California Secretary of State election, 2002

November 5, 2002



Nominee	Kevin Shelley	Keith Olberg
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	3,357,173	3,070,879
Percentage	46.26	42.31

Election results by county

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Bill Jones
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Elected Sec. of State

Kevin Shelley
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The 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.^[1]

Democratic

California Secretary of State Democratic primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Kevin Shelley	737,748	33.81%
March Fong Eu	633,369	29.03%
Michela Alioto	613,802	28.13%
Carl Henley	115,255	5.28%
Shawn Casey O'Brien	81,590	3.74%
Total votes	1,567,932	100.00%

Republican

California Secretary of State Republican primary, 2002
Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Keith Olberg	1,227,880	62.05%
Mike Schaefer	409,215	20.68%
Barbara Jean Marr	341,856	17.27%
Total votes	1,978,951	100.00%

Others

California Secretary of State primary, 2002 (Others)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Green	Larry Shoup	35,435	100.00
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	19,566	100.00
	American Independent	Edward C. Noonan	26,613	100.00
	Reform	Valli Sharpe-Geisler	7,240	100.00
	Natural Law	Louise Marie Allison	4,774	100.00

General election results

Final results from the Secretary of State of California.^[2]^[3]

2002 Secretary of State election, California
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin Shelley	3,357,173	46.26
	Republican	Keith Olberg	3,070,879	42.31
	Green	Larry Shoup	282,340	3.89
	Libertarian	Gail Lightfoot	204,527	2.82
	Natural Law	Louise Marie Allison	176,792	2.44
	American Independent	Edward C. Noonan	87,610	1.21
	Reform	Valli Sharpe-Geisler	78,565	1.08
Invalid or blank votes			480,935	6.21%
Total votes			7,257,886	100.00
Voter turnout			36.05%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Results by county

County	Shelley	Votes	Olberg	Votes	Shoup	Votes	Lightfoot	Votes	Allison	Votes	Others	Votes
San Francisco	73.67%	151,087	12.91%	26,467	7.72%	15,841	2.37%	4,851	1.74%	3,564	1.59%	3,271
Alameda	63.29%	208,280	22.59%	74,356	7.72%	25,399	2.46%	8,109	2.02%	6,634	1.92%	6,312
Marin	58.44%	44,240	28.04%	21,224	8.18%	6,193	2.46%	1,866	1.32%	997	1.56%	1,184
San Mateo	57.78%	93,457	29.02%	46,942	5.24%	8,482	3.12%	5,049	2.44%	3,954	2.38%	3,850
Los Angeles	54.68%	887,986	34.12%	554,135	3.40%	55,258	2.72%	44,152	2.75%	44,610	2.33%	37,761
Santa Clara	54.32%	188,179	34.29%	118,798	4.15%	14,381	2.63%	9,094	2.12%	7,333	2.49%	8,620
Contra Costa	51.93%	130,248	37.34%	93,643	3.83%	9,600	2.85%	7,146	1.98%	4,971	2.08%	5,210
Santa Cruz	51.66%	38,591	28.84%	21,540	11.08%	8,276	3.81%	2,847	2.36%	1,761	2.26%	1,685
Sonoma	51.06%	61,082	30.88%	36,941	8.85%	10,583	3.98%	4,765	2.37%	2,841	2.86%	3,424
Monterey	50.78%	42,033	37.19%	30,786	3.66%	3,027	3.18%	2,635	2.78%	2,300	2.42%	2,001
Solano	50.76%	44,134	38.11%	33,130	2.91%	2,528	2.98%	2,589	2.34%	2,037	2.90%	2,521
Imperial	50.27%	10,519	40.16%	8,402	1.48%	309	2.33%	488	3.51%	735	2.25%	470
Yolo	48.90%	21,983	37.37%	16,799	6.94%	3,119	2.33%	1,047	2.37%	1,064	2.10%	946
Napa	48.58%	17,275	38.06%	13,534	5.39%	1,915	3.44%	1,225	2.22%	789	2.31%	823
Lake	46.67%	7,249	40.19%	6,243	4.92%	764	3.10%	482	2.30%	357	2.82%	438
San Benito	45.99%	4,614	41.65%	4,179	3.20%	321	3.62%	363	3.08%	309	2.46%	247
Merced	44.01%	17,514	47.42%	18,871	1.63%	649	2.45%	974	2.49%	989	2.00%	795
Mendocino	43.58%	10,586	32.73%	7,950	14.29%	3,470	3.89%	945	2.48%	602	3.04%	738
Sacramento	43.11%	129,618	45.62%	137,142	3.91%	11,746	2.64%	7,935	2.43%	7,306	2.29%	6,887
San Joaquin	42.14%	49,968	48.16%	57,109	2.24%	2,654	2.67%	3,170	2.54%	3,007	2.26%	2,676
Stanislaus	41.88%	37,751	49.08%	44,240	2.18%	1,967	2.64%	2,379	2.05%	1,851	2.17%	1,957
Humboldt	41.36%	16,240	36.31%	14,258	12.43%	4,881	4.18%	1,640	3.10%	1,216	2.62%	1,029
Santa Barbara	40.39%	43,628	46.80%	50,550	5.51%	5,955	3.25%	3,506	2.15%	2,321	1.90%	2,052
Alpine	40.11%	215	41.23%	221	6.72%	36	5.97%	32	2.80%	15	3.17%	17
Del Norte	39.56%	2,448	46.56%	2,881	3.65%	226	4.25%	263	3.02%	187	2.96%	183
Ventura	39.37%	74,778	49.01%	93,081	3.14%	5,956	3.22%	6,117	2.90%	5,511	2.37%	4,492
San Diego	38.61%	244,272	50.92%	322,190	2.87%	18,182	2.89%	18,285	2.40%	15,155	2.31%	14,610
San Bernardino	38.55%	106,746	51.48%	142,558	2.12%	5,872	2.90%	8,044	2.57%	7,130	2.38%	6,580
Riverside	38.12%	113,778	53.14%	158,595	1.76%	5,263	2.33%	6,955	2.48%	7,404	2.17%	6,478
Fresno	37.76%	55,911	53.60%	79,375	1.84%	2,725	2.38%	3,525	2.40%	3,548	2.03%	3,004
Tuolumne	37.25%	6,625	51.63%	9,181	3.76%	669	3.05%	543	1.65%	294	2.65%	471
Kings	37.15%	7,780	53.88%	11,283	1.21%	253	2.16%	452	3.48%	729	2.12%	444
Trinity	34.87%	1,659	47.14%	2,243	5.76%	274	5.74%	273	2.96%	141	3.53%	168
Amador	34.41%	4,381	54.22%	6,904	3.46%	440	3.24%	413	2.25%	287	2.42%	308
San Luis Obispo	34.18%	27,124	52.25%	41,463	5.35%	4,249	4.04%	3,208	2.01%	1,599	2.16%	1,712
Mono	33.84%	982	52.38%	1,520	6.06%	176	3.65%	106	1.41%	41	2.65%	77
Kern	33.66%	44,758	57.47%	76,426	1.35%	1,798	2.72%	3,611	2.44%	3,244	2.36%	3,142
Calaveras	33.42%	4,774	53.68%	7,668	4.42%	631	3.86%	552	1.90%	272	2.71%	387
Tulare	32.93%	19,766	58.12%	34,887	1.58%	950	2.47%	1,483	2.40%	1,441	2.49%	1,494
Butte	32.88%	16,957	52.52%	27,091	7.03%	3,624	3.11%	1,605	2.09%	1,079	2.37%	1,222
Nevada	32.60%	12,561	52.80%	20,346	7.45%	2,872	3.03%	1,166	2.03%	782	2.09%	806
Orange	32.53%	198,525	57.38%	350,227	2.33%	14,191	2.78%	16,972	2.59%	15,806	2.40%	14,632
Madera	32.49%	7,659	58.86%	13,875	1.63%	384	2.87%	677	1.98%	467	2.16%	510
Mariposa	31.83%	1,938	54.95%	3,346	4.14%	252	3.51%	214	2.43%	148	3.14%	191
Siskiyou	31.68%	4,800	54.77%	8,299	3.10%	470	4.16%	631	3.29%	498	3.00%	454
Plumas	31.26%	2,419	55.23%	4,274	3.75%	290	3.93%	304	2.87%	222	2.96%	229
Placer	31.16%	25,987	59.72%	49,807	3.02%	2,516	2.61%	2,177	1.58%	1,314	1.92%	1,601
Tehama	31.14%	4,691	56.48%	8,508	2.37%	357	3.49%	526	3.34%	503	3.19%	480
El Dorado	30.89%	16,744	58.31%	31,607	4.01%	2,172	2.97%	1,610	1.69%	917	2.14%	1,159
Yuba	30.67%	3,284	57.68%	6,177	2.96%	317	3.04%	326	2.33%	249	3.32%	356
Sierra	29.82%	419	56.01%	787	3.91%	55	4.91%	69	1.71%	24	3.63%	51
Shasta	29.78%	14,201	59.06%	28,165	2.28%	1,085	3.06%	1,461	3.03%	1,444	2.79%	1,329
Lassen	29.30%	2,221	58.91%	4,466	2.04%	155	4.09%	310	2.52%	191	3.14%	238
Sutter	29.08%	5,417	62.36%	11,618	1.69%	314	2.05%	382	2.62%	489	2.20%	410
Colusa	28.84%	1,249	61.51%	2,664	1.99%	86	2.33%	101	2.63%	114	2.70%	117
Glenn	27.20%	1,730	62.74%	3,990	2.09%	133	3.05%	194	2.47%	157	2.45%	156
Inyo	27.18%	1,520	62.77%	3,511	2.97%	166	2.91%	163	1.73%	97	2.43%	136
Modoc	24.70%	816	62.53%	2,066	2.00%	66	4.21%	139	2.78%	92	3.78%	125

References

↑ CA Secretary of State - Statement of Vote - 2002 Primary Election
↑ "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.