2002 general · November 5, 2002
2002 California State Senate election results, district by district
Every California State Senate district in the 2002 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 40 seats
After the electionD 25 · R 15
Races20
Changed party0
Unopposed25%5 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 14 · R 6
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Wesley Chesbro (D) | 31.0 | |
| SD-4 | Samuel M. Aanestad (R) | 21.7 | |
| SD-6 | Deborah V. Ortiz (D) | 44.7 | |
| SD-8 | Jackie Speier (D) | 59.0 | |
| SD-10 | Liz Figueroa (D) | 37.1 | |
| SD-12 | Jeff Denham (R) | 1.2 | |
| SD-14 | Charles S. Poochigian (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-16 | Dean Florez (D) | 40.1 | |
| SD-18 | Roy Ashburn (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-20 | Richard Alarcon (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-22 | Gil Cedillo (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-24 | Gloria Romero (D) | 45.1 | |
| SD-26 | Kevin Murray (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-28 | Debra Bowen (D) | 26.8 | |
| SD-30 | Martha M. Escutia (D) | 34.2 | |
| SD-32 | Nell Soto (D) | 35.2 | |
| SD-34 | Joseph Dunn (D) | 23.9 | |
| SD-36 | Dennis Hollingsworth (R) | 45.1 | |
| SD-38 | Bill Morrow (R) | 36.1 | |
| SD-40 | Denise Moreno Ducheny (D) | 16.4 |
California State Senate
Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner