California Insurance Commissioner election, 2002

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

nominee1 = John Garamendi
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 3,346,937
percentage1 = 46.48

nominee2 = Gary Mendoza
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 2,998,243
percentage2 = 41.64

map_

---

map_size = 250px
map_caption = Election results by county

title = Ins. Comm.
before_election = Harry W. Low
before_party = Democratic Party (United States)
after_election = John Garamendi
after_party = Democratic Party (United States)

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. ^{[http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/ic.pdf]}

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 [http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm#cty here] and [http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/ic.pdf here] .

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = John Garamendi
votes = 800,146
percentage = 38.55Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Tom Umberg
votes = 586,112
percentage = 28.24Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Thomas M. Calderon
votes = 476,234
percentage = 22.94Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Bill Winslow
votes = 213,239
percentage = 10.27Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,075,731
percentage = 100.00

Republican

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Gary Mendoza
votes = 808,007
percentage = 41.74Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch
votes = 704,392
percentage = 36.39Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Wes Bannister
votes = 423,273
percentage = 21.87Election box total no party no change
votes = 1,935,672
percentage = 100.00

Other Parties

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = David I. Sheidlower
votes = 34,784
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Steve Klein
votes = 27,113
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Dale F. Ogden
votes = 19,213
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Raul Calderon, Jr.
votes = 5,044
percentage = 100.00

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = John Garamendi
votes = 3,346,937
percentage = 46.48Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Gary Mendoza
votes = 2,998,243
percentage = 41.64Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = David I. Sheidlower
votes = 277,667
percentage = 3.86Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Dale F. Ogden
votes = 236,688
percentage = 3.29Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Raul Calderon, Jr.
votes = 192,001
percentage = 2.67Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Steve Klein
votes = 148,893
percentage = 2.07Election box invalid no change
votes = 538,392
percentage = 6.96Election 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 Insurance Commissioner

References

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]