Cedric Levon Richmond (born September 13, 1973) is an American politician in the Democratic Party who has been the U.S. Representative for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district since 2011.
 His district includes most of New Orleans.
 Since January 3, 2017, Richmond has served as Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Jaime Lynn Herrera Beutler (born November 3, 1978) is an American politician, who has served as the U.S. Representative for Washington 's 3 congressional district since January 2011.
 She is a member of the Republican Party, and is the second youngest female U.S. Representative.
 She is a former Senior Legislative Aide for U.S. Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Spokane) and a former state representative for the 18th Legislative District in Washington.
Jeffrey John Denham (born July 29, 1967) is an American politician, United States Air Force veteran, and businessman.
 A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative for California 's 10 congressional district .
 Denham first won election to the U.S. House in 2010, representing California 's 19 congressional district for one term before redistricting led him to run in the 10th district in 2012.
Brad Robert Wenstrup (born June 17, 1958) is an American politician, Army Reserve officer, and Doctor of Podiatric Medicine, who has been the U.S. Representative for Ohio 's 2 congressional district since 2013.
 A Republican, he defeated U.S. Representative Jean Schmidt in the 2012 Republican primary election and Democrat William R. Smith in the 2012 general election.
 Wenstrup is a colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and an Iraq War veteran.
 After the shooting of Congressman Steve Scalise on the morning of June 14, 2017, Wenstrup attended to the wounded congressman until he was transported to MedStar Washington Hospital Center.
John James Faso Jr. (born August 25, 1952) is an American politician and the U.S. Representative for New York 's 19 congressional district since January 3, 2017.
 He served as minority leader of the New York State Assembly from 1998 until 2002, representing the 102nd district from 1987 until 2002.
 A Republican, he gave up his seat in the Assembly to run for New York State Comptroller in 2002, losing to Alan Hevesi.
 In 2006, he made a run for Governor of New York, but was defeated by Democratic nominee Eliot Spitzer.
Elizabeth Holtzman (born August 11, 1941) is an American politician and former member of the United States House of Representatives.
 She was the first woman to hold office as the New York City Comptroller, and the District Attorney of Kings County, New York.
 A Democrat, she represented New York's 16th congressional district for four terms.
The 2002 election was held on November 5.
 New York City Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi defeated former Assembly Minority Leader John Faso.
John Chun Liu (born January 8, 1967) is a Taiwanese American politician in New York City, who previously served as the 43rd New York City Comptroller from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2013.
 He was also a candidate in the 2013 New York City mayoral election.
 Liu had served on the New York City Council representing District 20, and was elected to the City Council in 2001 to represent northeast Queens, then was re-elected in 2003 and 2005.
Andrew A. SanFilippo was the Comptroller of Buffalo, New York.
 He is a career employee of the comptroller's office, who was elected comptroller in 2003.
 He previously served as executive assistant to the comptroller and for two decades as the city's investment and debt management officer.
 After former City Comptroller Anthony Nanula resigned in 2003 to become deputy state comptroller, he became the acting city comptroller.
 After losing the Democratic Primary, he was elected as a Republican in the 2003 election.
 In January 2007, he applied to the New York State Legislature for appointment to an unexpired term as New York State Comptroller.
 He testified before the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, the Senate Finance Committee, the Comptroller Search Committee on Jan. 24, 2007.
 He was not on the list of three finalists selected by the search committee for consideration by the full Legislature.
The 2009 election for New York City Comptroller was held on November 3, 2009 to coincide with the 2009 mayoral election to determine who would serve as New York City Comptroller.
 The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on September 15, 2009.
 There was a run-off election for the Democratic Party nomination on September 29, 2009.

Question: The 2002 election was held on November 5, for New York City Comptroller, which American politician and the U.S. Representative for New York 's 19 congressional district since January 3, 2017, was defeated?
Answer: John Faso