2002 California State Assembly election

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.

2002 California State Assembly election

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All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Herb Wesson Dave Cox Party Democratic Republican Last election 50 30 Seats won 48 32 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 3,686,124 3,018,783 Percentage 53.41% 43.74%
Election results by district
Speaker before election Herb Wesson Democratic Elected Speaker Herb Wesson Democratic

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	—

48	32
Democratic	Republican

Results

Final results from the California Secretary of State:^[1]

District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patty Berg	59,112	49.61
	Republican	Robert K. "Bob" Brown	49,215	41.31
	Green	Doug Riley Thron	10,817	9.08
Invalid or blank votes			6,906	5.48
Total votes			126,050	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug LaMalfa	78,471	67.24
	Democratic	Doug Kinyon	34,275	29.37
	Libertarian	Pete Bret	3,962	3.39
Invalid or blank votes			8,414	6.72
Total votes			125,122	100.00
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Keene	72,203	61.27
	Democratic	Stuart Randall King	40,087	34.01
	Libertarian	Jon Petersen	5,562	4.72
Invalid or blank votes			2,863	2.37
Total votes			120,715	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tim Leslie (incumbent)	84,301	66.28
	Democratic	Scott Warren	42,884	33.72
Invalid or blank votes			9,295	6.81
Total votes			136,480	100.00
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cox (incumbent)	76,694	64.83
	Democratic	Eric Ulis	36,432	30.80
	Libertarian	Roberto Liebman	5,174	4.37
Invalid or blank votes			502	0.42
Total votes			118,802	100.00
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Nation (incumbent)	83,214	68.98
	Republican	Kenneth Hitt	32,676	27.09
	Libertarian	Richard Olmstead	4,750	3.94
Invalid or blank votes			9,622	7.39
Total votes			130,262	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pat Wiggins (incumbent)	71,463	75.99
	Libertarian	David J. Kozlowski	22,585	24.01
Invalid or blank votes			15,926	14.48
Total votes			109,974	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Wolk	57,360	57.45
	Republican	John R. Munn	41,482	42.55
Invalid or blank votes			5,207	4.96
Total votes			105,049	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darrell Steinberg	57,610	70.19
	Republican	David A. Pegos	21,242	25.88
	Libertarian	Douglas M. Poston	3,230	3.94
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			82,082	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alan Nakanishi	69,470	60.17
	Democratic	Katherine E. Maestas	45,977	39.83
Invalid or blank votes			4,087	3.42
Total votes			119,534	100.00
	Republican hold

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Cancimalla (incumbent)	60,067	64.91
	Republican	Jan Leslie Denny	28,837	31.16
	Libertarian	Frank Manske	3,633	3.93
Invalid or blank votes			6,809	6.85
Total votes			99,346	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Leland Yee	71,879	77.75
	Republican	Howard Epstein	14,621	15.82
	Libertarian	Michael Denny	5,950	6.44
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			92,450	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Leno	89,832	81.50
	Republican	Gail E. Neira	15,264	13.85
	Libertarian	Christopher R. Maden	5,130	4.65
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			110,226	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loni Hancock	100,017	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			38,671	27.88
Total votes			138,688	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Guy Houston	71,345	53.58
	Democratic	Donna Gerber	61,813	46.42
Invalid or blank votes			5,330	3.85
Total votes			138,488	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilma Chan (incumbent)	77,042	84.26
	Republican	George J. Nugent	11,549	12.63
	Libertarian	Richard E. Armstrong	2,948	3.22
Invalid or blank votes			7,902	7.95
Total votes			99,441	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara S. Matthews (incumbent)	41,997	56.39
	Republican	Brian McCabe	32,474	43.61
Invalid or blank votes			4,123	5.25
Total votes			78,594	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen M. Corbett (incumbent)	60,025	71.56
	Republican	Jack Hovingh	23,851	28.44
Invalid or blank votes			7,280	7.99
Total votes			91,156	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gene Mullin	61,423	62.63
	Republican	David Kawas	25,080	25.57
	Green	Jo Chamberlain	9,745	9.94
	Libertarian	Robert Giedt	1,819	1.85
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			98,067	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John A. Dutra (incumbent)	53,000	66.60
	Republican	Daniel L. Dow	22,936	28.82
	Libertarian	Keith Lyon	3,638	4.57
Invalid or blank votes			6,853	7.93
Total votes			86,427	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Simitian (incumbent)	71,110	60.53
	Republican	James A. Russell	42,164	35.89
	Libertarian	Raymond M. Bell, Jr.	4,210	3.58
Invalid or blank votes			6,201	5.01
Total votes			123,685	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sally Lieber	48,144	58.39
	Republican	Stan Kawczynski	30,331	36.79
	Libertarian	Kennita Watson	3,972	4.82
Invalid or blank votes			7,833	8.68
Total votes			90,280	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manny Diaz (incumbent)	42,428	81.55
	Green	Warner S. Bloomberg III	9,598	18.45
Invalid or blank votes			8,220	13.64
Total votes			60,246	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Cohn	69,787	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			37,411	34.90
Total votes			107,198	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dave Cogdill (incumbent)	66,262	62.00
	Democratic	E. Denise Smith	40,611	38.00
Invalid or blank votes			7,380	6.46
Total votes			114,253	100.00
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Greg Aghazarian	47,561	57.39
	Democratic	Tom Hallinan	35,307	42.61
Invalid or blank votes			7,019	7.81
Total votes			89,887	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Laird	76,044	61.20
	Republican	Charles Clayton Carter	43,892	35.33
	Libertarian	Gordon Donald Sachtjen	4,209	3.39
Invalid or blank votes			5,525	4.26
Total votes			129,770	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Simon Salinas (incumbent)	41,964	61.02
	Republican	Jane Howard	26,812	38.98
Invalid or blank votes			4,504	6.15
Total votes			73,280	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Samuelian	60,894	60.81
	Democratic	Richard Martinez, Jr.	35,754	35.71
	Libertarian	Jonathan Zwickel	3,485	3.48
Invalid or blank votes			6,967	6.51
Total votes			107,100	100.00
	Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Parra	26,203	50.18
	Republican	Dean Gardner	26,016	49.82
Invalid or blank votes			901	1.70
Total votes			53,120	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Reyes (incumbent)	39,727	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			15,931	28.62
Total votes			55,658	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin McCarthy	77,227	75.83
	Democratic	Michael A. Shea, III	24,613	24.17
Invalid or blank votes			32	0.03
Total votes			101,872	100.00
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Abel Maldonado (incumbent)	76,237	63.05
	Democratic	Laurence D. Houlgate	44,678	36.95
Invalid or blank votes			2,550	2.07
Total votes			123,465	100.00
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Maze	47,176	65.38
	Democratic	Virginia R. Gurrola	24,986	34.62
Invalid or blank votes			2,533	3.39
Total votes			74,695	100.00
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hannah-Beth Jackson (inc.)	71,600	62.22
	Republican	Bob Pohl	36,670	31.86
