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March 5, 2002 Election

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County Results as of March 14 6:53pm, 100.0% of Precincts Reporting (893/893)
30.8% Countywide Voter Turnout (190,528/617,690)

Statewide Results as of Apr 10 12:24pm, 100% of Precincts Reporting (22976/22976)
34.5% Statewide Voter Turnout (5,285,587/15,280,808)

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  • State Executive

    Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    • Bill Simon, Republican
      1,126,197 votes 49.5%
    • Richard J. Riordan, Republican
      713,233 votes 31.4%
    • Bill Jones, Republican
      386,346 votes 17%
    • Nick Jesson, Republican
      19,251 votes .8%
    • Edie Bukewihge, Republican
      14,413 votes .6%
    • Danney Ball, Republican
      13,134 votes .5%
    • Jim Dimov, Republican
      5,582 votes .2%

    Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Reinhold Gulke, American Independent
      26,233 votes 100%

    Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Governor; State of California)

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Cruz M. Bustamante, Democratic
      1,931,980 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Republican Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Jim King, American Independent
      25,206 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Green Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Kalee Przybylak, Natural Law
      4,130 votes 100%

    Lieutenant Governor; State of California; Reform Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Lieutenant Governor; State of California)

    Secretary of State; State of California; Democratic Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Republican Party

    • Keith Olberg, Republican
      1,223,393 votes 62.1%
    • Mike Schaefer, Republican
      408,189 votes 20.7%
    • Barbara Jean Marr, Republican
      340,995 votes 17.2%

    Secretary of State; State of California; American Independent Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Green Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Natural Law Party

    Secretary of State; State of California; Reform Party

    • Valli Sharpe-Geisler, Reform
      7,225 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, Reform, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Secretary of State; State of California)

    State Controller; State of California; Democratic Party

    State Controller; State of California; Republican Party

    • Tom McClintock, Republican
      945,706 votes 45.8%
    • Dean Andal, Republican
      733,486 votes 35.5%
    • W. Snow Hume, Republican
      194,370 votes 9.4%
    • Nancy Beecham, Republican
      194,136 votes 9.3%

    State Controller; State of California; American Independent Party

    State Controller; State of California; Green Party

    • Laura Wells, Green
      29,374 votes 84.2%
    • David Delano Blanco, Green
      5,550 votes 15.8%

    State Controller; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • J. Carlos Aguirre, Natural Law
      4,452 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Controller; State of California)

    State Treasurer; State of California; Democratic Party

    • Philip Angelides, Democratic
      1,879,813 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Republican Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Nathan E. Johnson, American Independent
      26,692 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Green Party

    State Treasurer; State of California; Libertarian Party

    • Marian Smithson, Libertarian
      19,172 votes 100%

    State Treasurer; State of California; Natural Law Party

    • Sylvia Valentine, Natural Law
      4,300 votes 100%

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Treasurer; State of California)

    Attorney General; State of California; Democratic Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Republican Party

    • Dick Ackerman, Republican
      1,831,813 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Diane Beall Templin, American Independent
      27,085 votes 100%

    Attorney General; State of California; Green Party

    Attorney General; State of California; Libertarian Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Attorney General; State of California)

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Democratic Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Republican Party

    • Gary Mendoza, Republican
      804,772 votes 41.8%
    • Stefan "Watchdog" Stitch, Republican
      702,479 votes 36.4%
    • Wes Bannister, Republican
      422,132 votes 21.8%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; American Independent Party

    • Steve Klein, American Independent
      27,066 votes 100%

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Green Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Libertarian Party

    Insurance Commissioner; State of California; Natural Law Party

    (Only American Independent, Democratic, Green, Libertarian, Natural Law, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Insurance Commissioner; State of California)

    State Board of Equalization

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 3; Democratic Party

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 3; Republican Party

    • Claude Parrish, Republican
      363,442 votes 64%
    • Steve Petruzzo, Republican
      161,355 votes 28.4%
    • Emad Bakeer, Republican
      43,343 votes 7.6%

    Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 3; Libertarian Party

    • J. R. Graham, Libertarian
      5,577 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Board of Equalization; District 3)

    US Congress

    United States Representative; District 41; Democratic Party

    • Keith A. Johnson, Democratic
      25,087 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 41; Republican Party

    • Jerry Lewis, Republican
      45,833 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 41; Libertarian Party

    • Kevin Craig, Libertarian
      340 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 41)

    United States Representative; District 44; Democratic Party

    • Louis Vandenberg, Democratic
      21,871 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 44; Republican Party

