2002 California State Controller election


The 2002 California State Controller election was on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Businessman Steve Westly, the Democratic nominee, barely defeated the Republican nominee, Senator Tom McClintock, for the office previously held by Kathleen Connell, who was term-limited.

Primary results

A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210455/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ctl/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.

Democratic

Republican

Green

Others

Results

Results by county

Results from the Secretary of State of California:
CountyWestlyVotesMcClintockVotesWellsVotesAguirreVotesVanceVotes
San Francisco64.26%129,04822.26%44,70010.52%21,1242.17%4,3570.79%1,579
Alameda59.36%196,85928.37%94,0729.64%31,9721.71%5,6770.92%3,058
Marin54.50%47,01734.25%29,5469.77%8,4300.77%6610.71%611
Los Angeles54.18%898,44036.10%598,6945.08%84,2703.47%57,5421.17%19,356
Santa Cruz53.23%40,29230.49%23,08412.91%9,7752.08%1,5781.28%972
Santa Clara52.76%184,01238.03%132,6385.98%20,8661.99%6,9461.23%4,280
San Mateo52.39%87,06337.07%61,6117.38%12,2612.22%3,6890.94%1,566
Sonoma50.67%71,92735.32%50,12910.99%15,5951.49%2,1191.53%2,176
Monterey49.88%42,04940.13%33,8285.47%4,6073.23%2,7211.29%1,087
Solano49.62%43,08041.45%35,9895.03%4,3692.13%1,8511.77%1,537
Yolo48.92%22,00439.07%17,5718.46%3,8072.27%1,0191.28%574
Contra Costa47.77%119,55443.02%107,6566.44%16,1091.67%4,1711.11%2,781
Napa47.21%16,82342.57%15,1696.99%2,4901.60%5701.62%579
Lake46.33%7,28343.49%6,8366.76%1,0631.58%2481.84%290
San Benito44.98%5,40245.24%5,4334.84%5813.80%4561.14%137
Mendocino44.39%10,83935.99%8,78916.41%4,0071.42%3461.80%439
Imperial44.04%9,21741.95%8,7814.16%8718.33%1,7441.51%317
Sacramento43.72%135,97047.11%146,5386.03%18,7691.77%5,5021.37%4,255
Merced42.56%17,02549.52%19,8093.28%1,3123.21%1,2861.43%571
Humboldt42.45%17,66140.00%16,64515.43%6,4201.16%4830.96%399
Santa Barbara40.84%45,14648.66%53,7997.01%7,7512.32%2,5611.18%1,300
Alpine40.56%21942.96%23210.93%592.22%123.33%18
San Joaquin40.42%48,61751.12%61,4904.21%5,0652.77%3,3301.48%1,775
San Diego40.02%254,81851.63%328,7804.57%29,1212.36%15,0081.42%9,051
Stanislaus40.02%37,47051.93%48,6194.28%4,0052.28%2,1391.49%1,396
Del Norte39.70%2,59649.99%3,2696.32%4131.44%942.55%167
San Bernardino38.76%107,44452.25%144,8534.17%11,5603.15%8,7311.68%4,650
Riverside37.77%112,83354.77%163,6263.75%11,1892.29%6,8391.43%4,264
Fresno37.60%57,44354.28%82,9244.35%6,6432.68%4,1011.08%1,650
Ventura37.43%70,61353.74%101,3844.68%8,8212.81%5,2971.34%2,524
San Luis Obispo36.59%29,23253.39%42,6537.01%5,5981.35%1,0771.67%1,335
Tuolumne36.26%6,46355.08%9,8195.92%1,0561.07%1901.67%298
Kings36.14%7,59256.61%11,8933.46%7272.51%5271.28%268
Amador35.31%4,52455.84%7,1555.88%7531.24%1591.74%223
Trinity34.51%1,65152.40%2,5078.88%4251.46%702.74%131
Tehama34.41%5,18657.44%8,6563.80%5731.55%2332.80%422
Butte33.96%20,39154.23%32,5648.32%4,9961.59%9531.90%1,142
Tulare33.07%20,54259.69%37,0753.22%2,0002.77%1,7221.25%776
Mono32.97%96054.70%1,5939.00%2621.61%471.72%50
Nevada32.45%12,50854.83%21,1349.61%3,7031.47%5661.65%637
Calaveras32.36%4,79456.52%8,3747.45%1,1031.35%2002.32%344
Madera32.39%8,34060.29%15,5243.84%9882.09%5381.39%359
Yuba32.23%3,65658.84%6,6744.59%5212.00%2272.34%265
Shasta32.12%15,45660.54%29,1353.92%1,8861.10%5312.31%1,114
Kern31.71%42,26359.98%79,9363.25%4,3363.02%4,0302.04%2,715
Orange31.78%197,41660.15%373,7014.23%26,2922.41%14,9781.43%8,867
Plumas31.69%2,45658.01%4,4956.36%4931.74%1352.19%170
Placer31.34%29,70161.62%58,3964.88%4,6260.98%9321.17%1,106
Siskiyou31.30%4,74159.01%8,9375.45%8261.58%2402.65%401
El Dorado31.25%16,93460.15%32,5985.86%3,1751.14%6181.60%867
Inyo31.13%1,90559.49%3,6415.59%3421.62%992.17%133
Mariposa30.71%1,95259.29%3,7696.89%4381.18%751.93%123
Lassen30.43%2,31261.19%4,6494.11%3121.42%1082.86%217
Sierra30.04%41957.99%8096.16%862.08%293.73%52
Sutter30.06%5,62963.20%11,8343.07%5741.99%3731.68%314
Colusa29.75%1,32263.22%2,8093.04%1352.09%931.89%84
Glenn29.26%1,86363.37%4,0353.00%1912.12%1352.25%143
Modoc26.22%86765.59%2,1693.96%1311.09%363.14%104