2002 California Insurance Commissioner election

none February 2026 September 2023 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election California presidential no 1998 California Insurance Commissioner election 1998 2006 California Insurance Commissioner election 2006 November 5, 2002 Image:John Garamendi (cropped).jpg 150x150px John Garamendi Democratic Party (United States) 3,346,937 46.48% 3x4.svg Gary Mendoza Republican Party (United States) 2,998,243 41.64% 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election results map by county.svg 300px County resultsGaramendi: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% Mendoza: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Ins. Comm. Harry W. Low Democratic Party (United States) John Garamendi Democratic Party (United States) 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. 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 John Garamendi 800,146 38.55 Tom Umberg 586,112 28.24 Tom Calderon 476,234 22.94 Bill Winslow 213,239 10.27 2,075,731 100.00 Republican California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary, 2002 Gary Mendoza 808,007 41.74 Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch 704,392 36.39 Wes Bannister 423,273 21.87 1,935,672 100.00 Other Parties California Attorney General primary, 2002 (Others) Green Party of the United States David I. Sheidlower 34,784 100.00 American Independent Party Steve Klein 27,113 100.00 Libertarian Party (United States) Dale F. Ogden 19,213 100.00 Natural Law Party (United States) Raul Calderon, Jr. 5,044 100.00 Results California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/ic.pdf Secretary of State 2008-07-29 2002-12-16 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080731034643/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/ic.pdf# 2008-07-31 dead http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/reg.pdf Registration and Participation 2008-07-29 2002-12-18 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080731034445/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/reg.pdf# 2008-07-31 dead Democratic Party (United States) John Garamendi 3,346,937 46.48 Republican Party (United States) Gary Mendoza 2,998,243 41.64 Green Party of the United States David I. Sheidlower 277,667 3.86 Libertarian Party (United States) Dale F. Ogden 236,688 3.29 Natural Law Party (United States) Raul Calderon, Jr. 192,001 2.67 American Independent Party Steve Klein 148,893 2.07 538,392 6.96 7,200,429 100.00 36.05 Democratic Party (United States) Results by county Results from the Secretary of State of California: County Garamendi Votes Mendoza Votes Sheidlower Votes Ogden Votes Calderon Votes Klein VotesSan Francisco70.15%137,60215.26%29,9317.78%15,2613.23%6,3422.16%4,2311.42%2,777Alameda64.79%214,58821.93%72,6357.28%24,1112.75%9,1091.99%6,6061.26%4,169Marin60.31%51,96727.33%23,5517.64%6,5872.63%2,2651.16%9960.93%799San Mateo58.90%97,85729.56%49,1024.54%7,5503.02%5,0122.44%4,0581.54%2,555Santa Cruz55.31%41,66326.17%19,70910.60%7,9813.64%2,7442.68%2,0151.61%1,210Contra Costa55.05%141,10134.45%88,3183.64%9,3183.03%7,7712.00%5,1331.83%4,689Sonoma54.01%76,81830.16%42,8968.75%12,4503.30%4,6992.09%2,9661.69%2,400Los Angeles53.87%871,77933.70%545,3063.39%54,8803.33%53,8943.58%57,9932.12%34,301Solano53.30%46,09036.77%31,7952.95%2,5552.73%2,3652.13%1,8402.12%1,829Santa