	Reform	Cary Savitch	3,806	3.31
	Libertarian	Craig Warren Thomas	3,004	2.61
Invalid or blank votes			2,799	2.37
Total votes			117,879	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sharon Runner	46,155	63.92
	Democratic	Robert Davenport	26,056	36.08
Invalid or blank votes			4,344	5.67
Total votes			76,555	100.00
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tony Strickland (incumbent)	74,785	63.10
	Democratic	Bruce James Thomas, Jr.	43,739	36.90
Invalid or blank votes			5,771	4.64
Total votes			124,295	100.00
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Keith Richman (incumbent)	64,340	60.82
	Democratic	Paula L. Calderon	37,376	35.33
	Libertarian	Karl Lembke	4,074	3.85
Invalid or blank votes			8,216	7.21
Total votes			114,006	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cindy Montañez	36,175	76.08
	Republican	Ely De La Cruz Ayao	11,371	23.92
Invalid or blank votes			4,834	9.23
Total votes			52,380	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lloyd E. Levine	43,800	56.45
	Republican	Connie Friedman	33,797	43.55
Invalid or blank votes			8,269	9.63
Total votes			85,866	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fran Pavley (incumbent)	71,036	61.39
	Republican	Michael J. Wissot	40,478	34.98
	Libertarian	Brian "Max" Kelly	4,206	3.63
Invalid or blank votes			8,358	6.74
Total votes			124,078	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Koretz (incumbent)	83,025	74.29
	Republican	Jeffrey A. Bissiri	28,737	25.71
Invalid or blank votes			10,264	8.41
Total votes			122,026	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dario Frommer (incumbent)	46,052	60.90
	Republican	Ingrid Geyer	26,381	34.89
	Libertarian	Sandor J. Woren	3,181	4.21
Invalid or blank votes			5,736	7.04
Total votes			81,450	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Liu (incumbent)	60,025	60.12
	Republican	Dan O'Connell	36,839	36.90
	Libertarian	Bob New	2,976	2.98
Invalid or blank votes			5,466	5.19
Total votes			105,306	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jackie Goldberg (incumbent)	39,952	85.58
	Libertarian	Judy Chau Phuong Cook	6,731	14.42
Invalid or blank votes			6,289	11.87
Total votes			52,972	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fabian Núñez	27,041	86.33
	Republican	Manuel "Manny" Aldana, Jr.	4,283	13.67
Invalid or blank votes			3,463	9.95
Total votes			34,787	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Herb Wesson (incumbent)	72,063	81.82
	Republican	Jonathan Leonard	13,287	15.09
	Libertarian	Keith Clemens	2,729	3.10
Invalid or blank votes			7,519	7.87
Total votes			95,598	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark Ridley-Thomas	40,890	87.59
	Republican	Gerard Toussaint Robinson	4,389	9.40
	Libertarian	Nolayan O. Herdegen	1,407	3.01
Invalid or blank votes			4,386	8.59
Total votes			51,072	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Judy Chu (incumbent)	37,396	67.10
	Republican	George C. Shen	18,333	32.90
Invalid or blank votes			4,803	7.93
Total votes			60,532	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marco Antonio Firebaugh (inc.)	30,985	73.11
	Republican	Gladys O. Miller	11,397	26.89
Invalid or blank votes			3,964	8.55
Total votes			46,346	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerome Horton (incumbent)	49,718	100.00
Invalid or blank votes			19,910	28.59
Total votes			69,628	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mervyn M. Dymally	35,883	89.52
	Republican	Mark Anthony Iles	4,201	10.48
Invalid or blank votes			3,380	7.78
Total votes			43,464	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Nakano (incumbent)	68,412	61.29
	Republican	Linda P. Wilson	43,212	38.71
Invalid or blank votes			6,254	5.31
Total votes			117,878	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alan Lowenthal (incumbent)	59,106	60.06
	Republican	Cesar N. Castellanos	39,310	39.94
Invalid or blank votes			5,873	5.63
Total votes			104,289	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jenny Oropeza (incumbent)	47,874	80.48
	Libertarian	Guy Wilson	11,614	19.52
Invalid or blank votes			8,816	12.91
Total votes			68,304	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rudy Bermudez	39,032	61.49
	Republican	John Brantuk	24,440	38.51
Invalid or blank votes			3,991	5.92
Total votes			67,463	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ed Chavez (incumbent)	39,092	64.99
	Republican	Anne M. Moll	19,552	32.50
	Libertarian	Leland Thomas Faegre	1,510	2.51
Invalid or blank votes			3,870	6.04
Total votes			64,024	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ronald S. Calderon	44,607	63.41
	Republican	Dave Butler	25,739	36.59
Invalid or blank votes			5,520	7.28
Total votes			75,866	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dennis L. Mountjoy (incumbent)	65,183	71.69
	Democratic	Patrick D. Smith	25,739	28.31
Invalid or blank votes			7,761	7.86
Total votes			98,683	100.00
	Republican hold

