California Secretary of State election, 2002

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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. Larry Shoup was the Green Party nominee, Louise Marie Allison was the Natural Law Party nominee, Gail Lightfoot was the Libertarian Party nominee, Valli Sharpe-Geisler was the Reform Party nominee, and Edward C. Noonan was the American Independent Party nominee.

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[edit] Candidates

[edit] General Election

[edit] Primary results

Final results from California Secretary of State[1].

[edit] Democratic Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Kevin Shelley 737,748 33.9
March Fong Eu 633,369 29.1
Michela Alioto 613,802 28.1
Carl Henley 115,255 5.2
Shawn Casey O'Brien 81,590 3.7

[edit] Republican Party

Candidate # of votes  %
Keith Olberg 1,227,880 62.1
Mike Schaefer 409,215 20.7
Barbara Jean Marr 341,856 17.2

[edit] Other Parties

Candidate # of votes  %
Larry Shoup (G) 35,435 100.0
Gail Lightfoot (L) 19,566 100.0
Edward C. Noonan (AI) 26,613 100.0
Valli Sharpe-Geisler (RF) 7,240 100.0
Louise Marie Allison 4,774 100.0

[edit] General Election Results

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

2006 Secretary of State election, California
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kevin Shelley 3,357,173 46.3 -0.4
Republican Keith Olberg 3,070,879 42.4 -4.6
Green Larry Shoup 282,340 3.9
Libertarian Gail Lightfoot 204,527 2.8 +0.1
Natural Law Louise Marie Allison 176,792 2.4 +1.1
American Independent Edward C. Noonan 87,610 1.2 -0.1
Reform Valli Sharpe-Geisler 78,565 1.0 +0.1
Total votes 7,257,886 100.0
Majority 286,294 3.9 +2.8
Turnout 7,738,821 36.1 -5.3
Democratic gain from Republican Swing

[edit] References

  1. ^ CA Secretary of State - Statement of Vote - 2002 Primary Election
  2. ^ CA Secretary of State - Statement of Votes - 2002 General Election

[edit] See also