2002Final results
2002 election for California Senate District 6
California State Senate · California
Deborah V. Ortiz (D) won with 70.7% of the vote, defeating Jason A. Sewell (Lib) by 44.7 points.
Deborah V. OrtizDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.7%122,126
Jason A. SewellLibertarian
26.0%44,972
Write-ins and other votesOther party
3.3%5,635
172,733 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
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET