2002 California Insurance Commissioner election
The 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated Corporations Commissioner Gary Mendoza, the Republican nominee, for the office previously held by Harry W. Low.
Primary results
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210236/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.Results by county are available and .
Results
Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:| County | Garamendi | Votes | Mendoza | Votes | Sheidlower | Votes | Ogden | Votes | Calderon | Votes | Klein | Votes |
| San Francisco | 70.15% | 137,602 | 15.26% | 29,931 | 7.78% | 15,261 | 3.23% | 6,342 | 2.16% | 4,231 | 1.42% | 2,777 |
| Alameda | 64.79% | 214,588 | 21.93% | 72,635 | 7.28% | 24,111 | 2.75% | 9,109 | 1.99% | 6,606 | 1.26% | 4,169 |
| Marin | 60.31% | 51,967 | 27.33% | 23,551 | 7.64% | 6,587 | 2.63% | 2,265 | 1.16% | 996 | 0.93% | 799 |
| San Mateo | 58.90% | 97,857 | 29.56% | 49,102 | 4.54% | 7,550 | 3.02% | 5,012 | 2.44% | 4,058 | 1.54% | 2,555 |
| Santa Cruz | 55.31% | 41,663 | 26.17% | 19,709 | 10.60% | 7,981 | 3.64% | 2,744 | 2.68% | 2,015 | 1.61% | 1,210 |
| Contra Costa | 55.05% | 141,101 | 34.45% | 88,318 | 3.64% | 9,318 | 3.03% | 7,771 | 2.00% | 5,133 | 1.83% | 4,689 |
| Sonoma | 54.01% | 76,818 | 30.16% | 42,896 | 8.75% | 12,450 | 3.30% | 4,699 | 2.09% | 2,966 | 1.69% | 2,400 |
| Los Angeles | 53.87% | 871,779 | 33.70% | 545,306 | 3.39% | 54,880 | 3.33% | 53,894 | 3.58% | 57,993 | 2.12% | 34,301 |
| Solano | 53.30% | 46,090 | 36.77% | 31,795 | 2.95% | 2,555 | 2.73% | 2,365 | 2.13% | 1,840 | 2.12% | 1,829 |
| Santa Clara | 52.64% | 179,291 | 35.02% | 119,261 | 4.20% | 14,308 | 3.85% | 13,125 | 2.56% | 8,731 | 1.72% | 5,874 |
| Napa | 51.96% | 18,738 | 35.94% | 12,959 | 5.34% | 1,924 | 2.78% | 1,001 | 2.27% | 818 | 1.72% | 619 |
| Monterey | 51.20% | 43,418 | 35.66% | 30,243 | 3.64% | 3,087 | 3.38% | 2,865 | 3.81% | 3,230 | 2.31% | 1,961 |
| Yolo | 49.52% | 22,585 | 36.87% | 16,817 | 7.23% | 3,297 | 2.15% | 979 | 2.66% | 1,212 | 1.57% | 718 |
| Lake | 49.11% | 7,734 | 39.78% | 6,265 | 4.92% | 775 | 2.77% | 436 | 1.57% | 247 | 1.85% | 292 |
| San Benito | 48.59% | 5,894 | 39.31% | 4,769 | 2.79% | 338 | 3.02% | 366 | 4.47% | 542 | 1.83% | 222 |
| Mendocino | 48.49% | 11,746 | 31.23% | 7,566 | 13.56% | 3,284 | 3.03% | 735 | 1.77% | 428 | 1.93% | 467 |
| Alpine | 47.22% | 255 | 37.41% | 202 | 5.37% | 29 | 3.70% | 20 | 3.89% | 21 | 2.41% | 13 |
| Imperial | 47.15% | 10,085 | 39.33% | 8,412 | 1.48% | 317 | 2.41% | 515 | 7.48% | 1,600 | 2.15% | 459 |
| San Joaquin | 46.46% | 57,005 | 44.94% | 55,139 | 2.04% | 2,505 | 2.10% | 2,583 | 2.51% | 3,080 | 1.95% | 2,396 |
| Humboldt | 44.86% | 18,484 | 35.14% | 14,479 | 13.18% | 5,432 | 4.04% | 1,666 | 1.90% | 783 | 0.88% | 364 |
| Merced | 43.52% | 17,284 | 47.00% | 18,666 | 1.80% | 716 | 2.48% | 983 | 3.39% | 1,346 | 1.81% | 717 |
| Sacramento | 42.44% | 131,133 | 46.71% | 144,312 | 3.85% | 11,887 | 2.76% | 8,513 | 2.15% | 6,637 | 2.10% | 6,485 |
| Stanislaus | 42.30% | 40,205 | 49.67% | 47,214 | 2.02% | 1,924 | 1.96% | 1,866 | 2.27% | 2,157 | 1.77% | 1,684 |
| Del Norte | 42.10% | 2,787 | 45.50% | 3,012 | 3.87% | 256 | 3.87% | 256 | 2.05% | 136 | 2.61% | 173 |
| Tuolumne | 40.43% | 7,223 | 50.81% | 9,078 | 3.26% | 582 | 2.40% | 429 | 1.35% | 242 | 1.74% | 311 |
| Santa Barbara | 40.45% | 44,056 | 46.04% | 50,143 | 5.37% | 5,847 | 3.74% | 4,073 | 2.71% | 2,949 | 1.70% | 1,850 |
