor and a Republican candidate for senator. In a traditional blanket primary the candidates with the highest number of votes for each office in each party advance to the general election, as the respective party's nominee. Blanket primaries differ from open primaries – in open primaries voters may pick candidates regardless of their own party registration, but may only choose among candidates from a single party of the voter's choice. A blanket primary gives registered voters maximum choice in selecting candidates among those systems that separate primary from general elections.

Additionally, the Republican primary included negative attacks between Bill Jones and Riordan. Jones highlighted in his attack ads against Riordan that Riordan had contributed money to Davis in past campaigns and had called Bill Clinton "the greatest leader in the free world." Riordan's counter ads highlighted that Jones had also contributed money to Davis. By late February 2002, Riordian's strong lead in the Republican primary had begun to slip. In the previous months of the campaign, Riordan focused his ads and energies on campaigning against Gray Davis and defending himself from Davis' attack ads. [5]

Bill Jones (California politician) American politician

William Leon Jones is an American politician from California who served in the California State Assembly and later served as California's 25th Secretary of State. He was an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Governor of California in 2002 as well as an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate from California in 2004 against incumbent Democrat Barbara Boxer.

Bill Clinton 42nd president of the United States

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Davis' negative ads against Riordan appear to have contributed to Riordan's defeat in the Republican primary by the more staunchly conservative candidate Bill Simon. [10]

William Edward "Bill" Simon Jr. is an American businessman, philanthropist and politician. In 2002, Simon campaigned unsuccessfully for Governor of California as a Republican against Democratic incumbent Gray Davis. Billed as a "conservative Republican," the virtually unknown Simon's campaign was significantly boosted by support from better-known Republican officeholders from outside California, including former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani.

Primary results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California. [11]

Democratic

California gubernatorial Democratic primary, 2002
CandidateVotes%
Gray Davis 1,755,27680.90
Anselmo A. Chavez179,3018.26
Charles "Chuck" Pineda, Jr.139,1216.41
Mosemarie Boyd95,8574.42
Total votes2,169,555100.00

Republican

California gubernatorial Republican primary, 2002
CandidateVotes%
Bill Simon 1,129,97349.44
Richard Riordan 715,76831.32
Bill Jones 387,23716.94
Nick Jesson19,2870.84
Edie Bukewihge14,4360.63
Danney Ball13,1560.58
Jim Dimov5,5950.24
Total votes2,285,452100.00

Libertarian

California gubernatorial Libertarian primary, 2002
CandidateVotes%
Gary David Copeland19,07998.80
Art Olivier (write-in)2321.20
Total votes19,311100.00

Others

California gubernatorial primary, 2002 (Others)
PartyCandidateVotes%
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 35,767100.00
American Independent Reinhold Gulke26,269100.00
Natural Law Iris Adam4,402100.00

General election

Campaign

Davis was re-elected in the November 2002 general election following a long and bitter campaign against Simon, marked by accusations of ethical lapses on both sides and widespread voter apathy. [12] Simon was also hurt by a financial fraud scandal that tarnished his reputation. [13] Davis' campaign featured several negative ads that highlighted Simon's financial fraud scandal. [14] Simon attacked Davis for supposedly fundraising in the Lieutenant Governor's office during his time as Lt. Governor, but the plan backfired when Davis produced evidence that the photograph was taken in his Los Angeles home. [15] The 2002 gubernatorial race was the most expensive in California state history with over $100 million spent. [16] Davis' campaign was better financed; Davis had over $26 million in campaign reserves more than Simon in August 2002. [14] Davis won re-election with 47.4% of the vote to Simon's 42.4%. The Simon-Davis race led in the lowest turnout percentage in modern gubernatorial history, allowing for a lower than normal amount of signatures required for a recall. [17] Davis won the election but the majority of the voters disliked Davis and did not approve of his job performance. [18] [19]

Results

2002 California gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Gray Davis (incumbent)3,533,49047.26
Republican Bill Simon 3,169,80142.40
Green Peter Miguel Camejo 393,0365.26
Libertarian Gary David Copeland161,2032.16
American Independent Reinhold Gulke128,0351.71
Natural Law Iris Adam88,4151.18
No party Write-ins 2,3710.03%
Invalid or blank votes262,4703.39
Total votes7,738,821100.00
Turnout {{{votes}}}36.05
Democratic hold

