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Election 2002 Results

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2002 California governor election

Gray Davis (Democrat) beat Bill Simon (Republican) in California in 2002, 47.3% to 42.4%, a margin of 4.9 points and 363,689 votes.

The Democratic hold continued from 1998, when Gray Davis also won.

Republicans led in 40 of the 58 counties and Democrats in 18. The largest, Los Angeles, cast 1,706,059 votes and went to the Democrat by 21.0 points. The closest was Alpine, where 18 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
Gray Davis won Democratic 3,533,490 47.3%
Bill Simon Republican 3,169,801 42.4%
Peter Miguel Camejo Green 393,036 5.3%
All other candidates 379,984 5.1%
Total7,476,311

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Los Angeles 953,162 55.9% 594,748 34.9% 158,149 1,706,059 D+21.0
San Diego 268,278 40.6% 342,095 51.7% 50,925 661,298 R+11.2
Orange 222,149 34.7% 368,152 57.4% 50,707 641,008 R+22.8
Santa Clara 199,399 55.3% 116,862 32.4% 44,135 360,396 D+22.9
Alameda 216,058 62.8% 76,407 22.2% 51,436 343,901 D+40.6
Sacramento 129,143 40.8% 147,456 46.6% 39,798 316,397 R+5.8
Riverside 121,845 40.3% 159,440 52.7% 21,398 302,683 R+12.4
San Bernardino 116,757 41.2% 142,513 50.3% 23,921 283,191 R+9.1
Contra Costa 140,975 53.2% 94,487 35.7% 29,408 264,870 D+17.6
San Francisco 143,102 66.2% 33,214 15.4% 39,840 216,156 D+50.8
Ventura 83,557 43.2% 91,193 47.2% 18,637 193,387 R+3.9
San Mateo 99,803 58.0% 51,497 29.9% 20,910 172,210 D+28.1
Fresno 59,019 38.0% 85,910 55.3% 10,542 155,471 R+17.3
Sonoma 73,079 50.4% 43,408 29.9% 28,541 145,028 D+20.5
Kern 46,250 33.7% 82,660 60.2% 8,378 137,288 R+26.5
San Joaquin 53,747 43.5% 58,239 47.2% 11,457 123,443 R+3.6
Santa Barbara 50,741 44.3% 52,832 46.1% 10,918 114,491 R+1.8
Stanislaus 41,908 43.6% 46,091 47.9% 8,195 96,194 R+4.3
Placer 28,495 29.7% 58,623 61.0% 8,938 96,056 R+31.4
Solano 46,385 52.4% 33,516 37.9% 8,621 88,522 D+14.5
Marin 49,512 56.2% 24,520 27.8% 14,023 88,055 D+28.4
Monterey 47,052 54.1% 31,532 36.3% 8,390 86,974 D+17.8
San Luis Obispo 29,732 36.4% 43,552 53.3% 8,406 81,690 R+16.9
Santa Cruz 43,469 56.0% 20,598 26.5% 13,517 77,584 D+29.5
Tulare 21,294 34.1% 37,172 59.5% 4,032 62,498 R+25.4
Butte 19,437 31.6% 32,706 53.2% 9,314 61,457 R+21.6
El Dorado 16,402 29.4% 32,898 59.0% 6,429 55,729 R+29.6
Shasta 15,292 31.5% 28,625 58.9% 4,642 48,559 R+27.5
Yolo 21,983 47.4% 17,484 37.7% 6,886 46,353 D+9.7
Humboldt 19,499 45.4% 16,118 37.6% 7,290 42,907 D+7.9
Merced 18,071 44.6% 19,191 47.3% 3,296 40,558 R+2.8
Nevada 13,338 33.9% 20,573 52.3% 5,404 39,315 R+18.4
Napa 17,516 47.8% 13,483 36.8% 5,673 36,672 D+11.0
Madera 8,217 31.4% 15,998 61.1% 1,954 26,169 R+29.7
Mendocino 10,832 43.5% 8,331 33.5% 5,741 24,904 D+10.0
Imperial 11,644 53.3% 8,789 40.2% 1,416 21,849 D+13.1
Kings 7,776 36.7% 12,212 57.6% 1,227 21,215 R+20.9
Sutter 5,782 29.9% 12,024 62.1% 1,564 19,370 R+32.2
Tuolumne 6,846 38.2% 9,251 51.6% 1,845 17,942 R+13.4
Lake 7,424 46.7% 6,459 40.6% 2,010 15,893 D+6.1
Siskiyou 4,972 31.9% 9,112 58.4% 1,519 15,603 R+26.5
Tehama 5,000 32.5% 9,010 58.5% 1,382 15,392 R+26.1
Calaveras 5,052 33.2% 8,104 53.3% 2,038 15,194 R+20.1
Amador 4,437 34.2% 6,997 53.9% 1,544 12,978 R+19.7
San Benito 6,049 48.9% 5,163 41.7% 1,161 12,373 D+7.2
Yuba 3,447 29.7% 6,904 59.5% 1,252 11,603 R+29.8
Plumas 2,598 33.1% 4,310 54.8% 950 7,858 R+21.8
Lassen 2,429 31.6% 4,512 58.6% 753 7,694 R+27.1
Del Norte 2,922 43.3% 3,093 45.8% 735 6,750 R+2.5
Glenn 1,685 25.9% 4,268 65.5% 564 6,517 R+39.6
Mariposa 2,126 32.8% 3,720 57.4% 639 6,485 R+24.6
Inyo 2,114 33.6% 3,567 56.7% 607 6,288 R+23.1
Trinity 1,833 37.2% 2,421 49.2% 670 4,924 R+11.9
Colusa 1,243 27.2% 2,996 65.5% 336 4,575 R+38.3
Modoc 900 26.6% 2,161 63.9% 320 3,381 R+37.3
Mono 1,064 36.0% 1,552 52.5% 340 2,956 R+16.5
Sierra 420 29.2% 805 56.0% 213 1,438 R+26.8
Alpine 229 40.9% 247 44.1% 84 560 R+3.2

Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

California governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Gavin Newsom (D) D+18.4
2018 Gavin Newsom (D) D+23.9
2014 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.9
2010 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+12.9
2006 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.0
2003 Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) R+17.1
2002 Gray Davis (D) D+4.9
1998 Gray Davis (D) D+19.6
1994 Pete Wilson (R) R+14.6
1990 Pete Wilson (R) R+3.5
1986 George Deukmejian (R) R+23.2
1982 George Deukmejian (R) R+1.2
1978 Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) D+19.5
1974 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+2.9
1970 Ronald Reagan (R) R+7.7
1966 Ronald Reagan (R) R+15.3
1962 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+5.1
1958 Edmund G. Brown (D) D+19.6
1954 Goodwin J. Knight (R) R+13.7
1950 Earl Warren (R) R+29.7
1946 Earl Warren (R) R+91.6
1942 Earl Warren (R) R+15.3
1938 Culbert L. Olson (D) D+8.3
1934 Frank F. Merriam (R) R+11.1
1930 James Rolph Jr. (R) R+48.0
1926 Clement C. Young (R) R+46.5
1922 Friend William Richardson (R) R+23.7
1918 William Stephens (R) R+56.3
1914 Hiram W. Johnson (other)
1910 Hiram W. Johnson (R) R+5.8
1906 James Gillett (R) R+2.6
1902 George C. Pardee (R) R+0.8
1898 Henry Gage (R) R+6.7
1894 James H. Budd (D) D+0.4
1890 Henry H. Markham (R) R+3.1
1886 Washington Bartlett (D) D+0.3
1882 George Stoneman (D) D+14.3
1879 George C. Perkins (R) R+12.7
1875 William Irwin (D) D+24.6
1871 Newton Booth (R) R+4.2
1867 Henry H. Haight (D) D+10.3