2002 California State Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the California State Assembly; 41 seats needed for a majority
	Results:; Republican gain ; Democratic hold Republican hold ; Vote Share:; 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%; 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%
Speaker before election; Herb Wesson; Democratic	Elected Speaker ; Herb Wesson; Democratic

The 2002 California State Assembly elections were held on November 5, 2002. California's State Assembly in its entirety comes up for election in even numbered years. Each seat has a two-year term and members are limited to three 2-year terms (six years). All 80 biennially elected seats in the Assembly were up for election this year. Democrats retained control of the Assembly, though they lost two seats.

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[1]	Safe D	October 4, 2002

Overview

California State Assembly elections, 2002
Party		Votes	Percentage	Incumbents	Open	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,686,124	53.41%	32	18	50	48	-2
	Republican	3,018,783	43.74%	16	14	30	32	+2
	Libertarian	162,472	2.35%	0	0	0	0	0
	Green	30,160	0.44%	0	0	0	0	0
	Reform	3,806	0.06%	0	0	0	0	0
Invalid or blank votes		486,319	6.58%	—	—	—	—	—
Totals		7,387,664	100.00%	48	32	80	80	—

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48	32
Democratic	Republican

Results

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

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District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Berg	64,065	48.6
	Republican	Robert K. "Bob" Brown	52,659	39.9
	Green	Doug Riley Thron	15,315	11.5
Invalid or blank votes			6,906	5.0
Total votes			138,945	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	79,361	67.4
	Democratic	Doug Kinyon	34,524	29.3
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	3,996	3.3
Invalid or blank votes			8,414	6.7
Total votes			125,295	100.0
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Keene	78,225	61.5
	Democratic	Stuart Randall King	43,096	33.8
	Libertarian	Jon Petersen	5,987	4.7
Invalid or blank votes			2,863	2.2
Total votes			130,171	100.0
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Leslie (incumbent)	91,022	66.6
	Democratic	Scott Warren	45,722	33.4
Invalid or blank votes			9,295	6.4
Total votes			146,039	100.0
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox (incumbent)	79,527	65.2
	Democratic	Eric Ulis	37,277	30.5
	Libertarian	Roberto Liebman	5,336	4.3
Invalid or blank votes			502	0.4
Total votes			122,642	100.0
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Nation (incumbent)	96,157	69.3
	Republican	Kenneth Hitt	37,375	26.8
	Libertarian	Richard Olmstead	5,423	3.9
Invalid or blank votes			9,622	6.5
Total votes			148,577	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins (incumbent)	77,401	76.1
	Libertarian	David J. Kozlowski	24,386	23.9
Invalid or blank votes			15,926	13.5
Total votes			117,713	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk	57,360	58.1
	Republican	John R. Munn	41,482	41.9
Invalid or blank votes			5,207	5.0
Total votes			104,049	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg	58,883	69.9
	Republican	David A. Pegos	22,146	26.2
	Libertarian	Douglas M. Poston	3,322	3.9
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			84,351	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	72,302	60.2
	Democratic	Katherine E. Maestas	47,904	39.8
Invalid or blank votes			4,087	3.3
Total votes			124,293	100.0
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Cancimalla (incumbent)	61,969	65.0
	Republican	Jan Leslie Denny	29,741	31.1
	Libertarian	Frank Manske	3,752	3.9
Invalid or blank votes			6,809	6.7
Total votes			102,271	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee	72,166	77.8
	Republican	Howard Epstein	14,699	15.8
	Libertarian	Michael Denny	5,985	6.4
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			92,850	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Leno	89,921	81.5
	Republican	Gail E. Neira	15,278	13.9
	Libertarian	Christopher R. Maden	5,134	4.6
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			110,333	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loni Hancock	102,373	100.0
Invalid or blank votes			38,671	27.4
Total votes			141,044	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Houston	73,322	53.7
	Democratic	Donna Gerber	63,349	46.3
Invalid or blank votes			5,330	3.8
Total votes			142,001	100.0
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilma Chan (incumbent)	77,744	84.2
	Republican	George J. Nugent	11,634	12.6
	Libertarian	Richard E. Armstrong	2,976	3.2
Invalid or blank votes			7,902	7.9
Total votes			100,256	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara S. Matthews (incumbent)	42,504	56.5
	Republican	Brian McCabe	32,726	43.5
Invalid or blank votes			4,123	5.2
Total votes			79,353	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen M. Corbett (incumbent)	60,627	71.7
	Republican	Jack Hovingh	24,028	28.3
Invalid or blank votes			7,280	7.9
Total votes			91,935	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Mullin	62,972	62.7
	Republican	David Kawas	25,668	25.6
	Green	Jo Chamberlain	9,992	9.9
	Libertarian	Robert Giedt	1,856	1.8
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			100,488	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	53,304	66.6
	Republican	Daniel L. Dow	23,108	28.9
	Libertarian	Keith Lyon	3,663	4.5
Invalid or blank votes			6,853	7.9
Total votes			86,928	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Simitian (incumbent)	72,104	60.5
	Republican	James A. Russell	42,808	36.0
	Libertarian	Raymond M. Bell, Jr.	4,286	3.5
Invalid or blank votes			6,201	4.9
Total votes			125,399	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Lieber	48,543	58.5
	Republican	Stan Kawczynski	30,555	36.7
	Libertarian	Kennita Watson	4,003	4.8
Invalid or blank votes			7,833	8.6
Total votes			90,934	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manny Diaz (incumbent)	42,461	81.6
	Green	Warner S. Bloomberg III	9,610	18.4
Invalid or blank votes			8,220	13.6
Total votes			60,291	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Cohn	69,992	100.0
Invalid or blank votes			37,411	34.8
Total votes			107,403	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cogdill (incumbent)	68,949	62.2
	Democratic	E. Denise Smith	42,034	37.8
Invalid or blank votes			7,380	6.2
Total votes			118,363	100.0
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian	48,540	57.4
	Democratic	Tom Hallinan	36,069	42.6
Invalid or blank votes			7,019	7.7
Total votes			91,628	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Laird	77,212	61.4
	Republican	Charles Clayton Carter	44,444	35.2
	Libertarian	Gordon Donald Sachtjen	4,294	3.4
Invalid or blank votes			5,525	4.2
Total votes			131,475	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Simon Salinas (incumbent)	43,555	61.0
	Republican	Jane Howard	27,945	39.0
Invalid or blank votes			4,504	5.9
Total votes			76,004	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven N. Samuelian	63,011	60.9
	Democratic	Richard Martinez, Jr.	36,977	35.7
	Libertarian	Jonathan Zwickel	3,613	3.4
Invalid or blank votes			6,967	6.3
Total votes			110,568	100.0
	Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Parra	26,586	50.3
	Republican	Dean Gardner	26,320	49.7
Invalid or blank votes			901	1.7
Total votes			53,807	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Reyes (incumbent)	41,050	100.0
Invalid or blank votes			15,931	28.0
Total votes			56,981	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy	78,229	75.9
	Democratic	Michael A. Shea, III	24,912	24.1
Invalid or blank votes			32	0.0
Total votes			103,173	100.0
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado (incumbent)	76,590	62.7
	Democratic	Laurence D. Houlgate	45,598	37.3
Invalid or blank votes			2,550	2.0
Total votes			124,738	100.0
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Maze	48,625	65.3
	Democratic	Virginia R. Gurrola	25,671	34.5
	No party	Joshua Miller (write-in)	221	0.2
Invalid or blank votes			2,533	3.3
Total votes			77,050	100.0
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (incumbent)	72,394	61.7
	Republican	Bob Pohl	37,026	31.6
	Reform	Cary Savitch	3,827	3.3
	Libertarian	Craig Warren Thomas	3,051	2.5
	No party	Christina Carreno Martin (write-in)	1,095	0.9
Invalid or blank votes			2,799	2.3
Total votes			120,192	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Runner	46,438	64.0
	Democratic	Robert Davenport	26,230	36.0
Invalid or blank votes			4,344	5.6
Total votes			84,667	100.0
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Strickland (incumbent)	74,876	63.1
	Democratic	Bruce James Thomas, Jr.	43,806	36.9