Results breakdown

County Davis Votes Simon Votes Camejo VotesCopelandVotesOthersVotes
San Francisco 66.20%143,10215.37%33,21415.50%33,4951.41%3,0481.53%3,297
Alameda 62.83%216,05822.22%76,40711.03%37,9191.91%6,5582.02%6,959
San Mateo 57.95%99,80329.90%51,4977.86%13,5371.86%3,2052.42%4,168
Marin 56.23%49,51227.85%24,52012.16%10,7101.71%1,5022.06%1,811
Santa Cruz 56.03%43,46926.55%20,59812.13%9,4092.29%1,7773.00%2,331
Los Angeles 55.87%953,16234.86%594,7484.27%72,8862.34%39,9342.66%45,329
Santa Clara 55.33%199,39932.43%116,8626.69%24,0972.62%9,4302.94%10,608
Monterey 54.10%47,05236.25%31,5324.36%3,7942.52%2,1912.77%2,405
Imperial 53.29%11,64440.23%8,7892.50%5461.18%2582.80%612
Contra Costa 53.22%140,97535.67%94,4876.30%16,6762.23%5,8942.58%6,838
Solano 52.40%46,38537.86%33,5164.56%4,0381.49%1,3163.69%3,267
Sonoma 50.39%73,07929.93%43,40813.51%19,5992.14%3,0974.03%5,845
San Benito 48.89%6,04941.73%5,1634.07%5042.22%2753.09%382
Napa 47.76%17,51636.77%13,4839.73%3,5702.11%7743.62%1,329
Yolo 47.43%21,98337.72%17,48410.64%4,9341.17%5433.04%1,409
Lake 46.71%7,42440.64%6,4596.07%9652.11%3364.46%709
Humboldt 45.44%19,49937.56%16,11812.05%5,1702.24%9612.70%1,159
Merced 44.56%18,07147.32%19,1911.95%7923.40%1,3792.77%1,125
Santa Barbara 44.32%50,74146.15%52,8325.05%5,7852.26%2,5862.22%2,547
San Joaquin 43.54%53,74747.18%58,2393.75%4,6302.06%2,5403.47%4,287
Stanislaus 43.57%41,90847.91%46,0913.08%2,9671.44%1,3854.00%3,843
Mendocino 43.50%10,83233.45%8,33116.54%4,1192.33%5814.18%1,041
Ventura 43.21%83,55747.16%91,1933.39%6,5632.99%5,7873.25%6,287
Del Norte 43.29%2,92245.82%3,0933.07%2072.44%1655.38%363
San Bernardino 41.23%116,75750.32%142,5132.38%6,7542.29%6,4853.77%10,682
Sacramento 40.82%129,14346.60%147,4567.03%22,2322.10%6,6343.46%10,932
Alpine 40.89%22944.11%2477.14%402.68%155.18%29
San Diego 40.57%268,27851.73%342,0952.75%18,1842.08%13,7422.87%18,999
Riverside 40.25%121,84552.68%159,4401.98%5,9952.18%6,6012.91%8,802
Tuolumne 38.16%6,84651.56%9,2514.31%7731.83%3284.15%744
Fresno 37.96%59,01955.26%85,9102.26%3,5082.29%3,5602.23%3,474
Trinity 37.23%1,83349.17%2,4215.52%2722.84%1405.24%258
Kings 36.65%7,77657.56%12,2121.40%2981.16%2463.22%683
San Luis Obispo 36.40%29,73253.31%43,5525.13%4,1891.98%1,6183.18%2,599
Mono 35.99%1,06452.50%1,5525.21%1542.17%644.13%122
Orange 34.66%222,14957.43%368,1522.60%16,6702.29%14,6683.02%19,369
Amador 34.19%4,43753.91%6,9975.70%7401.90%2464.30%558
Tulare 34.07%21,29459.48%37,1721.74%1,0901.93%1,2082.77%1,734
Nevada 33.93%13,33852.33%20,5738.39%3,2971.89%7433.47%1,364
Inyo 33.62%2,11456.73%3,5673.34%2102.26%1424.06%255
Kern 33.69%46,25060.21%82,6601.43%1,9651.34%1,8393.33%4,574
Calaveras 33.25%5,05253.34%8,1045.76%8752.86%4344.80%729
Plumas 33.06%2,59854.85%4,3104.84%3802.32%1824.94%388
Mariposa 32.78%2,12657.36%3,7203.32%2152.00%1304.53%294
Tehama 32.48%5,00058.54%9,0102.35%3611.65%2544.98%767
Siskiyou 31.87%4,97258.40%9,1122.80%4372.47%3864.46%696
Lassen 31.57%2,42958.64%4,5122.01%1552.16%1665.61%432
Butte 31.63%19,43753.22%32,7069.70%5,9631.71%1,0503.74%2,301
Shasta 31.49%15,29258.95%28,6252.64%1,2831.94%9424.98%2,417
Madera 31.40%8,21761.13%15,9981.98%5171.98%5173.52%920
Sutter 29.85%5,78262.08%12,0243.20%6201.25%2423.62%702
Yuba 29.71%3,44759.50%6,9043.69%4282.15%2494.96%575
Placer 29.66%28,49561.03%58,6234.85%4,6571.56%1,5002.90%2,781
El Dorado 29.43%16,40259.03%32,8986.13%3,4181.92%1,0723.48%1,939
Sierra 29.21%42055.98%8055.01%724.66%675.15%74
Colusa 27.17%1,24365.49%2,9962.86%1311.05%483.43%157
Modoc 26.62%90063.92%2,1611.60%541.98%675.89%199
Glenn 25.86%1,68565.49%4,2682.87%1871.47%964.31%281

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