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2002 California Secretary of State election California presidential no 1998 California Secretary of State election 1998 2006 California Secretary of State election 2006 November 5, 2002 File:SHELLEY C 12JUN99 MN NW.jpg 150x150px Kevin Shelley Democratic Party (United States) 3,357,173 46.26% File:3x4.svg Keith Olberg Republican Party (United States) 3,070,879 42.31% 2002 California Secretary of State election results map by county.svg 300px County results Shelley: #a5b0ff 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%
Olberg: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% Sec. of State Bill Jones Republican Party (United States) Kevin Shelley Democratic Party (United States)
The 2002 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on June 4, 2002. State Assemblyman Kevin Shelley (D-San Francisco), the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican, former State Assemblyman Keith Olberg (R-Hesperia). Shelley's victory gave Democrats complete control of state government for the first time since before the Civil War.
Primary results
Final results from California Secretary of State.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/sum.pdf# CA Secretary of State – Statement of Vote – 2002 Primary Election 2008-05-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20080529011602/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/sum.pdf# 2008-05-29 dead
Democratic
Candidates
Kevin Shelley, State Assemblyman
March Fong Eu, Former Secretary of State and Former US Ambassador to Micronesia
Michela Alioto, Former Aide to Al Gore, nominee for CA-01 in 1996 and Secretary of State in 1998
Carl Henley
Shawn Casey O'Brien
California Secretary of State Democratic primary, 2002
Kevin Shelley
737,748
33.81
March Fong Eu
633,369
29.03
Michela Alioto
613,802
28.13
Carl Henley
115,255
5.28
Shawn Casey O'Brien
81,590
3.74
1,567,932
100.00
Republican
Candidates
Keith Olberg, former State Assemblyman (R-Hesperia)
Mike Schaefer
Barbara Jean Marr
California Secretary of State Republican primary, 2002
Keith Olberg
1,227,880
62.05
Mike Schaefer
409,215
20.68
Barbara Jean Marr
341,856
17.27
1,978,951
100.00
Others
California Secretary of State primary, 2002 (Others)
Green Party of California
Larry Shoup
35,435
100.00
Libertarian Party of California
Gail Lightfoot
19,566
100.00
American Independent Party
Edward C. Noonan
26,613
100.00
Reform Party (United States)
Valli Sharpe-Geisler
7,240
100.00
Natural Law Party (United States)
Louise Marie Allison
4,774
100.00
General election results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California.http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/sos.pdf Secretary of State 2008-07-29 2002-12-16 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20080731034807/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/sos.pdf# 2008-07-31 dead http://www.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
2002 Secretary of State election, California
California Democratic Party
Kevin Shelley
3,357,173
46.26
California Republican Party
Keith Olberg
3,070,879
42.31
Green Party of California
Larry Shoup
282,340
3.89
Libertarian Party of California
Gail Lightfoot
204,527
2.82
Natural Law Party (United States)
Louise Marie Allison
176,792
2.44
American Independent Party
Edward C. Noonan
87,610
1.21
Reform Party (United States)
Valli Sharpe-Geisler
78,565
1.08
480,935
6.21
7,257,886
100.00
36.05
California Democratic Party
California Republican Party
Results by county
