The 2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial 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.
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County results Bustamante: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% McPherson: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Primary results
editA bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210433/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm.
Results by county are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210433/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ltg/00.htm#cty.
Democratic
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Cruz Bustamante | 1,937,213 | 99.97 | |
Ronald J. Like | 24,543 | 0.03 | |
Total votes | 2,141,756 | 100.00 |
Republican
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Bruce McPherson | 1,836,144 | 86.22 | |
Ellie Michaels | 293,283 | 13.77 | |
Ronald J. Like | 1,119 | 0.01 | |
Total votes | 2,130,546 | 100.00 |
Others
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Green | Donna Warren | 35,847 | 100.00 | |
American Independent | Jim King | 25,250 | 100.00 | |
Libertarian | Pat Wright | 18,506 | 100.00 | |
Reform | Paul Jerry Hannosh | 7,440 | 100.00 | |
Natural Law | Kaylee Przybylak | 4,143 | 100.00 |
General election results
editFinal results from the Secretary of State of California:[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Cruz Bustamante (incumbent) | 3,589,804 | 49.42% | |
Republican | Bruce McPherson | 3,031,571 | 41.74% | |
Green | Donna Warren | 298,951 | 4.12% | |
Libertarian | Pat Wright | 104,920 | 1.44% | |
American Independent | Jim King | 91,015 | 1.25% | |
Reform | Paul Jerry Hanosh | 80,307 | 1.11% | |
Natural Law | Kalee Przybylak | 66,847 | 0.92% | |
Invalid or blank votes | 475,406 | 6.14% | ||
Total votes | 7,263,415 | 100.00% | ||
Turnout | 36.05% | |||
Democratic hold |
Results by county
editResults from the Secretary of State of California: [2]
County | Bustamante | Votes | McPherson | Votes | Warren | Votes | Others | Votes |
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San Francisco | 65.82% | 136,416 | 16.47% | 34,133 | 14.00% | 29,019 | 3.71% | 7,690 |
Alameda | 64.72% | 217,350 | 23.07% | 77,471 | 8.26% | 27,734 | 3.96% | 13,294 |
Marin | 59.89% | 53,109 | 28.84% | 25,574 | 7.94% | 7,042 | 3.34% | 2,959 |
Los Angeles | 58.81% | 987,483 | 33.20% | 557,459 | 3.39% | 56,954 | 4.60% | 77,287 |
San Mateo | 58.13% | 98,704 | 31.28% | 53,106 | 6.16% | 10,460 | 4.43% | 7,515 |
Imperial | 57.58% | 12,501 | 35.99% | 7,813 | 1.88% | 408 | 4.55% | 988 |
Sonoma | 54.79% | 79,691 | 30.70% | 44,655 | 9.04% | 13,147 | 5.46% | 7,948 |
Solano | 54.03% | 47,592 | 37.61% | 33,134 | 3.34% | 2,939 | 5.02% | 4,426 |
Santa Clara | 53.58% | 191,160 | 37.44% | 133,565 | 4.15% | 14,820 | 4.83% | 17,246 |
Contra Costa | 53.40% | 141,285 | 38.00% | 100,540 | 4.46% | 11,804 | 4.14% | 10,948 |
Napa | 52.65% | 19,357 | 36.95% | 13,586 | 4.91% | 1,807 | 5.49% | 2,017 |
Yolo | 52.16% | 24,231 | 36.97% | 17,176 | 6.72% | 3,122 | 4.15% | 1,926 |
Merced | 50.46% | 20,444 | 43.60% | 17,665 | 1.86% | 752 | 4.09% | 1,656 |
Lake | 49.95% | 7,974 | 39.75% | 6,346 | 4.80% | 767 | 5.49% | 876 |
Humboldt | 49.29% | 20,934 | 33.05% | 14,036 | 11.83% | 5,024 | 5.84% | 2,479 |
