2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California

The United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2002 were elections for California's delegation to the United States House of Representatives, which occurred as part of the general election of the House of Representatives on November 5, 2002. California gained 1 seat because of Congressional apportionment following the 2000 census, which Republicans won. Democrats gained the open 39th district. In the 18th district, Democrat Gary Condit, under fire from the Chandra Levy scandal, lost in the primary to his former chief of staff, Dennis Cardoza.

2002 United States House of Representatives elections in California

November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)
All 53 California seats to the United States House of Representatives
Majority party Minority party   Party Democratic Republican Last election 32 20 Seats won 33 20 Seat change 1 Popular vote 3,731,081 3,284,120 Percentage 51.28% 45.14% Swing 0.51% 2.54%
Democratic   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Republican   40–50%   50–60%   60–70%   70–80% Winners   Democratic hold   Republican hold   Republican gain

Overview

United States House of Representatives elections in California, 2002
Party		Votes	%	Before	After	+/–
	Democratic	3,731,081	51.28%	32	33	+1
	Republican	3,284,120	45.14%	20	20	0
	Libertarian	219,118	3.01%	0	0	0
	Green	20,674	0.28%	0	0	0
	American Independent	9,325	0.13%	0	0	0
	Natural Law	4,860	0.07%	0	0	0
	Reform	4,726	0.06%	0	0	0
	Write-ins	2,002	0.03%	0	0	0
Invalid or blank votes		484,381	6.20%	—	—	—
Totals		7,760,287	100.00%	52	53	+1

Results

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

District 1

California's 1st congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Thompson (incumbent)	118,669	64.07
	Republican	Lawrence R. Wiesner	60,013	32.40
	Libertarian	Kevin Bastian	6,534	3.53
Invalid or blank votes			7,178	3.73
Total votes			192,236	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Wally Herger (incumbent)	117,747	65.79
	Democratic	Mike Johnson	52,455	29.31
	Peace and Freedom	Joshua Brown	16,281	8.93
Total votes			186,483	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Doug Ose (incumbent)	121,732	62.45
	Democratic	Howard Beeman	67,136	34.44
	Libertarian	Douglas Arthur Tuma	6,050	3.10
Invalid or blank votes			2,052	1.04
Total votes			196,970	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Doolittle (incumbent)	147,997	64.77
	Democratic	Mark A. Norberg	72,860	31.89
	Libertarian	Allen M. Roberts	7,247	3.17
	No party	Bill Kirby (write-in)	401	0.18
	No party	Phillip James Parisius (write-in)	1	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			7,518	3.19
Total votes			236,024	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Matsui (incumbent)	92,726	70.47
	Republican	Richard Frankhuizen	34,749	26.41
	Libertarian	Timothy E. Roloff	4,103	3.12
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			131,578	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 6

California's 6th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lynn Woolsey (incumbent)	139,750	66.69
	Republican	Paul L. Erickson	62,052	29.61
	Libertarian	Richard O. Barton	4,936	2.36
	Reform	Jeff Rainforth	2,825	1.35
Invalid or blank votes			7,890	3.63
Total votes			217,453	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Miller (incumbent)	97,849	70.71
	Republican	Charles R. Hargrave	36,584	26.44
	Libertarian	Scott A. Wilson	3,943	2.85
Invalid or blank votes			7,463	5.12
Total votes			145,839	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Pelosi (incumbent)	127,684	79.58
	Republican	G. Michael German	20,063	12.50
	Green	Jay Pond	10,033	6.25
	Libertarian	Ira Spivack	2,659	1.66
	No party	Deborah Liatos (write-in)	2	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			160,441	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Barbara Lee (incumbent)	135,893	81.41
	Republican	Jerald Udinsky	25,333	15.18
	Libertarian	James M. Eyer	5,685	3.41
	No party	Hector Reyna (write-in)	6	0.00
Invalid or blank votes			9,935	5.62
Total votes			176,852	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ellen Tauscher (incumbent)	126,390	75.59
	Libertarian	Sonia E. Alonso Harden	40,807	24.41
Invalid or blank votes			24,148	12.62
Total votes			191,345	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Pombo (incumbent)	104,921	60.31
	Democratic	Elaine Shaw	69,035	39.69
Invalid or blank votes			103,414	37.28
Total votes			277,370	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 12