Invalid or blank votes			5,771	4.6
Total votes			124,453	100.0
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Richman (incumbent)	64,757	60.9
	Democratic	Paula L. Calderon	37,626	35.3
	Libertarian	Karl Lembke	4,099	3.8
Invalid or blank votes			8,216	7.2
Total votes			114,698	100.0
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Montañez	36,449	76.1
	Republican	Ely De La Cruz Ayao	11,449	23.9
Invalid or blank votes			4,834	9.2
Total votes			52,732	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd E. Levine	44,191	56.5
	Republican	Connie Friedman	34,038	43.5
Invalid or blank votes			8,269	9.6
Total votes			86,498	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fran Pavley (incumbent)	71,614	61.5
	Republican	Michael J. Wissot	40,708	34.9
	Libertarian	Brian "Max" Kelly	4,244	3.6
Invalid or blank votes			8,358	6.7
Total votes			124,924	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz (incumbent)	84,012	74.4
	Republican	Jeffrey A. Bissiri	29,049	25.6
Invalid or blank votes			10,264	8.3
Total votes			123,325	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dario Frommer (incumbent)	46,458	61.0
	Republican	Ingrid Geyer	26,590	34.8
	Libertarian	Sandor J. Woren	3,209	4.2
Invalid or blank votes			5,736	7.0
Total votes			81,993	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Liu (incumbent)	60,570	60.2
	Republican	Dan O'Connell	37,112	36.9
	Libertarian	Bob New	3,015	2.9
Invalid or blank votes			5,466	5.1
Total votes			106,163	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jackie Goldberg (incumbent)	40,341	85.6
	Libertarian	Judy Chau Phuong Cook	6,799	14.4
Invalid or blank votes			6,289	11.8
Total votes			53,429	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fabian Núñez	27,227	85.6
	Republican	Manuel "Manny" Aldana, Jr.	6,799	14.4
Invalid or blank votes			3,463	11.8
Total votes			37,489	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herb Wesson (incumbent)	72,792	81.9
	Republican	Jonathan Leonard	13,395	15.1
	Libertarian	Keith Clemens	2,757	3.0
Invalid or blank votes			7,519	7.8
Total votes			96,463	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	41,280	87.6
	Republican	Gerard Toussaint Robinson	4,427	9.4
	Libertarian	Nolayan O. Herdegen	1,421	3.0
Invalid or blank votes			4,386	8.5
Total votes			51,514	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Chu (incumbent)	37,680	67.2
	Republican	George C. Shen	18,461	32.8
Invalid or blank votes			4,803	7.9
Total votes			60,944	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marco Antonio Firebaugh (inc.)	31,281	73.2
	Republican	Gladys O. Miller	11,499	26.8
Invalid or blank votes			3,964	8.5
Total votes			46,744	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Horton (incumbent)	50,191	100.0
Invalid or blank votes			19,910	28.4
Total votes			70,101	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally	36,282	89.6
	Republican	Mark Anthony Iles	4,244	10.4
Invalid or blank votes			3,380	7.7
Total votes			43,906	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Nakano (incumbent)	69,135	61.4
	Republican	Linda P. Wilson	43,589	38.6
Invalid or blank votes			6,254	5.3
Total votes			118,978	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (incumbent)	59,726	60.1
	Republican	Cesar N. Castellanos	39,714	39.9
Invalid or blank votes			5,873	5.6
Total votes			105,313	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jenny Oropeza (incumbent)	48,299	79.9
	Libertarian	Guy Wilson	11,693	19.3
	No party	Margherita Underhill (write-in)	525	0.8
Invalid or blank votes			8,816	12.7
Total votes			69,333	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rudy Bermudez	39,519	61.5
	Republican	John Brantuk	24,751	38.5
Invalid or blank votes			3,991	5.8
Total votes			68,261	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Chavez (incumbent)	39,341	65.0
	Republican	Anne M. Moll	19,677	32.5
	Libertarian	Leland Thomas Faegre	1,520	2.5
Invalid or blank votes			3,870	6.0
Total votes			64,408	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald S. Calderon	44,997	63.5
	Republican	Dave Butler	25,903	36.5
Invalid or blank votes			5,520	7.2
Total votes			76,420	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis L. Mountjoy (incumbent)	65,439	63.4
	Democratic	Patrick D. Smith	37,788	36.6
Invalid or blank votes			7,761	7.0
Total votes			110,988	100.0
	Republican hold