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Pacheco (incumbent)	61,560	68.98
	Democratic	Adrian Lincoln Martinez	27,684	31.02
Invalid or blank votes			3,829	4.11
Total votes			93,073	100.00
	Republican hold

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gloria Negrete McLeod	30,953	62.44
	Republican	Matthew Munson	18,619	37.56
Invalid or blank votes			3,955	7.39
Total votes			53,527	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Longville (incumbent)	28,731	69.27
	Republican	G. Edward Scott	12,748	30.73
Invalid or blank votes			3,633	8.05
Total votes			45,112	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Robert Dutton	49,440	60.91
	Democratic	Doris Wallace	31,727	39.09
Invalid or blank votes			7,650	8.61
Total votes			88,817	100.00
	Republican hold

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John J. Benoit	55,351	63.28
	Democratic	Robert Melsh	32,118	36.72
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			87,469	100.00
	Republican hold

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Russ Bogh (incumbent)	56,575	63.34
	Democratic	Darrel R. Scholes	32,740	36.66
Invalid or blank votes			2,555	2.78
Total votes			91,870	100.00
	Republican hold

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ray Haynes (incumbent)	55,161	68.03
	Democratic	David G. Brostrom	25,917	31.97
Invalid or blank votes			2,246	2.70
Total votes			83,324	100.00
	Republican hold

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Harman (incumbent)	68,303	68.79
	Democratic	William R. "Bill" Orton	30,988	31.21
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			99,291	100.00
	Republican hold

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Maddox (incumbent)	50,077	65.09
	Democratic	Al Snook	23,149	30.09
	Libertarian	Douglas J. Scribner	3,706	4.82
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			76,932	100.00
	Republican hold

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lou Correa (incumbent)	24,894	65.30
	Republican	Reuben Ross	13,228	34.70
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			38,122	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Campbell (incumbent)	72,463	66.84
	Democratic	John Kane	32,822	30.27
	Libertarian	Paul L. Studier	3,135	2.89
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			108,420	100.00
	Republican hold

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Todd Spitzer	69,039	72.99
	Democratic	Bea Foster	25,546	27.01
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			94,585	100.00
	Republican hold

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lynn Daucher (incumbent)	51,845	67.80
	Democratic	G. Nanjundappa	21,473	28.08
	Libertarian	Brian Lee Cross	3,147	4.12
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			76,465	100.00
	Republican hold

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Patricia Bates (incumbent)	60,549	67.22
	Democratic	Kathleen Calzada	25,955	28.82
	Libertarian	Bob Vondruska	3,570	3.96
Invalid or blank votes			3,000	3.22
Total votes			93,074	100.00
	Republican hold

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mark Wyland (incumbent)	66,111	60.91
	Democratic	John Herrera	36,233	33.38
	Libertarian	Kristi Stone	6,188	5.70
Invalid or blank votes			9,294	7.89
Total votes			117,826	100.00
	Republican hold

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George A. Plescia	64,306	58.50
	Democratic	Connie Witt	42,485	38.65
	Libertarian	Richard J. Senecal	3,139	2.86
Invalid or blank votes			11,153	9.21
Total votes			121,083	100.00
	Republican hold

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Christine Kehoe (incumbent)	63,590	62.36
	Republican	Bob Divine	34,805	34.13
	Libertarian	Sarah N. Baker	3,576	3.51
Invalid or blank votes			6,159	5.70
Total votes			108,130	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay La Suer (incumbent)	70,191	66.44
	Democratic	Sarah Lowery	30,221	28.61
	Libertarian	Virgil (Randy) Hall II	5,235	4.96
Invalid or blank votes			9,200	8.01
Total votes			114,847	100.00
	Republican hold

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Shirley Horton	45,844	49.36
	Democratic	Vincent Hall	44,215	47.60
	Libertarian	Mark Menanno	2,823	3.04
Invalid or blank votes			5,429	5.52
Total votes			98,311	100.00
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Vargas (incumbent)	37,387	65.82
	Republican	Mark W. Fast	17,152	30.20
	Libertarian	Joshua Castro	2,264	3.99
Invalid or blank votes			3,388	5.63
Total votes			60,191	100.00
	Democratic hold

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bonnie Garcia	36,254	51.78
	Democratic	Joey Acuna, Jr.	33,757	48.22
Invalid or blank votes			2,175	3.01
Total votes			72,186	100.00
	Republican hold

See also

• California State Senate
• California State Senate elections, 2002
• California State Assembly Districts
• California state elections, 2002
• Districts in California
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states

References

1. (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

External links

• California Legislative District Maps (1911-Present)