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2002Final results

2002 election for California Senate District 32

California State Senate · California

Nell Soto (D) won with 67.6% of the vote, defeating Ken Robertson (R) by 35.2 points.

Nell SotoDemocrat · winner
67.6%60,761
Ken RobertsonRepublican
32.4%29,101
89,862 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

EvenR+22.51990D+21.51994D+20.31998D+35.22002D+35.72010D+4.52014

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