California Attorney General election, 2002

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


nominee1 = Bill Lockyer
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 3,716,282
percentage1 = 51.32


nominee2 = Dick Ackerman
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 2,920,752
percentage2 = 40.33
map_

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map_size = 300px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Attorney General
before_election = Bill Lockyer
before_party = California Democratic Party
after_election = Bill Lockyer
after_party = California Democratic Party

The 2002 California Attorney General election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Bill Lockyer, easily defeated the Republican nominee, State Senate Minority Leader Dick Ackerman.

Primary Results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm.

Results by county are available at http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/atg/00.htm#cty.

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Bill Lockyer
votes = 1,715,460
percentage = 82.93Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Mike Schmier
votes = 353,228
percentage = 17.07Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,068,688
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Dick Ackerman
votes = 1,838,007
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Glen Freeman Mowrer
votes = 35,253
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Diane Beall Templin
votes = 27,135
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Ed Kuwatch
votes = 19,089
percentage = 100.00

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Bill Lockyer (incumbent)
votes = 3,716,282
percentage = 51.32Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Dick Ackerman
votes = 2,920,752
percentage = 40.33Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Glen Freeman Mowrer
votes = 283,173
percentage = 3.91Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Diane Beall Templin
votes = 194,358
percentage = 2.68Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Ed Kuwatch
votes = 127,152
percentage = 1.76Election box invalid no change
votes = 497,104
percentage = 6.42Election box total no change
votes = 7,738,821
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 36.05Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = California Democratic Party

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California.

ee also

*California state elections, 2002
*State of California
*California Attorney General
*List of Attorneys General of California

External links

* [http://www.votecircle.com VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians]
* [http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State]