California's 12th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Lantos (incumbent)	105,597	68.13
	Republican	Michael J. Moloney	38,381	24.76
	Libertarian	Maad Abu-Ghazalah	11,006	7.10
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			154,984	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pete Stark (incumbent)	86,495	71.06
	Republican	Syed R. Mahmood	26,852	22.06
	Libertarian	Mark W. Stroberg	3,703	3.04
	American Independent	Don J. Grundmann	2,772	2.28
	Reform	John J. Bambey	1,901	1.56
Invalid or blank votes			8,191	5.55
Total votes			147,561	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Eshoo (incumbent)	117,055	68.18
	Republican	Joe Nixon	48,346	28.16
	Libertarian	Andrew B. Carver	6,277	3.66
Invalid or blank votes			43,430	20.19
Total votes			215,108	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Honda (incumbent)	87,482	65.77
	Republican	Linda Rae Hermann	41,251	31.01
	Libertarian	Jeff Landauer	4,289	3.22
Invalid or blank votes			9,231	6.49
Total votes			142,253	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 16

California's 16th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Zoe Lofgren (incumbent)	72,370	67.02
	Republican	Douglas Adams McNea	32,182	29.80
	Libertarian	Dennis Michael Umphress	3,434	3.18
Invalid or blank votes			8,357	7.18
Total votes			116,353	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sam Farr (incumbent)	101,632	68.07
	Republican	Clint Engler	40,334	27.02
	Green	Ray Glock-Grueneich	4,885	3.27
	Libertarian	Jascha Lee	2,418	1.62
	No party	Alan Shugart (write-in)	27	0.02
Invalid or blank votes			5,967	3.84
Total votes			155,263	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Cardoza	56,181	51.26
	Republican	Dick Monteith	47,528	43.37
	American Independent	Kevin H. Cripe	3,641	3.32
	Libertarian	Linda De Groat	2,194	2.00
	No party	Donna Crowder (write-in)	49	0.04
Invalid or blank votes			4,879	4.26
Total votes			114,472	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	George Radanovich (incumbent)	106,209	67.31
	Democratic	John Veen	47,403	30.04
	Libertarian	Patrick Lee McHargue	4,190	2.66
Invalid or blank votes			8,296	4.99
Total votes			166,098	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 20

California's 20th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cal Dooley (incumbent)	47,627	63.70
	Republican	Andre Minuth	25,628	34.28
	Libertarian	Varrin Swearingen	1,515	2.03
Invalid or blank votes			1,796	2.35
Total votes			76,566	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Devin Nunes	87,544	70.49
	Democratic	David G. LaPere	32,584	26.24
	Libertarian	Jonathan Richter	4,070	3.28
Invalid or blank votes			5,223	4.04
Total votes			129,421	100.00
Turnout
	Republican win (new seat)

District 22

California's 22nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Thomas (incumbent)	120,473	73.33
	Democratic	Jaime A. Corvera	38,988	23.73
	Libertarian	Frank Coates	4,824	2.94
Invalid or blank votes			2,495	1.50
Total votes			166,780	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 23

California's 23rd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lois Capps (incumbent)	95,752	59.03
	Republican	Beth Rogers	62,604	38.59
	Libertarian	James E. Hill	3,866	2.38
Invalid or blank votes			2,415	1.47
Total votes			164,637	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Elton Gallegly (incumbent)	120,585	65.18
	Democratic	Fern Rudin	58,755	31.76
	Libertarian	Gary Harber	5,666	3.06
Invalid or blank votes			7,819	4.05
Total votes			192,825	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 25

