2002 California State Controller election

none February 2026 September 2019 2002 California State Controller election California presidential no 1998 California State Controller election 1998 2006 California State Controller election 2006 November 5, 2002 Image:Steve Westly (cropped).jpg 150x150px Steve Westly Democratic Party (United States) 3,289,839 45.32% File:Tom McClintock (cropped).jpg Tom McClintock Republican Party (United States) 3,273,028 45.09% 2002 California State Controller election results map by county.svg 300px County results Westly: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% McClintock: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Controller Kathleen Connell Democratic Party (United States) Steve Westly Democratic Party (United States) Laura Wells Green Party (California) 419,873 5.78% File:LauraWellsSacramento3 (cropped).jpg 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. 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 EqualizationCalifornia State Controller Democratic primary, 2002 Steve Westly 1,137,396 56.51 Johan Klehs 875,463 43.49 2,012,859 100.00 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 BeechamCalifornia State Controller Republican primary, 2002 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 2,074,322 100.00 Green California State Controller Green primary, 2002 Laura Wells 29,457 84.12 David Delano Blanco 5,561 15.88 35,018 100.00 Others California State Controller primary, 2002 (Others) American Independent Party Ernest F. Vance 25,677 100.00 Natural Law Party (United States) J. Carlos Aguirre 4,464 100.00 Results California State Controller election, 2002http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf Secretary of State 29 July 2008 December 16, 2002 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080731034656/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/controller.pdf# 31 July 2008 dead http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/reg.pdf Registration and Participation 29 July 2008 December 18, 2002 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080731034445/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/reg.pdf# 31 July 2008 dead California Democratic Party Steve Westly 3,289,839 45.32 California Republican Party Tom McClintock 3,273,028 45.09 Green Party of California Laura Wells 419,873 5.78 Natural Law Party (United States) J. Carlos Aguirre 179,999 2.48 American Independent Party Ernest F. Vance 96,019 1.32 480,063 6.20 7,258,758 100.00 36.05 California Democratic Party Results by county Results from the Secretary of State of California: County Westly Votes McClintock Votes Wells Votes Aguirre Votes Vance VotesSan Francisco64.26%129,04822.26%44,70010.52%21,1242.17%4,3570.79%1,579Alameda59.36%196,85928.37%94,0729.64%31,9721.71%5,6770.92%3,058Marin54.50%47,01734.25%29,5469.77%8,4300.77%6610.71%611Los Angeles54.18%898,44036.10%598,6945.08%84,2703.47%57,5421.17%19,356Santa Cruz53.23%40,29230.49%23,08412.91%9,7752.08%1,5781.28%972Santa Clara52.76%184,01238.03%132,6385.98%20,8661.99%6,9461.23%4,280San Mateo52.39%87,06337.07%61,6117.38%12,2612.22%3,6890.94%1,566Sonoma50.67%71,92735.32%50,12910.99%15,5951.49%2,1191.53%2,176Monterey49.88%42,04940.13%33,8285.47%4,6073.23%2,7211.29%1,087Solano49.62%43,08041.45%35,9895.03%4,3692.13%1,8511.77%1,537Yolo48.92%22,00439.07%17,5718.46%3,8072.27%1,0191.28%574Contra Costa47.77%119,55443.02%107,6566.44%16,1091.67%4,1711.11%2,781Napa47.21%16,82342.57%15,1696.99%2,4901.60%5701.62%579Lake46.33%7,28343.49%6,8366.76%1,0631.58%2481.84%290San Benito44.98%5,40245.24%5,4334.84%5813.80%4561.14%137Mendocino44.39%10,83935.99%8,78916.41%4,0071.42%3461.80%439Imperial44.04%9,21741.95%8,7814.16%8718.33%1,7441.51%317Sacramento43.72%135,97047.11%146,5386.03%18,7691.77%5,5021.37%4,255Merced42.56%17,02549.52%19,8093.28%1,3123.21%1,2861.43%571Humboldt42.45%17,66140.00%16,64515.43%6,4201.16%4830.96%399Santa Barbara40.84%45,14648.66%53,7997.01%7,7512.32%2,5611.18%1,300Alpine40.56%21942.96%23210.93%592.22%123.33%18San Joaquin40.42%48,61751.12%61,4904.21%5,0652.77%3,3301.48%1,775San Diego40.02%254,81851.63%328,7804.57%29,1212.36%15,0081.42%9,051Stanislaus40.02%37,47051.93%48,6194.28%4,0052.28%2,1391.49%1,396Del Norte39.70%2,59649.99%3,2696.32%4131.44%942.55%167San Bernardino38.76%107,44452.25%144,8534.17%11,5603.15%8,7311.68%4,650Riverside37.77%112,83354.77%163,6263.75%11,1892.29%6,8391.43%4,264Fresno37.60%57,44354.28%82,9244.35%6,6432.68%4,1011.08%1,650Ventura37.43%70,61353.74%101,3844.68%8,8212.81%5,2971.34%2,524San Luis Obispo36.59%29,23253.39%42,6537.01%5,5981.35%1,0771.67%1,335Tuolumne36.26%6,46355.08%9,8195.92%1,0561.07%1901.67%298Kings36.14%7,59256.61%11,8933.46%7272.51%5271.28%268Amador35.31%4,52455.84%7,1555.88%7531.24%1591.74%223Trinity34.51%1,65152.40%2,5078.88%4251.46%702.74%131Tehama34.41%5,18657.44%8,6563.80%5731.55%2332.80%422Butte33.96%20,39154.23%32,5648.32%4,9961.59%9531.90%1,142Tulare33.07%20,54259.69%37,0753.22%2,0002.77%1,7221.25%776Mono32.97%96054.70%1,5939.00%2621.61%471.72%50Nevada32.45%12,50854.83%21,1349.61%3,7031.47%5661.65%637Calaveras32.36%4,79456.52%8,3747.45%1,1031.35%2002.32%344Madera32.39%8,34060.29%15,5243.84%9882.09%5381.39%359Yuba32.23%3,65658.84%6,6744.59%5212.00%2272.34%265Shasta32.12%15,45660.54%29,1353.92%1,8861.10%5312.31%1,114Kern31.71%42,26359.98%79,9363.25%4,3363.02%4,0302.04%2,715Orange31.78%197,41660.15%373,7014.23%26,2922.41%14,9781.43%8,867Plumas31.69%2,45658.01%4,4956.36%4931.74%1352.19%170Placer31.34%29,70161.62%58,3964.88%4,6260.98%9321.17%1,106Siskiyou31.30%4,74159.01%8,9375.45%8261.58%2402.65%401El Dorado31.25%16,93460.15%32,5985.86%3,1751.14%6181.60%867Inyo31.13%1,90559.49%3,6415.59%3421.62%992.17%133Mariposa30.71%1,95259.29%3,7696.89%4381.18%751.93%123Lassen30.43%2,31261.19%4,6494.11%3121.42%1082.86%217Sierra30.04%41957.99%8096.16%862.08%293.73%52Sutter30.06%5,62963.20%11,8343.07%5741.99%3731.68%314Colusa29.75%1,32263.22%2,8093.04%1352.09%931.89%84Glenn29.26%1,86363.37%4,0353.00%1912.12%1352.25%143Modoc26.22%86765.59%2,1693.96%1311.09%363.14%104 See also California state elections, 2002 State of California California State Controller References External links VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State Official Homepage of the California State Controller Category:2002 California elections Category:California State Controller elections Category:November 2002 in the United States California