    • Ken Calvert, Republican
      30,967 votes 70.2%
    • Martin Collen, Republican
      11,106 votes 25.1%
    • Khalid Jafri, Republican
      2,087 votes 4.7%

    United States Representative; District 44; Green Party

    • Phill Courtney, Green
      240 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Green, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 44)

    United States Representative; District 45; Democratic Party

    • Elle K. Kurpiewski, Democratic
      24,395 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 45; Republican Party

    • Mary Bono, Republican
      42,716 votes 98.9%

    United States Representative; District 45; Libertarian Party

    • Rod Boyer, Libertarian
      206 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 45)

    United States Representative; District 49; Republican Party

    • Darrell Issa, Republican
      48,344 votes 100%

    United States Representative; District 49; Libertarian Party

    • Karl W. Dietrich, Libertarian
      385 votes 100%

    (Only Libertarian and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for United States Representative; District 49)

    State Senate

    State Senator; District 36; Democratic Party

    • Adrienne Westall, Democratic
      31,585 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 36; Republican Party

    • Dennis Hollingsworth, Republican
      48,576 votes 53.8%
    • Charlene Zettel, Republican
      41,852 votes 46.2%

    State Senator; District 36; Libertarian Party

    • Michael S. Metti, Libertarian
      651 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 36)

    State Senator; District 40; Democratic Party

    • Denise Moreno Ducheny, Democratic
      34,085 votes 100%

    State Senator; District 40; Republican Party

    State Senator; District 40; Libertarian Party

    • Felix Jeremiah Miranda, Libertarian
      200 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic, Libertarian, and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for State Senator; District 40)

    State Assembly

    Member; California State Assembly; District 63; Democratic Party

    • Doris Wallace, Democratic
      15,417 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 63; Republican Party

    • Bob Dutton, Republican
      12,436 votes 44.7%
    • Susan Peppler, Republican
      10,686 votes 38.3%
    • Sam Stavros, Republican
      4,756 votes 17%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 63)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 64; Democratic Party

    • Robert Melsh, Democratic
      9,316 votes 52.7%
    • Maria Padilla, Democratic
      8,387 votes 47.3%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 64; Republican Party

    • John J. Benoit, Republican
      17,661 votes 55.4%
    • Lou Monville, Republican
      14,234 votes 44.6%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 64)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 65; Democratic Party

    • Darrel R. Scholes, Democratic
      18,566 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 65; Republican Party

    • Russ Bogh, Republican
      31,107 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 65)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 66; Democratic Party

    • David G. Brostrom, Democratic
      11,599 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 66; Republican Party

    • Ray Haynes, Republican
      28,668 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 66)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 71; Democratic Party

    • Bea Foster, Democratic
      16,375 votes 100%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 71; Republican Party

    • Todd Spitzer, Republican
      43,173 votes 100%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 71)

    Member; California State Assembly; District 80; Democratic Party

    • Joey Acuna, Jr., Democratic
      15,502 votes 68.4%
    • Gregory S. Pettis, Democratic
      4,965 votes 21.8%
    • Ramon A. "Ray" Saucedo, Democratic
      2,229 votes 9.8%

    Member; California State Assembly; District 80; Republican Party

    • Bonnie Garcia, Republican
      11,915 votes 59.6%
    • John J. Pena, Republican
      5,081 votes 25.5%
    • Blake Miles, Republican
      2,071 votes 10.3%
    • Anna Nevenic, Republican
      928 votes 4.6%

    (Only Democratic and Republican party candidates are on the ballot for Member; California State Assembly; District 80)

    Party Committee

    Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 64 (6 Elected)

    • Diana L. Orchard
      11,583 votes 16.13%
    • David Lara-Tellez
      9,463 votes 13.18%
    • Gregg Figgins
      9,461 votes 13.18%
    • Harvey Kessler
      9,431 votes 13.14%
    • Clark McCartney
      9,387 votes 13.08%
    • Blake R. Williams
      7,845 votes 10.93%
    • Steve Bower
      7,668 votes 10.68%
    • B. Earl Daniels
      6,756 votes 9.41%
    • (51 Writein Votes 0.07%)

    Democratic Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 65 (6 Elected)

    • Bruce T. Petersen
      9,524 votes 15.25%
    • Nancy C. Gall
      9,024 votes 14.45%
    • Anita Hammerschlag
      8,235 votes 13.18%
    • Pelton Teague
      8,166 votes 13.07%
    • Doug Fox
      7,778 votes 12.45%
    • Darrel R. Scholes
      7,418 votes 11.88%
    • Dolores "Dolly" Rozzi
      7,260 votes 11.62%
    • Harold "hal" Spangenberg
      4,934 votes 7.90%
    • (21 Writein Votes 0.03%)

    Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 64 (6 Elected)

    • Gerald S. Burchell
      18,192 votes 14.72%
    • Don Donnelly
      15,723 votes 12.72%
    • Daniel Lindsey
      14,957 votes 12.10%
    • Shirley V. Peterson
      14,420 votes 11.67%
    • Joe Ludwig
      12,931 votes 10.46%
    • Tom Rogers
      12,336 votes 9.98%
    • Adele Harrison
      11,745 votes 9.50%
    • Joel H. Dingman
      10,110 votes 8.18%
    • Armando A. Paniagua
      6,713 votes 5.43%
    • Khalid Jafri
      6,248 votes 5.06%
    • (92 Writein Votes 0.07%)

    Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 65 (6 Elected)

    • Leonard Hollingsworth
      13,672 votes 14.84%
    • Pam Cassel
      13,574 votes 14.74%
    • Charlene T. Stover
      12,762 votes 13.86%
    • John Denver
      12,487 votes 13.56%
    • Lionel J. Bogut
      11,617 votes 12.61%
    • Dan Collins
      10,471 votes 11.37%
    • Vince Moreno
      8,809 votes 9.56%
    • Lori Moreno
      8,604 votes 9.34%
    • (114 Writein Votes 0.12%)

    Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 66 (6 Elected)

    • Kevin D. Jeffries
      11,959 votes 15.73%
    • Dan Hollingsworth
      11,579 votes 15.23%
    • Andrew Lee Olivarez
      9,676 votes 12.73%
    • Trudy K. Thomas
      9,494 votes 12.49%
    • Kevin Pape
      9,028 votes 11.87%
    • Darrell L. Connerton
      8,914 votes 11.72%
    • Betty S. Hall
      7,816 votes 10.28%
    • W. C. Burrell, Jr.
      7,485 votes 9.84%
    • (32 Writein Votes 0.04%)

    Republican Party County Central Committee; County of Riverside; Assembly District 80 (6 Elected)

    • Pat Cross
      7,890 votes 14.12%
    • Renee E. White
      7,692 votes 13.76%
    • Nancy Stuart
      7,567 votes 13.54%
    • Bette L. Myers
      7,537 votes 13.49%
    • Valorie Ogburn
      7,495 votes 13.41%
    • Yvonne Parks
      7,120 votes 12.74%
    • Don Genhart
      4,212 votes 7.54%
    • Myra Goldwater
      3,209 votes 5.74%
    • Frances Lee Johnson
      3,073 votes 5.50%
    • (40 Writein Votes 0.07%)

    Green Party County Council; County of Riverside (7 Elected)

    • Dan Kitchell
      330 votes 15.82%
    • Patrick K. McGaugh
      329 votes 15.77%
    • Emily Dale
      307 votes 14.72%
    • Chuck Reutter
      267 votes 12.80%
    • Britt Holmstrom
      256 votes 12.27%
    • William Paul Thomas
      253 votes 12.13%
    • Gordon Ascensio
      185 votes 8.87%
    • Gordon White
      146 votes 7.00%
    • (13 Writein Votes 0.62%)

    Judicial

    Judge of the Superior Court; County of Riverside; Office 1

    • Roger Luebs
      141,180 votes 99.47%
    • (754 Writein Votes 0.53%)

    School

    State Superintendent of Public Instruction; State of California

    County Superintendent of Schools; County of Riverside

    • David Long
      111,154 votes 69.00%
    • Kennedy Rocker
      49,687 votes 30.84%
    • (247 Writein Votes 0.15%)

    Member; Riverside Board of Education; Trustee Area 2

    • Lynne D. Craig
      7,904 votes 45.37%
    • Adam "doug" Huckaby
      6,832 votes 39.21%
    • Richard Brent Reed
      2,651 votes 15.22%
    • (36 Writein Votes 0.21%)

    County

    Supervisor; County of Riverside; Supervisorial District 2

    • John F. Tavaglione
      23,738 votes 98.98%
    • (244 Writein Votes 1.02%)

    Supervisor; County of Riverside; Supervisorial District 4

    • Roy Wilson
      32,664 votes 99.57%
    • (142 Writein Votes 0.43%)

    Supervisor; County of Riverside; Supervisorial District 5

    • Marion Ashley
      8,730 votes 32.61%
    • Steven D. Williams
      4,637 votes 17.32%
    • Charles White
      4,481 votes 16.74%
    • Bonnie Flickinger
      4,468 votes 16.69%
    • John Hunt
      4,410 votes 16.47%
    • (48 Writein Votes 0.18%)

