California Secretary of State election, 2002

Infobox Election
election_name = California Secretary of State election, 2002
country = California
type = presidential
ongoing = no
previous_election = California Secretary of State election, 1998
previous_year = 1998
next_election = California Secretary of State election, 2006
next_year = 2006
election_date = November 5 2002


nominee1 = Kevin Shelley
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 3,357,173
percentage1 = 46.26


nominee2 = Keith Olberg
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 3,070,879
percentage2 = 42.31
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map_size = 300px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Sec. of State
before_election = Bill Jones
before_party = California Republican Party
after_election = Kevin Shelley
after_party = California Democratic PartyThe 2002 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 5 2002. The primary elections took place on June 4 2002. State Assemblyman Kevin Shelley, the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican, State Senator Keith Olberg.

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] ] .

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Kevin Shelley
votes = 737,748
percentage = 33.81Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = March Fong Eu
votes = 633,369
percentage = 29.03Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Michela Alioto
votes = 613,802
percentage = 28.13Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Carl Henley
votes = 115,255
percentage = 5.28Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Shawn Casey O'Brien
votes = 81,590
percentage = 3.74Election box total no party no change
votes =
percentage = 100.00

Republican

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Keith Olberg
votes = 1,227,880
percentage = 62.05Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Mike Schaefer
votes = 409,215
percentage = 20.68Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Barbara Jean Marr
votes = 341,856
percentage = 17.27Election box total no party no change
votes = 1,978,951
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Larry Shoup
votes = 35,435
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Gail Lightfoot
votes = 19,566
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Edward C. Noonan
votes = 26,613
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Valli Sharpe-Geisler
votes = 7,240
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Louise Marie Allison
votes = 4,774
percentage = 100.00

General election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California.cite web |url=http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/sos.pdf |title=Secretary of State |accessdate=2008-07-29 |date=2002-12-16 |format=PDF |publisher=Secretary of State of California] [cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/reg.pdf |title=Registration and Participation |accessdate=2008-07-29 |date=2002-12-18 |format=PDF |publisher=Secretary of State of California] Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Kevin Shelley
votes = 3,357,173
percentage = 46.26Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Keith Olberg
votes = 3,070,879
percentage = 42.31Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Larry Shoup
votes = 282,340
percentage = 3.89Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Gail Lightfoot
votes = 204,527
percentage = 2.82Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Louise Marie Allison
votes = 176,792
percentage = 2.44Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Edward C. Noonan
votes = 87,610
percentage = 1.21Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Valli Sharpe-Geisler
votes = 78,565
percentage = 1.08Election box invalid no change
votes = 480,935
percentage = 6.21Election box total no change
votes = 7,738,821
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 36.05Election box gain with party link without swing
winner = California Democratic Party
loser = California Republican Party

Results by county

References

ee also

*California state elections, 2002
*State of California
*Secretary of State of California