Clara52.64%179,29135.02%119,2614.20%14,3083.85%13,1252.56%8,7311.72%5,874Napa51.96%18,73835.94%12,9595.34%1,9242.78%1,0012.27%8181.72%619Monterey51.20%43,41835.66%30,2433.64%3,0873.38%2,8653.81%3,2302.31%1,961Yolo49.52%22,58536.87%16,8177.23%3,2972.15%9792.66%1,2121.57%718Lake49.11%7,73439.78%6,2654.92%7752.77%4361.57%2471.85%292San Benito48.59%5,89439.31%4,7692.79%3383.02%3664.47%5421.83%222Mendocino48.49%11,74631.23%7,56613.56%3,2843.03%7351.77%4281.93%467Alpine47.22%25537.41%2025.37%293.70%203.89%212.41%13Imperial47.15%10,08539.33%8,4121.48%3172.41%5157.48%1,6002.15%459San Joaquin46.46%57,00544.94%55,1392.04%2,5052.10%2,5832.51%3,0801.95%2,396Humboldt44.86%18,48435.14%14,47913.18%5,4324.04%1,6661.90%7830.88%364Merced43.52%17,28447.00%18,6661.80%7162.48%9833.39%1,3461.81%717Sacramento42.44%131,13346.71%144,3123.85%11,8872.76%8,5132.15%6,6372.10%6,485Stanislaus42.30%40,20549.67%47,2142.02%1,9241.96%1,8662.27%2,1571.77%1,684Del Norte42.10%2,78745.50%3,0123.87%2563.87%2562.05%1362.61%173Tuolumne40.43%7,22350.81%9,0783.26%5822.40%4291.35%2421.74%311Santa Barbara40.45%44,05646.04%50,1435.37%5,8473.74%4,0732.71%2,9491.70%1,850Trinity40.42%1,90844.46%2,0995.57%2635.10%2412.03%962.41%114Ventura40.38%76,59847.68%90,4293.02%5,7343.68%6,9762.90%5,4962.34%4,442Calaveras40.05%6,05949.71%7,5193.70%5603.06%4631.49%2261.98%300Mono39.86%1,15948.28%1,4045.33%1552.92%852.03%591.58%46San Bernardino39.56%107,64948.60%132,2692.34%6,3663.49%9,5083.27%8,8912.74%7,452Amador39.13%5,05451.12%6,6032.87%3712.71%3501.83%2372.34%302Riverside39.19%116,65850.72%150,9561.98%5,9063.20%9,5352.57%7,6542.33%6,932Tehama38.07%5,77451.43%7,8002.12%3223.62%5491.72%2613.03%459Kings37.57%7,89153.31%11,1951.59%3342.56%5373.04%6391.93%405Siskiyou37.33%5,63151.21%7,7242.94%4434.73%7131.94%2931.86%280San Luis Obispo36.32%28,69750.42%39,8375.31%4,1923.95%3,1251.99%1,5752.01%1,591San Diego35.98%225,66652.46%328,9903.03%18,9913.80%23,8102.42%15,1722.31%14,507Inyo35.70%2,19153.09%3,2583.18%1953.70%2271.76%1082.57%158Kern35.41%47,63254.35%73,1061.56%2,1042.97%3,9962.52%3,3933.19%4,287Shasta35.21%16,74355.57%26,4262.18%1,0383.05%1,4521.66%7892.33%1,110Butte35.23%21,11950.79%30,4456.86%4,1132.81%1,6851.82%1,0892.49%1,492Plumas35.24%2,72953.07%4,1093.63%2813.65%2831.69%1312.71%210Mariposa35.01%2,20554.37%3,4253.51%2213.08%1941.62%1022.41%152Fresno34.97%52,94655.03%83,3082.16%3,2633.23%4,8962.56%3,8742.05%3,099Lassen34.88%2,63154.38%4,1022.17%1644.02%3031.75%1322.80%211Modoc34.61%1,13655.48%1,8211.98%653.50%1151.52%502.89%95Colusa34.20%1,53857.42%2,5821.89%852.00%902.54%1141.96%88Nevada34.11%13,10652.23%20,0717.18%2,7582.96%1,1391.69%6501.83%702Orange33.33%208,49055.51%347,1982.45%15,3083.86%24,1492.42%15,1412.43%15,195Sierra32.84%46553.11%7525.01%714.80%681.34%192.90%41Madera32.70%8,44657.79%14,9252.03%5252.87%7422.45%6342.14%553Yuba32.57%3,72756.23%6,4342.84%3253.50%4012.05%2352.81%321Glenn32.37%2,06857.76%3,6901.83%1172.85%1821.86%1193.33%213El Dorado32.23%17,67457.13%31,3274.04%2,2132.82%1,5491.75%9582.04%1,118Sutter32.11%6,10560.02%11,4091.75%3332.07%3942.01%3832.03%386Tulare32.08%19,64857.23%35,0571.68%1,0322.94%1,8013.31%2,0292.76%1,688Placer31.93%30,20659.40%56,1932.77%2,6182.66%2,5181.54%1,4551.70%1,610 See also California state elections, 2002 State of California California Insurance Commissioner References External links VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State Category:2002 California elections Category:California Insurance Commissioner elections California