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Parents > United States > California > Governor
OfficeGovernor
HonorificGovernor - Abbr: Gov.
Type General Election
Filing Deadline June 01, 2002 - 12:00am Central
Polls Open November 05, 2002 - 06:00am Central
Polls Close November 05, 2002 - 10:00pm Central
Term Start January 03, 2003 - 12:00pm
Term End November 17, 2003 - 12:00pm
Contributor411 Name Removed
Last ModifiedRBH September 02, 2016 08:36pm
Data Sources[Link]
Description
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyDemocratic Won11/03/1998
NameGray Davis Votes4,860,702 (57.97%)
Term01/03/1999 - 01/03/2003 Margin1,642,672 (+19.59%)
NEXT GENERAL ELECTION
  PartyRepublican Won10/07/2003
NameArnold Schwarzenegger Votes4,206,284 (48.58%)
Term11/17/2003 - 01/03/2007 Margin1,481,410 (+17.11%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - R Primary
Bill Simon
R 2,285,452
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - LBT Primary
Gary Copeland
LBT 19,311
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - AIP Primary
Reinhold "Ron" Gulke
AIP 26,269
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - G Primary
Peter M. Camejo
G 35,767
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - NLP Primary
Iris Adam
NLP 4,402
Mar 05, 2002 CA Governor - D Primary
Gray Davis
D 2,169,555
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Leaning Graph
08/10/2002 11/05/2002
CandidateSlightLeanStrongSafe
Gray Davis 5 14 12 3
Bill Simon 1 1 ----
Leaning Call: Gray Davis (96.43%)
Weighted Call: Gray Davis (100.00%)
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH
Poll Graph

12/01/2001 11/03/2002

CANDIDATES
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Name (I) Gov. Gray Davis Bill Simon Peter M. Camejo Gary Copeland Reinhold "Ron" Gulke Iris Adam (W) Rob Marinko
PartyDemocratic Republican Green Libertarian American Independent Natural Law Independent
Campaign Logo
Certified Votes 3,533,490 (47.26%) 3,169,801 (42.40%) 393,036 (5.26%) 161,203 (2.16%) 128,035 (1.71%) 88,415 (1.18%) 1,789 (0.02%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -363,689 (-4.86%) -3,140,454 (-42.01%) -3,372,287 (-45.11%) -3,405,455 (-45.55%) -3,445,075 (-46.08%) -3,531,701 (-47.24%)
Predict Avg.48.96% 38.95% 7.56% 2.24% 0.50% 1.27% 0.00%
Cash On Hand 12/1 $64,215,204.00 12/1 $33,572,204.00 12/1 $134,428.00 12/1 $1,000.00 $-- $-- $--
Website [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website] [Website]
Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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MATCHUP POLLS (25 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg41.10%-- 35.73%-- 7.04%-- 2.70%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Survey USA 
11/01/02-11/03/02		 45.00% 3.0 39.00% 2.0 8.00% -- 4.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Field Poll 
11/01/02-11/01/02		 55.00% -- 45.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/25/02-10/27/02		 48.00% 1.0 37.00% 1.0 8.00% 1.0 3.00% 1.0 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Los Angeles Times 
10/22/02-10/27/02		 45.00% -- 36.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Jan Van Lohuizen 
10/21/02-10/21/02		 34.20% -- 33.70% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/18/02-10/20/02		 47.00% 1.0 36.00% 3.0 9.00% -- 4.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
D Earvin "Magic" Johnson 🔗
R Hikikomori Blitzkrieg!
F Blue Republican
R TurnerforCongress
NDP BigZuck08
I E Pluribus Unum
LBT The Minarchist
IS Sesel
DS Bob Sacamano
LBR Old LW
D Ashley
D Jason
MFL The Oncoming Storm
Laf-W Craverguy
Veg Thomas Walker
D InspectorMorse
LBT Smart
R CincinnatiReds1990
LBT Gail K. Lightfoot
MORE CANDIDATES
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Name (W) James F Stewart (W) Jim Mallon (W) Nick Jesson (W) Anselmo A. Chávez (W) Debbie Jo Terzoli (W) Ferelene "Nan" Bailey (W) Will B King
PartyIndependent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent Independent
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Certified Votes 327 (0.00%) 55 (0.00%) 46 (0.00%) 37 (0.00%) 30 (0.00%) 28 (0.00%) 13 (0.00%)
Margin-3,533,163 (-47.26%) -3,533,435 (-47.26%) -3,533,444 (-47.26%) -3,533,453 (-47.26%) -3,533,460 (-47.26%) -3,533,462 (-47.26%) -3,533,477 (-47.26%)
Predict Avg.0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00%
Cash On Hand $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $-- $--
Website
Entry Date -- -- -- -- -- 06/01/2002 --
MATCHUP POLLS (25 from 10 pollsters)
Adj Poll Avg0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%-- 0.00%--
Survey USA 
11/01/02-11/03/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Field Poll 
11/01/02-11/01/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/25/02-10/27/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Los Angeles Times 
10/22/02-10/27/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Jan Van Lohuizen 
10/21/02-10/21/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
Survey USA 
10/18/02-10/20/02		 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% -- 0.00% --
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Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Oct 15, 2002 11:47am General Riordan Flattered, but Won't Mount a Write-in Campaign  Article RP 
Sep 18, 2002 07:38pm General Schwarzenegger Mulls Write-In Campaign  Article RP 
Sep 12, 2002 08:04pm General Fraud Verdict Against Simon's Firm Dismissed  Article RP 
Sep 06, 2002 08:20am General GOP Stalwart Attacks Simon  Article RP 
Sep 05, 2002 12:48pm General Riordan Could Beat Davis  Article RP 
Sep 05, 2002 12:46pm General Gray Davis Satire Site  Article RP 
Sep 04, 2002 04:35pm General Simon backs off on gay rights  Article RP 
Sep 01, 2002 06:36pm General Calif. Legislature Strikes Last Minute Budget Deal  Article RP 
Aug 28, 2002 10:46pm General Simon Signals Support for Gays  Article RP 
Aug 22, 2002 02:52pm General Price cut on Bush's fund-raiser for Simon  Article RP 
Aug 19, 2002 08:26pm General Simon Wins Hispanic Support  Article RP 
Aug 17, 2002 03:04pm General Simon's Campaign Continues to Fumble  Article RP 
Aug 15, 2002 11:08am General CA Gov. Candidate Reduces Staff  Article RP 
Aug 07, 2002 08:22pm General Simon sees Cheney only from afar  Article RP 

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