2002 California Secretary of State election

The 2002 California Secretary of State election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on June 4, 2002. State Assemblyman Kevin Shelley (D-San Francisco), the Democratic nominee, narrowly defeated the Republican, former State Assemblyman Keith Olberg (R-Hesperia). Shelley's victory gave Democrats complete control of state government for the first time since before the Civil War.

Primary results

Kevin Shelley, State Assemblyman
March Fong Eu, Former Secretary of State and Former US Ambassador to Micronesia
Michela Alioto, Former Aide to Al Gore, nominee for CA-01 in 1996 and Secretary of State in 1998
Carl Henley
Shawn Casey O'Brien

↑"CA Secretary of State – Statement of Vote – 2002 Primary Election"(PDF). Archived from the original(PDF) on May 29, 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
↑"Secretary of State"(PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 16, 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 31, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
↑"Registration and Participation"(PDF). Secretary of State of California. December 18, 2002. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 31, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.