    Assessor, County Clerk and Recorder; County of Riverside

    • Gary L. Orso
      145,549 votes 99.66%
    • (494 Writein Votes 0.34%)

    Auditor; County of Riverside

    • Robert Eugene Byrd
      61,473 votes 39.56%
    • Elizabeth Scott Donnelly
      51,986 votes 33.46%
    • Teri Ferro
      41,708 votes 26.84%
    • (207 Writein Votes 0.13%)

    District Attorney; County of Riverside

    • Grover Trask
      99,927 votes 62.57%
    • Brian Jan Sussman
      59,561 votes 37.30%
    • (212 Writein Votes 0.13%)

    Sheriff, Coroner and Public Administrator; County of Riverside

    • Bob Doyle
      105,573 votes 65.71%
    • Michael Crichton
      54,875 votes 34.16%
    • (209 Writein Votes 0.13%)

    Treasurer and Tax Collector; County of Riverside

    • Paul McDonnell

    State Propositions

    Proposition 40 The California Clean Water, Clean Air, Safe Neighborhood Parks, and Coastal Protection Act of 2002
    2,769,178 / 56.9% Yes votes ...... 2,101,516 / 43.1% No votes
    Should the state borrow two billion six hundred million dollars ($2,600,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds for development, restoration, and acquisition of state and local parks, recreation areas and historical resources, and for land, air, and water conservation programs?

    Proposition 41 Voting Modernization Bond Act of 2002
    2,474,372 / 51.6% Yes votes ...... 2,325,348 / 48.4% No votes
    Should the state borrow $200 million ($200,000,000) through the sale of general obligation bonds to assist counties in the purchase of updated voting systems?

    Proposition 42 Transportation Congestion Improvement Act
    3,345,877 / 69.1% Yes votes ...... 1,499,475 / 30.9% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require gasoline and diesel fuel sales tax revenues be allocated for specified transportation purposes, including highways, streets and roads, and transit improvements?

    Proposition 43 Right to Have Vote Counted
    3,382,174 / 71.5% Yes votes ...... 1,346,926 / 28.5% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to require that every vote legally cast in an election be counted?

    Proposition 44 Chiropractors. Unprofessional Conduct
    3,758,718 / 79.8% Yes votes ...... 952,790 / 20.2% No votes
    Should the Chiropractic Act be amended to alter procedures and penalties in cases of various specified offenses, including insurance fraud?

    Proposition 45 Legislative Term Limits. Local Voter Petitions
    2,043,448 / 42.3% Yes votes ...... 2,782,039 / 57.7% No votes
    Should the California Constitution be amended to allow voters to submit petitions to permit their incumbent legislators to run for reelection and to serve for a maxiumum of four more years beyond their presently allowed terms?

    Local Measures

    Proposition B Fire & Paramedic Tax -- City of La Quinta
    2,666 / 66.47% Yes votes ...... 1,345 / 33.53% No votes
    Shall an ordinance be adopted to authorize the levy of a special tax on each eligible parcel in the City to fund fire protection and paramedic services?

    Proposition C Library Services Tax -- City of Riverside
    19,699 / 69.03% Yes votes ...... 8,836 / 30.97% No votes
    Shall the voters of the City of Riverside increase public library service hours and after school programs for children, and provide matching funds to establish the City of Riverside's eligibility for State of California Library Construction and Renovation Bond funds by authorizing the City of Riverside to establish a special tax within the City of Riverside in the amount of nineteen dollars ($19) per parcel for the duration of ten years only, with such revenues being lawfully restricted for library purposes only?

    Measure D Emergency Department Services -- San Gorgonio Memorial Health Care District
    5,683 / 68.71% Yes votes ...... 2,588 / 31.29% No votes
    To insure the continued operation and maintenance by the San Gorgonio Memorial Health Care District of an Emergency Department and its associated services on a 24-hour basis, shall the District impose an annual parcel tax of $38.00 per year per taxable parcel, with an annual cost of living increase based on the Consumer Price Index for ten years beginning July 1, 2002?

    Proposition E School Bonds -- Hemet Unified School District
    12,899 / 62.78% Yes votes ...... 7,648 / 37.22% No votes
    Shall the Hemet Unified School District: Reduce overcrowding and class size by building new classrooms/schools; Make the District eligible for State matching funds; Repair, upgrade, construct and require-educational facilities and school sites, including furnishings, equipment and safety improvements; by issuing $60 million of bonds for the above purposes, at interest rates within the legal limit, with oversight by a citizen's committee in accordance with applicable law?


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