2002 California lieutenant gubernatorial election
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.
Primary results
A 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.
General election results
Final results from the Secretary of State of California:Results by county
Results from the Secretary of State of California:| County | Bustamante | Votes | McPherson | Votes | Warren | Votes | Others | Votes |
| 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 |