California's 25th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Howard McKeon (incumbent)	80,775	64.97
	Democratic	Bob Conaway	38,674	31.10
	Libertarian	Frank M. Consolo, Jr.	4,887	3.93
Invalid or blank votes			6,105	4.68
Total votes			130,441	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Dreier (incumbent)	95,360	63.77
	Democratic	Marjorie Musser Mikels	50,081	33.49
	Libertarian	Randall Weissbuch	4,089	2.73
Invalid or blank votes			9,816	6.16
Total votes			159,346	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Sherman (incumbent)	79,815	61.96
	Republican	Robert M. Levy	48,996	38.04
Invalid or blank votes			10,561	7.58
Total votes			139,372	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Howard Berman (incumbent)	73,771	71.40
	Republican	David R. Hernandez, Jr.	23,926	23.16
	Libertarian	Kelley L. Ross	5,629	5.45
Invalid or blank votes			7,947	7.14
Total votes			111,273	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Adam Schiff (incumbent)	76,036	62.56
	Republican	Jim Scileppi	40,616	33.42
	Libertarian	Ted Brown	4,889	4.02
Invalid or blank votes			8,774	6.73
Total votes			130,315	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 30

California's 30th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Henry Waxman (incumbent)	130,604	70.37
	Republican	Tony D. Goss	54,989	29.63
Invalid or blank votes			12,684	6.40
Total votes			198,277	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 31

California's 31st congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Xavier Becerra (incumbent)	54,569	81.15
	Republican	Luis Vega	12,674	18.85
Invalid or blank votes			5,635	7.73
Total votes			72,878	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hilda Solis (incumbent)	58,530	68.79
	Republican	Emma E. Fischbeck	23,366	27.46
	Libertarian	Michael "Mick" McGuire	3,183	3.74
Invalid or blank votes			5,580	6.15
Total votes			90,659	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 33

California's 33rd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Diane Watson (incumbent)	97,779	82.55
	Republican	Andrew Kim	16,699	14.10
	Libertarian	Charles Tate	3,971	3.35
Invalid or blank votes			7,726	6.12
Total votes			126,175	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 34

California's 34th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lucille Roybal-Allard (incumbent)	48,734	74.04
	Republican	Wayne Miller	17,090	25.96
Invalid or blank votes			5,663	7.92
Total votes			71,487	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 35

California's 35th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Maxine Waters (incumbent)	72,401	77.51
	Republican	Ross Moen	18,094	19.37
	American Independent	Gordon Michael Mego	2,912	3.12
Invalid or blank votes			5,724	5.77
Total votes			99,131	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Harman (incumbent)	88,198	61.35
	Republican	Stuart Johnson	50,328	35.01
	Libertarian	Mark McSpadden	5,225	3.63
Invalid or blank votes			7,647	5.05
Total votes			151,398	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 37

California's 37th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juanita Millender-McDonald (inc.)	63,445	72.92
	Republican	Oscar A. Velasco	20,154	23.16
	Libertarian	Herb Peters	3,413	3.92
Invalid or blank votes			6,412	6.86
Total votes			93,424	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 38

California's 38th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Grace Napolitano (incumbent)	62,600	71.11
	Republican	Alex A. Burrola	23,126	26.27
	Libertarian	Al Cuperus	2,301	2.61
Invalid or blank votes			6,225	6.60
Total votes			94,252	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 39

California's 39th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Linda Sánchez	52,256	54.81
	Republican	Tim Escobar	38,925	40.82
	Libertarian	Richard G. Newhouse	4,165	4.37
Invalid or blank votes			5,625	5.57
Total votes			100,971	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 40

California's 40th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ed Royce (incumbent)	92,422	67.64
	Democratic	Christina Avalos	40,265	29.47
	Libertarian	Charles R. "Chuck" McGlawn	3,955	2.89
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			136,642	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 41

