California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002

November 5, 2002



Nominee	John Garamendi	Gary Mendoza
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	3,346,937	2,998,243
Percentage	46.48	41.64

Election results by county

Ins. Comm. before election

Harry W. Low
Democratic

Elected Ins. Comm.

John Garamendi
Democratic

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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 http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.

Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

California Insurance Commissioner Democratic primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
John Garamendi	800,146	38.55%
Tom Umberg	586,112	28.24%
Tom Calderon	476,234	22.94%
Bill Winslow	213,239	10.27%
Total votes	2,075,731	100.00%

Republican

California Insurance Commissioner Republican primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Gary Mendoza	808,007	41.74%
Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch	704,392	36.39%
Wes Bannister	423,273	21.87%
Total votes	1,935,672	100.00%

Other Parties

California Attorney General primary, 2002 (Others)
	Candidate	Votes	%
Green	David I. Sheidlower	34,784	100.00
American Independent	Steve Klein	27,113	100.00
Libertarian	Dale F. Ogden	19,213	100.00
Natural Law	Raul Calderon, Jr.	5,044	100.00

Results

California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002^[1]^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Garamendi	3,346,937	46.48
	Republican	Gary Mendoza	2,998,243	41.64
	Green	David I. Sheidlower	277,667	3.86
	Libertarian	Dale F. Ogden	236,688	3.29
	Natural Law	Raul Calderon, Jr.	192,001	2.67
	American Independent	Steve Klein	148,893	2.07
Invalid or blank votes			538,392	6.96
Total votes			7,200,429	100.00
Voter turnout			36.05%
	Democratic hold

