California lieutenant governor election, 2002

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


nominee1 = Cruz Bustamante
party1 = California Democratic Party
popular_vote1 = 3,589,804
percentage1 = 49.42


nominee2 = Bruce McPherson
party2 = California Republican Party
popular_vote2 = 3,031,571
percentage2 = 41.74
map_

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map_size = 300px
map_caption = Election results by county
title = Lt. Governor
before_election = Cruz Bustamante
before_party = California Democratic Party
after_election = Cruz Bustamante
after_party = California Democratic Party

The 2002 California lieutenant governor election occurred on November 5 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5 2002. The Democratic incumbent, Cruz Bustamante, defeated the Republican nominee, State Senator Bruce McPherson.

Primary results

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

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

Democratic

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Cruz Bustamante
votes = 1,937,213
percentage = 99.97Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Ronald J. Like
votes = 543
percentage = 0.03Election box total no party no change
votes = 1,937,756
percentage = 100.00

Republican

Election box winning candidate no party no change
candidate = Bruce McPherson
votes = 1,836,144
percentage = 86.22Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Ellie Michaels
votes = 293,283
percentage = 13.77Election box candidate no party no change
candidate = Ronald J. Like
votes = 119
percentage = 0.01Election box total no party no change
votes = 2,129,546
percentage = 100.00

Others

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Donna Warren
votes = 35,847
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jim King
votes = 25,250
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Pat Wright
votes = 18,506
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Paul Jerry Hannosh
votes = 7,440
percentage = 100.00Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Kaylee Przybylak
votes = 4,143
percentage = 100.00

General election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California: ^{[http://vote2002.sos.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm]} Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Cruz Bustamante (incumbent)
votes = 3,589,804
percentage = 49.42Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Bruce McPherson
votes = 3,031,571
percentage = 41.74Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Green Party of California
candidate = Donna Warren
votes = 298,951
percentage = 4.12Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Pat Wright
votes = 104,920
percentage = 1.44Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Jim King
votes = 91,015
percentage = 1.25Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Reform Party (United States)
candidate = Paul Jerry Hanosh
votes = 80,307
percentage = 1.11Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Natural Law Party (United States)
candidate = Kalee Przybylak
votes = 66,847
percentage = 0.92Election box invalid no change
votes = 475,406
percentage = 6.14Election 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 = Democratic Party (United States)

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California: ^{[http://sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_general/ltgov.pdf]}

ee also

*California state elections, 2002
*State of California
*Lieutenant Governor of California
*List of Lieutenant Governors 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]
* [http://www.ltg.ca.gov/ Official Homepage of the Lieutenant Governor of California]