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, narrowly 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

Candidates Steve Westly, Venture Capitalist

Johan Klehs, Member of The State Board of Equalization

Republican

Candidates Tom McClintock, State Senator, nominee for CA-24 in 1992 and nominee for Controller in 1994

Dean Andal, Former Assemblyman

W. Snow Hume

Nancy Beecham

Green

Others

Results

Results by county Results from the Secretary of State of California:

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

See also California state elections, 2002 State of California California State Controller

References

External links VoteCircle.com Non-partisan resources & vote sharing network for Californians Information on the elections from California's Secretary of State Official Homepage of the California State Controller