Mendocino | 48.71% | 12,004 | 31.76% | 7,827 | 13.12% | 3,234 | 6.41% | 1,579 |
Santa Barbara | 47.42% | 53,654 | 43.60% | 49,325 | 4.60% | 5,204 | 4.38% | 4,957 |
San Joaquin | 47.09% | 58,151 | 45.62% | 56,336 | 2.86% | 3,527 | 4.43% | 5,467 |
Stanislaus | 46.18% | 44,395 | 46.56% | 44,754 | 2.50% | 2,408 | 4.76% | 4,571 |
Sacramento | 45.97% | 145,687 | 45.27% | 143,475 | 4.20% | 13,307 | 4.57% | 14,476 |
San Benito | 45.89% | 5,728 | 48.14% | 6,009 | 2.41% | 301 | 3.56% | 445 |
Alpine | 45.64% | 251 | 41.64% | 229 | 5.27% | 29 | 7.45% | 41 |
Fresno | 45.48% | 71,224 | 49.46% | 77,456 | 2.02% | 3,164 | 3.03% | 4,747 |
Monterey | 44.25% | 38,863 | 49.70% | 43,649 | 2.82% | 2,481 | 3.23% | 2,835 |
Ventura | 44.11% | 85,236 | 47.57% | 91,924 | 3.18% | 6,146 | 5.14% | 9,929 |
Del Norte | 43.81% | 2,950 | 44.87% | 3,021 | 4.19% | 282 | 7.13% | 480 |
San Bernardino | 43.82% | 123,250 | 47.62% | 133,951 | 2.49% | 7,009 | 6.07% | 17,080 |
Kings | 43.78% | 9,330 | 51.52% | 10,979 | 1.32% | 282 | 3.37% | 718 |
Riverside | 42.63% | 128,664 | 50.45% | 152,248 | 2.02% | 6,087 | 4.90% | 14,784 |
San Diego | 42.24% | 273,966 | 50.18% | 325,521 | 2.82% | 18,315 | 4.76% | 30,855 |
Santa Cruz | 41.82% | 32,917 | 46.34% | 36,473 | 8.15% | 6,414 | 3.68% | 2,898 |
San Luis Obispo | 41.33% | 33,642 | 49.01% | 39,893 | 4.87% | 3,964 | 4.79% | 3,897 |
Tuolumne | 40.97% | 7,383 | 50.08% | 9,025 | 3.73% | 672 | 5.23% | 942 |
Trinity | 40.75% | 1,970 | 44.97% | 2,174 | 5.83% | 282 | 8.44% | 408 |
Tulare | 40.25% | 25,320 | 54.43% | 34,242 | 1.61% | 1,014 | 3.71% | 2,337 |
Kern | 39.70% | 54,427 | 54.21% | 74,328 | 1.69% | 2,312 | 4.41% | 6,040 |
Amador | 39.28% | 5,097 | 51.84% | 6,727 | 3.44% | 446 | 5.44% | 706 |
Tehama | 38.57% | 5,943 | 52.89% | 8,150 | 2.37% | 365 | 6.17% | 950 |
Mono | 38.30% | 1,134 | 49.98% | 1,480 | 5.61% | 166 | 6.11% | 181 |
Butte | 38.16% | 23,302 | 49.72% | 30,362 | 6.64% | 4,054 | 5.49% | 3,351 |
Madera | 37.68% | 9,918 | 55.93% | 14,722 | 1.91% | 503 | 4.48% | 1,179 |
Calaveras | 37.55% | 5,718 | 51.12% | 7,785 | 4.68% | 712 | 6.66% | 1,014 |
Plumas | 37.08% | 2,897 | 52.07% | 4,068 | 4.10% | 320 | 6.75% | 527 |
Mariposa | 36.63% | 2,350 | 53.51% | 3,433 | 3.57% | 229 | 6.30% | 404 |
Nevada | 36.44% | 14,287 | 51.73% | 20,284 | 6.93% | 2,719 | 4.89% | 1,918 |
Lassen | 36.00% | 2,760 | 53.55% | 4,106 | 2.40% | 184 | 8.05% | 617 |
Sierra | 35.64% | 510 | 51.64% | 739 | 3.98% | 57 | 8.74% | 125 |
Shasta | 35.60% | 17,278 | 55.68% | 27,027 | 2.35% | 1,142 | 6.37% | 3,093 |
Orange | 35.40% | 226,411 | 56.15% | 359,139 | 2.60% | 16,633 | 5.85% | 37,385 |
Yuba | 34.67% | 4,000 | 55.45% | 6,398 | 3.50% | 404 | 6.38% | 736 |
Inyo | 34.66% | 2,172 | 55.67% | 3,489 | 3.80% | 238 | 5.87% | 368 |
Siskiyou | 34.66% | 5,344 | 54.53% | 8,407 | 3.29% | 507 | 7.52% | 1,159 |
El Dorado | 34.04% | 18,973 | 56.78% | 31,650 | 4.34% | 2,422 | 4.84% | 2,700 |
Glenn | 33.98% | 2,211 | 59.36% | 3,862 | 1.84% | 120 | 4.81% | 313 |
Placer | 33.70% | 32,582 | 59.09% | 57,128 | 3.34% | 3,232 | 3.87% | 3,739 |
Sutter | 33.15% | 6,365 | 60.13% | 11,545 | 2.12% | 407 | 4.60% | 883 |
Colusa | 32.72% | 1,487 | 60.70% | 2,759 | 1.78% | 81 | 4.80% | 218 |
Modoc | 28.75% | 960 | 60.92% | 2,034 | 2.40% | 80 | 7.94% | 265 |