County Shelley Votes Olberg Votes Shoup Votes Lightfoot Votes Allison Votes Others VotesSan Francisco73.67%151,08712.91%26,4677.72%15,8412.37%4,8511.74%3,5641.59%3,271Alameda63.29%208,28022.59%74,3567.72%25,3992.46%8,1092.02%6,6341.92%6,312Marin58.44%44,24028.04%21,2248.18%6,1932.46%1,8661.32%9971.56%1,184San Mateo57.78%93,45729.02%46,9425.24%8,4823.12%5,0492.44%3,9542.38%3,850Los Angeles54.68%887,98634.12%554,1353.40%55,2582.72%44,1522.75%44,6102.33%37,761Santa Clara54.32%188,17934.29%118,7984.15%14,3812.63%9,0942.12%7,3332.49%8,620Contra Costa51.93%130,24837.34%93,6433.83%9,6002.85%7,1461.98%4,9712.08%5,210Santa Cruz51.66%38,59128.84%21,54011.08%8,2763.81%2,8472.36%1,7612.26%1,685Sonoma51.06%61,08230.88%36,9418.85%10,5833.98%4,7652.37%2,8412.86%3,424Monterey50.78%42,03337.19%30,7863.66%3,0273.18%2,6352.78%2,3002.42%2,001Solano50.76%44,13438.11%33,1302.91%2,5282.98%2,5892.34%2,0372.90%2,521Imperial50.27%10,51940.16%8,4021.48%3092.33%4883.51%7352.25%470Yolo48.90%21,98337.37%16,7996.94%3,1192.33%1,0472.37%1,0642.10%946Napa48.58%17,27538.06%13,5345.39%1,9153.44%1,2252.22%7892.31%823Lake46.67%7,24940.19%6,2434.92%7643.10%4822.30%3572.82%438San Benito45.99%4,61441.65%4,1793.20%3213.62%3633.08%3092.46%247Merced44.01%17,51447.42%18,8711.63%6492.45%9742.49%9892.00%795Mendocino43.58%10,58632.73%7,95014.29%3,4703.89%9452.48%6023.04%738Sacramento43.11%129,61845.62%137,1423.91%11,7462.64%7,9352.43%7,3062.29%6,887San Joaquin42.14%49,96848.16%57,1092.24%2,6542.67%3,1702.54%3,0072.26%2,676Stanislaus41.88%37,75149.08%44,2402.18%1,9672.64%2,3792.05%1,8512.17%1,957Humboldt41.36%16,24036.31%14,25812.43%4,8814.18%1,6403.10%1,2162.62%1,029Santa Barbara40.39%43,62846.80%50,5505.51%5,9553.25%3,5062.15%2,3211.90%2,052Alpine40.11%21541.23%2216.72%365.97%322.80%153.17%17Del Norte39.56%2,44846.56%2,8813.65%2264.25%2633.02%1872.96%183Ventura39.37%74,77849.01%93,0813.14%5,9563.22%6,1172.90%5,5112.37%4,492San Diego38.61%244,27250.92%322,1902.87%18,1822.89%18,2852.40%15,1552.31%14,610San Bernardino38.55%106,74651.48%142,5582.12%5,8722.90%8,0442.57%7,1302.38%6,580Riverside38.12%113,77853.14%158,5951.76%5,2632.33%6,9552.48%7,4042.17%6,478Fresno37.76%55,91153.60%79,3751.84%2,7252.38%3,5252.40%3,5482.03%3,004Tuolumne37.25%6,62551.63%9,1813.76%6693.05%5431.65%2942.65%471Kings37.15%7,78053.88%11,2831.21%2532.16%4523.48%7292.12%444Trinity34.87%1,65947.14%2,2435.76%2745.74%2732.96%1413.53%168Amador34.41%4,38154.22%6,9043.46%4403.24%4132.25%2872.42%308San Luis Obispo34.18%27,12452.25%41,4635.35%4,2494.04%3,2082.01%1,5992.16%1,712Mono33.84%98252.38%1,5206.06%1763.65%1061.41%412.65%77Kern33.66%44,75857.47%76,4261.35%1,7982.72%3,6112.44%3,2442.36%3,142Calaveras33.42%4,77453.68%7,6684.42%6313.86%5521.90%2722.71%387Tulare32.93%19,76658.12%34,8871.58%9502.47%1,4832.40%1,4412.49%1,494Butte32.88%16,95752.52%27,0917.03%3,6243.11%1,6052.09%1,0792.37%1,222Nevada32.60%12,56152.80%20,3467.45%2,8723.03%1,1662.03%7822.09%806Orange32.53%198,52557.38%350,2272.33%14,1912.78%16,9722.59%15,8062.40%14,632Madera32.49%7,65958.86%13,8751.63%3842.87%6771.98%4672.16%510Mariposa31.83%1,93854.95%3,3464.14%2523.51%2142.43%1483.14%191Siskiyou31.68%4,80054.77%8,2993.10%4704.16%6313.29%4983.00%454Plumas31.26%2,41955.23%4,2743.75%2903.93%3042.87%2222.96%229Placer31.16%25,98759.72%49,8073.02%2,5162.61%2,1771.58%1,3141.92%1,601Tehama31.14%4,69156.48%8,5082.37%3573.49%5263.34%5033.19%480El Dorado30.89%16,74458.31%31,6074.01%2,1722.97%1,6101.69%9172.14%1,159Yuba30.67%3,28457.68%6,1772.96%3173.04%3262.33%2493.32%356Sierra29.82%41956.01%7873.91%554.91%691.71%243.63%51Shasta29.78%14,20159.06%28,1652.28%1,0853.06%1,4613.03%1,4442.79%1,329Lassen29.30%2,22158.91%4,4662.04%1554.09%3102.52%1913.14%238Sutter29.08%5,41762.36%11,6181.69%3142.05%3822.62%4892.20%410Colusa28.84%1,24961.51%2,6641.99%862.33%1012.63%1142.70%117Glenn27.20%1,73062.74%3,9902.09%1333.05%1942.47%1572.45%156Inyo27.18%1,52062.77%3,5112.97%1662.91%1631.73%972.43%136Modoc24.70%81662.53%2,0662.00%664.21%1392.78%923.78%125
References
See also
California state elections, 2002
State of California
Secretary of State of California
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