| Trinity | 40.42% | 1,908 | 44.46% | 2,099 | 5.57% | 263 | 5.10% | 241 | 2.03% | 96 | 2.41% | 114 |
| Ventura | 40.38% | 76,598 | 47.68% | 90,429 | 3.02% | 5,734 | 3.68% | 6,976 | 2.90% | 5,496 | 2.34% | 4,442 |
| Calaveras | 40.05% | 6,059 | 49.71% | 7,519 | 3.70% | 560 | 3.06% | 463 | 1.49% | 226 | 1.98% | 300 |
| Mono | 39.86% | 1,159 | 48.28% | 1,404 | 5.33% | 155 | 2.92% | 85 | 2.03% | 59 | 1.58% | 46 |
| San Bernardino | 39.56% | 107,649 | 48.60% | 132,269 | 2.34% | 6,366 | 3.49% | 9,508 | 3.27% | 8,891 | 2.74% | 7,452 |
| Amador | 39.13% | 5,054 | 51.12% | 6,603 | 2.87% | 371 | 2.71% | 350 | 1.83% | 237 | 2.34% | 302 |
| Riverside | 39.19% | 116,658 | 50.72% | 150,956 | 1.98% | 5,906 | 3.20% | 9,535 | 2.57% | 7,654 | 2.33% | 6,932 |
| Tehama | 38.07% | 5,774 | 51.43% | 7,800 | 2.12% | 322 | 3.62% | 549 | 1.72% | 261 | 3.03% | 459 |
| Kings | 37.57% | 7,891 | 53.31% | 11,195 | 1.59% | 334 | 2.56% | 537 | 3.04% | 639 | 1.93% | 405 |
| Siskiyou | 37.33% | 5,631 | 51.21% | 7,724 | 2.94% | 443 | 4.73% | 713 | 1.94% | 293 | 1.86% | 280 |
| San Luis Obispo | 36.32% | 28,697 | 50.42% | 39,837 | 5.31% | 4,192 | 3.95% | 3,125 | 1.99% | 1,575 | 2.01% | 1,591 |
| San Diego | 35.98% | 225,666 | 52.46% | 328,990 | 3.03% | 18,991 | 3.80% | 23,810 | 2.42% | 15,172 | 2.31% | 14,507 |
| Inyo | 35.70% | 2,191 | 53.09% | 3,258 | 3.18% | 195 | 3.70% | 227 | 1.76% | 108 | 2.57% | 158 |
| Kern | 35.41% | 47,632 | 54.35% | 73,106 | 1.56% | 2,104 | 2.97% | 3,996 | 2.52% | 3,393 | 3.19% | 4,287 |
| Shasta | 35.21% | 16,743 | 55.57% | 26,426 | 2.18% | 1,038 | 3.05% | 1,452 | 1.66% | 789 | 2.33% | 1,110 |
| Butte | 35.23% | 21,119 | 50.79% | 30,445 | 6.86% | 4,113 | 2.81% | 1,685 | 1.82% | 1,089 | 2.49% | 1,492 |
| Plumas | 35.24% | 2,729 | 53.07% | 4,109 | 3.63% | 281 | 3.65% | 283 | 1.69% | 131 | 2.71% | 210 |
| Mariposa | 35.01% | 2,205 | 54.37% | 3,425 | 3.51% | 221 | 3.08% | 194 | 1.62% | 102 | 2.41% | 152 |
| Fresno | 34.97% | 52,946 | 55.03% | 83,308 | 2.16% | 3,263 | 3.23% | 4,896 | 2.56% | 3,874 | 2.05% | 3,099 |
| Lassen | 34.88% | 2,631 | 54.38% | 4,102 | 2.17% | 164 | 4.02% | 303 | 1.75% | 132 | 2.80% | 211 |
| Modoc | 34.61% | 1,136 | 55.48% | 1,821 | 1.98% | 65 | 3.50% | 115 | 1.52% | 50 | 2.89% | 95 |
| Colusa | 34.20% | 1,538 | 57.42% | 2,582 | 1.89% | 85 | 2.00% | 90 | 2.54% | 114 | 1.96% | 88 |
| Nevada | 34.11% | 13,106 | 52.23% | 20,071 | 7.18% | 2,758 | 2.96% | 1,139 | 1.69% | 650 | 1.83% | 702 |
| Orange | 33.33% | 208,490 | 55.51% | 347,198 | 2.45% | 15,308 | 3.86% | 24,149 | 2.42% | 15,141 | 2.43% | 15,195 |
| Sierra | 32.84% | 465 | 53.11% | 752 | 5.01% | 71 | 4.80% | 68 | 1.34% | 19 | 2.90% | 41 |
| Madera | 32.70% | 8,446 | 57.79% | 14,925 | 2.03% | 525 | 2.87% | 742 | 2.45% | 634 | 2.14% | 553 |
| Yuba | 32.57% | 3,727 | 56.23% | 6,434 | 2.84% | 325 | 3.50% | 401 | 2.05% | 235 | 2.81% | 321 |
| Glenn | 32.37% | 2,068 | 57.76% | 3,690 | 1.83% | 117 | 2.85% | 182 | 1.86% | 119 | 3.33% | 213 |
| El Dorado | 32.23% | 17,674 | 57.13% | 31,327 | 4.04% | 2,213 | 2.82% | 1,549 | 1.75% | 958 | 2.04% | 1,118 |
| Sutter | 32.11% | 6,105 | 60.02% | 11,409 | 1.75% | 333 | 2.07% | 394 | 2.01% | 383 | 2.03% | 386 |
| Tulare | 32.08% | 19,648 | 57.23% | 35,057 | 1.68% | 1,032 | 2.94% | 1,801 | 3.31% | 2,029 | 2.76% | 1,688 |
| Placer | 31.93% | 30,206 | 59.40% | 56,193 | 2.77% | 2,618 | 2.66% | 2,518 | 1.54% | 1,455 | 1.70% | 1,610 |