Results by county

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

County	Garamendi	Votes	Mendoza	Votes	Sheidlower	Votes	Ogden	Votes	Calderon	Votes	Klein	Votes
San Francisco	70.15%	137,602	15.26%	29,931	7.78%	15,261	3.23%	6,342	2.16%	4,231	1.42%	2,777
Alameda	64.79%	214,588	21.93%	72,635	7.28%	24,111	2.75%	9,109	1.99%	6,606	1.26%	4,169
Marin	60.31%	51,967	27.33%	23,551	7.64%	6,587	2.63%	2,265	1.16%	'996	0.93%	'799
San Mateo	58.90%	97,857	29.56%	49,102	4.54%	7,550	3.02%	5,012	2.44%	4,058	1.54%	2,555
Santa Cruz	55.31%	41,663	26.17%	19,709	10.60%	7,981	3.64%	2,744	2.68%	2,015	1.61%	1,210
Contra Costa	55.05%	141,101	34.45%	88,318	3.64%	9,318	3.03%	7,771	2.00%	5,133	1.83%	4,689
Sonoma	54.01%	76,818	30.16%	42,896	8.75%	12,450	3.30%	4,699	2.09%	2,966	1.69%	2,400
Los Angeles	53.87%	871,779	33.70%	545,306	3.39%	54,880	3.33%	53,894	3.58%	57,993	2.12%	34,301
Solano	53.30%	46,090	36.77%	31,795	2.95%	2,555	2.73%	2,365	2.13%	1,840	2.12%	1,829
Santa Clara	52.64%	179,291	35.02%	119,261	4.20%	14,308	3.85%	13,125	2.56%	8,731	1.72%	5,874
Napa	51.96%	18,738	35.94%	12,959	5.34%	1,924	2.78%	1,001	2.27%	'818	1.72%	'619
Monterey	51.20%	43,418	35.66%	30,243	3.64%	3,087	3.38%	2,865	3.81%	3,230	2.31%	1,961
Yolo	49.52%	22,585	36.87%	16,817	7.23%	3,297	2.15%	'979	2.66%	1,212	1.57%	'718
Lake	49.11%	7,734	39.78%	6,265	4.92%	'775	2.77%	'436	1.57%	'247	1.85%	'292
San Benito	48.59%	5,894	39.31%	4,769	2.79%	'338	3.02%	'366	4.47%	'542	1.83%	'222
Mendocino	48.49%	11,746	31.23%	7,566	13.56%	3,284	3.03%	'735	1.77%	'428	1.93%	'467
Alpine	47.22%	'255	37.41%	'202	5.37%	'29	3.70%	'20	3.89%	'21	2.41%	'13
Imperial	47.15%	10,085	39.33%	8,412	1.48%	'317	2.41%	'515	7.48%	1,600	2.15%	'459
San Joaquin	46.46%	57,005	44.94%	55,139	2.04%	2,505	2.10%	2,583	2.51%	3,080	1.95%	2,396
Humboldt	44.86%	18,484	35.14%	14,479	13.18%	5,432	4.04%	1,666	1.90%	'783	0.88%	'364
Merced	43.52%	17,284	47.00%	18,666	1.80%	'716	2.48%	'983	3.39%	1,346	1.81%	'717
Sacramento	42.44%	131,133	46.71%	144,312	3.85%	11,887	2.76%	8,513	2.15%	6,637	2.10%	6,485
Stanislaus	42.30%	40,205	49.67%	47,214	2.02%	1,924	1.96%	1,866	2.27%	2,157	1.77%	1,684
Del Norte	42.10%	2,787	45.50%	3,012	3.87%	'256	3.87%	'256	2.05%	'136	2.61%	'173
Tuolumne	40.43%	7,223	50.81%	9,078	3.26%	'582	2.40%	'429	1.35%	'242	1.74%	'311
Santa Barbara	40.45%	44,056	46.04%	50,143	5.37%	5,847	3.74%	4,073	2.71%	2,949	1.70%	1,850
Trinity	40.42%	1,908	44.46%	2,099	5.57%	'263	5.10%	'241	2.03%	'96	2.41%	'114
Ventura	40.38%	76,598	47.68%	90,429	3.02%	5,734	3.68%	6,976	2.90%	5,496	2.34%	4,442
Calaveras	40.05%	6,059	49.71%	7,519	3.70%	'560	3.06%	'463	1.49%	'226	1.98%	'300
Mono	39.86%	1,159	48.28%	1,404	5.33%	'155	2.92%	'85	2.03%	'59	1.58%	'46
San Bernardino	39.56%	107,649	48.60%	132,269	2.34%	6,366	3.49%	9,508	3.27%	8,891	2.74%	7,452
Amador	39.13%	5,054	51.12%	6,603	2.87%	'371	2.71%	'350	1.83%	'237	2.34%	'302
Riverside	39.19%	116,658	50.72%	150,956	1.98%	5,906	3.20%	9,535	2.57%	7,654	2.33%	6,932
Tehama	38.07%	5,774	51.43%	7,800	2.12%	'322	3.62%	'549	1.72%	'261	3.03%	'459
Kings	37.57%	7,891	53.31%	11,195	1.59%	'334	2.56%	'537	3.04%	'639	1.93%	'405
Siskiyou	37.33%	5,631	51.21%	7,724	2.94%	'443	4.73%	'713	1.94%	'293	1.86%	'280
San Luis Obispo	36.32%	28,697	50.42%	39,837	5.31%	4,192	3.95%	3,125	1.99%	1,575	2.01%	1,591
San Diego	35.98%	225,666	52.46%	328,990	3.03%	18,991	3.80%	23,810	2.42%	15,172	2.31%	14,507
Inyo	35.70%	2,191	53.09%	3,258	3.18%	'195	3.70%	'227	1.76%	'108	2.57%	'158
Kern	35.41%	47,632	54.35%	73,106	1.56%	2,104	2.97%	3,996	2.52%	3,393	3.19%	4,287
Shasta	35.21%	16,743	55.57%	26,426	2.18%	1,038	3.05%	1,452	1.66%	'789	2.33%	1,110
Butte	35.23%	21,119	50.79%	30,445	6.86%	4,113	2.81%	1,685	1.82%	1,089	2.49%	1,492
Plumas	35.24%	2,729	53.07%	4,109	3.63%	'281	3.65%	'283	1.69%	'131	2.71%	'210
Mariposa	35.01%	2,205	54.37%	3,425	3.51%	'221	3.08%	'194	1.62%	'102	2.41%	'152
Fresno	34.97%	52,946	55.03%	83,308	2.16%	3,263	3.23%	4,896	2.56%	3,874	2.05%	3,099
Lassen	34.88%	2,631	54.38%	4,102	2.17%	'164	4.02%	'303	1.75%	'132	2.80%	'211
Modoc	34.61%	1,136	55.48%	1,821	1.98%	'65	3.50%	'115	1.52%	'50	2.89%	'95
Colusa	34.20%	1,538	57.42%	2,582	1.89%	'85	2.00%	'90	2.54%	'114	1.96%	'88
Nevada	34.11%	13,106	52.23%	20,071	7.18%	2,758	2.96%	1,139	1.69%	'650	1.83%	'702
Orange	33.33%	208,490	55.51%	347,198	2.45%	15,308	3.86%	24,149	2.42%	15,141	2.43%	15,195
Sierra	32.84%	'465	53.11%	'752	5.01%	'71	4.80%	'68	1.34%	'19	2.90%	'41
Madera	32.70%	8,446	57.79%	14,925	2.03%	'525	2.87%	'742	2.45%	'634	2.14%	'553
Yuba	32.57%	3,727	56.23%	6,434	2.84%	'325	3.50%	'401	2.05%	'235	2.81%	'321
Glenn	32.37%	2,068	57.76%	3,690	1.83%	'117	2.85%	'182	1.86%	'119	3.33%	'213
El Dorado	32.23%	17,674	57.13%	31,327	4.04%	2,213	2.82%	1,549	1.75%	'958	2.04%	1,118
Sutter	32.11%	6,105	60.02%	11,409	1.75%	'333	2.07%	'394	2.01%	'383	2.03%	'386
Tulare	32.08%	19,648	57.23%	35,057	1.68%	1,032	2.94%	1,801	3.31%	2,029	2.76%	1,688
Placer	31.93%	30,206	59.40%	56,193	2.77%	2,618	2.66%	2,518	1.54%	1,455	1.70%	1,610

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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