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pacheco (incumbent)	62,260	68.1
	Democratic	Adrian Lincoln Martinez	27,964	31.9
Invalid or blank votes			3,829	4.1
Total votes			94,053	100.0
	Republican hold

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod (incumbent)	31,084	62.5
	Republican	Matthew Munson	18,679	37.5
Invalid or blank votes			3,955	7.4
Total votes			53,718	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Longville (incumbent)	28,744	69.3
	Republican	G. Edward Scott	12,761	30.7
Invalid or blank votes			3,633	8.0
Total votes			45,138	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Dutton	49,480	61.0
	Democratic	Doris Wallace	31,759	39.0
Invalid or blank votes			7,650	8.6
Total votes			88,889	100.0
	Republican hold

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Benoit	55,351	63.3
	Democratic	Robert Melsh	32,118	36.7
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			87,469	100.0
	Republican hold

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Bogh (incumbent)	56,598	63.4
	Democratic	Darrel R. Scholes	32,749	36.6
Invalid or blank votes			2,555	2.8
Total votes			91,902	100.0
	Republican hold

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Haynes (incumbent)	55,205	68.1
	Democratic	David G. Brostrom	25,930	31.9
Invalid or blank votes			2,246	2.7
Total votes			83,381	100.0
	Republican hold

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Harman (incumbent)	69,420	68.8
	Democratic	William R. "Bill" Orton	31,593	31.2
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			101,013	100.0
	Republican hold

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Maddox (incumbent)	51,316	65.1
	Democratic	Al Snook	23,721	30.1
	Libertarian	Douglas J. Scribner	3,810	4.8
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			78,847	100.0
	Republican hold

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou Correa (incumbent)	25,392	65.4
	Republican	Reuben Ross	13,487	34.6
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			38,879	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell (incumbent)	73,880	66.9
	Democratic	John Kane	33,449	30.2
	Libertarian	Paul L. Studier	3,215	2.9
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			110,544	100.0
	Republican hold

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Spitzer	69,764	73.1
	Democratic	Bea Foster	25,770	26.9
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			95,534	100.0
	Republican hold

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Daucher (incumbent)	54,505	68.1
	Democratic	G. Nanjundappa	22,236	27.8
	Libertarian	Brian Lee Cross	3,300	4.1
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.0
Total votes			80,041	100.0
	Republican hold

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia Bates (incumbent)	64,271	67.6
	Democratic	Kathleen Calzada	27,104	28.5
	Libertarian	Bob Vondruska	3,721	3.9
Invalid or blank votes			3,000	3.1
Total votes			98,096	100.0
	Republican hold

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Wyland (incumbent)	66,276	61.0
	Democratic	John Herrera	36,315	33.3
	Libertarian	Kristi Stone	6,203	5.7
Invalid or blank votes			9,294	7.9
Total votes			118,088	100.0
	Republican hold

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George A. Plescia	64,452	58.6
	Democratic	Connie Witt	42,557	38.6
	Libertarian	Richard J. Senecal	3,147	2.8
Invalid or blank votes			11,153	9.2
Total votes			121,309	100.0
	Republican hold

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kehoe (incumbent)	63,682	62.4
	Republican	Bob Divine	34,872	34.1
	Libertarian	Sarah N. Baker	3,580	3.5
Invalid or blank votes			6,159	5.7
Total votes			108,293	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay La Suer (incumbent)	70,315	66.5
	Democratic	Sarah Lowery	30,270	28.6
	Libertarian	Virgil (Randy) Hall II	5,247	4.9
Invalid or blank votes			9,200	8.0
Total votes			115,032	100.0
	Republican hold

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley Horton	45,826	49.4
	Democratic	Vincent Hall	44,247	47.6
	Libertarian	Mark Menanno	2,819	3.0
Invalid or blank votes			5,429	5.5
Total votes			98,321	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (incumbent)	37,479	65.9
	Republican	Mark W. Fast	17,195	30.2
	Libertarian	Joshua Castro	2,268	3.9
Invalid or blank votes			3,388	5.6
Total votes			60,330	100.0
	Democratic hold

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonnie Garcia	36,254	51.8
	Democratic	Joey Acuna, Jr.	33,757	48.2
Invalid or blank votes			2,175	3.0
Total votes			72,186	100.0
	Republican hold

References

^ Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings". The Cook Political Report: 149–150. doi:10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

[:0-1] Jacobson, Louis (October 4, 2002). "2002 State Legislature Ratings". The Cook Political Report: 149–150. doi:10.7910/DVN/EH6LU0. Archived from the original on August 24, 2020 – via Harvard Dataverse.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2008. Retrieved March 19, 2008.}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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