The 2002 California Insurance Commissioner election occurred on November 5, 2002. The primary elections took place on March 5, 2002. Former Deputy Secretary of the Interior John Garamendi, the Democratic nominee, defeated Corporations Commissioner Gary Mendoza, the Republican nominee, for the office previously held by Harry W. Low.<sup>https://web.archive.org/web/20080731044355/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2002_primary/ic.pdf</sup>
A bar graph of statewide results in this contest are available at https://web.archive.org/web/20080905210236/http://primary2002.ss.ca.gov/Returns/ins/00.htm.
Results by county are available here and here.
Results from the Secretary of State of California: