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2002Final results

2002 election for California Assembly District 47

California State Assembly · California

Herb Wesson (D) won with 81.8% of the vote, defeating Jonathan Leonard (R) by 66.8 points.

Herb WessonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
81.8%72,792
15.1%13,395
Keith ClemensLibertarian
3.1%2,757
88,944 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2002

Races before and after

EvenD+63.71996D+70.81998D+70.02000D+66.82002D+66.12004D+69.72006

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Herb Wesson (D)Jonathan Leonard (R)

Also on the ballot: Keith Clemens (Libertarian), 3.1%