California's 41st congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jerry Lewis (incumbent)	91,326	67.38
	Democratic	Keith A. Johnson	40,155	29.63
	Libertarian	Kevin Craig	4,052	2.99
Invalid or blank votes			8,214	5.71
Total votes			143,747	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 42

California's 42nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Miller (incumbent)	98,476	67.80
	Democratic	Richard Waldron	42,090	28.98
	Libertarian	Donald Yee	4,680	3.22
Invalid or blank votes			3,507	2.36
Total votes			148,753	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 43

California's 43rd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Baca	45,374	66.39
	Republican	Wendy C. Neighbor	20,821	30.47
	Libertarian	Ethel M. Mohler	2,145	3.14
Invalid or blank votes			5,273	7.16
Total votes			73,613	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic win (new seat)

District 44

California's 44th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Calvert (incumbent)	76,686	63.66
	Democratic	Louis Vandenberg	38,021	31.56
	Green	Phillip Courtney	5,756	4.78
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			120,463	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 45

California's 45th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mary Bono (incumbent)	87,101	65.23
	Democratic	Elle K. Kurpiewski	43,692	32.72
	Libertarian	Rod Miller-Boyer	2,740	2.05
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			133,533	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 46

California's 46th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dana Rohrabacher (incumbent)	108,807	61.73
	Democratic	Gerrie Schipske	60,890	34.54
	Libertarian	Keith Gann	6,488	3.68
	No party	Thomas Lash (write-in)	80	0.05
Invalid or blank votes			3,310	1.84
Total votes			179,575	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 47

California's 47th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Loretta Sanchez (incumbent)	42,501	60.56
	Republican	Jeff Chavez	24,346	34.69
	Libertarian	Paul Marsden	2,944	4.20
	No party	Kenneth Valenzuela Fisher (write-in)	382	0.54
	No party	Michael J. Monge (write-in)	5	0.01
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			70,178	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Christopher Cox (incumbent)	122,884	68.44
	Democratic	John Graham	51,058	28.44
	Libertarian	Joe Michael Cobb	5,607	3.12
Invalid or blank votes			0	0.00
Total votes			179,549	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 49

California's 49th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Darrell Issa (incumbent)	94,594	77.22
	Libertarian	Karl W. Dietrich	26,891	21.95
	No party	Michael P. Byron (write-in)	1,012	0.83
Invalid or blank votes			13,345	9.82
Total votes			135,842	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 50

California's 50th congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duke Cunningham (incumbent)	111,095	64.33
	Democratic	Del G. Stewart	55,855	32.34
	Libertarian	Richard M. Fontanesi	5,751	3.33
Invalid or blank votes			14,568	7.78
Total votes			187,269	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 51

California's 51st congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Filner (incumbent)	59,541	57.93
	Republican	Maria Guadalupe Garcia	40,430	39.33
	Libertarian	Jeffrey S. Keup	2,816	2.74
Invalid or blank votes			7,763	7.02
Total votes			110,549	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Duncan Hunter (incumbent)	118,561	70.15
	Democratic	Peter Moore-Kochlacs	43,526	25.75
	Libertarian	Michael Benoit	6,923	4.10
Invalid or blank votes			12,916	7.10
Total votes			181,926	100.00
Turnout
	Republican hold

District 53

California's 53rd congressional district election, 2002

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Susan Davis (incumbent)	72,252	62.19
	Republican	Bill VanDeWeghe	43,891	37.78
	No party	Jim Dorenkott (write-in)	37	0.03
Invalid or blank votes			17,166	12.87
Total votes			133,346	100.00
Turnout
	Democratic hold

See also

• 108th United States Congress
• Political party strength in California
• Political party strength in U.S. states

References

• 2002 general election returns for United States Congress
• California elections page

External links

• California legislative district maps (1911-present)
• RAND California election returns: district definitions