2008 California State Senate election

none September 2023 2008 California State Senate election California legislative no November 4, 2008 2006 California State Senate election 2006 2010 California State Senate election 2010 20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate 21 File:Darrell_Steinberg_2014_CADEM_Convention.jpg x150px Darrell Steinberg California Democratic Party 6th–Sacramento 25 25 3,786,204 55.06% File:Dave Cogdill (cropped).jpg Dave Cogdill California Republican Party 14th–Modesto 15 15 2,837,361 41.27% 2004 and 2008 California State Senate election.svg 450px Results: #92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold #404040 No election held President pro tempore Darrell Steinberg California Democratic Party Darrell Steinberg California Democratic Party The 2008 California State Senate elections took place on November 4, 2008. Voters in California's odd-numbered State Senate districts, a total of 20, voted for their state senators. No seats changed parties and the Democratic Party maintained its 25-seat majority, while the Republican Party held 15 seats. Other elections also took place in California on November 4. Only a single State Senate district, the 19th, was considered truly competitive by political analysts.David Dayen http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6668 The Calitics Target Book - The Drive For 2/3 Calitics 2008-08-14 2009-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20081127131613/http://calitics.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=6668 2008-11-27 dead 2 Overview California State Senate elections, 2008PartyVotesPercentageSeatsupSeatsnot upTotalseats+/– Democratic3,786,20455.06%1114250 Republican2,837,36141.27%96150 Independent131,2481.91%0000 Libertarian94,1321.37%0000 Peace and Freedom26,9960.39%0000 Totals 6,875,941 100.00% 20 20 40 — Voter turnout 72.60% 2007–2008 State Senate 2009–2010 State Senate                                                                                         Color Key: = Democratic = Republican Pre-election Democratic: 25 Republican: 15 Total: 40 Contested: 20 Democratic uncontested: 14 Republican uncontested: 6 Total: 40 Post-election Democratic: 25 Republican: 15 Total: 40 Predictions SourceRankingAs of StatelineJacobson Louis October 15, 2008 Legislative races tilting Dems' way in '08 http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=348037 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081106082124/http://www.stateline.org/live/details/story?contentId=348037 November 6, 2008 August 1, 2024 Stateline | Safe D October 15, 2008 Results The following candidates are the official results from the California Secretary of State.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf Statement of Vote: November 4, 2008, General Election 2008-12-15 2009-02-21 PDF California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20121018225250/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf October 18, 2012 dead mdy-all http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/15day-presgen-08/senate.pdf Report of Registration as of October 20, 2008: Registration by State Senate District 2008-10-31 2009-02-21 PDF California Secretary of State https://web.archive.org/web/20090325193102/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/15day-presgen-08/senate.pdf March 25, 2009 dead mdy-all District 1 • District 3 • District 5 • District 7 • District 9 • District 11 • District 13 • District 15 • District 17 • District 19 • District 21 • District 23 • District 25 • District 27 • District 29 • District 31 • District 33 • District 35 • District 37 • District 39 __NOTOC__ District 1 California's 1st State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Dave Cox (incumbent) 267,426 62.27 California Democratic Party Anselmo Chavez 162,044 37.73 429,470 100.00 75.31 California Republican Party District 3 California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mark Leno 326,755 80.21 California Republican Party Sashi McEntee 80,617 19.79 407,372 100.00 78.08 California Democratic Party District 5 California's 5th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Lois Wolk 207,108 64.54 California Republican Party Greg Aghazarian 113,778 35.46 320,886 100.00 73.54 California Democratic Party District 7 California's 7th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mark DeSaulnier 256,311 66.54 California Republican Party Christian Amsberry 128,878 33.46 385,189 100.00 78.22 California Democratic Party District 9 California's 9th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Loni Hancock 272,225 77.22 California Republican Party Claudia Bermudez 53,299 15.12 Peace and Freedom Party Marsha Feinland 26,996 7.66 352,520 100.00 70.50 California Democratic Party District 11 California's 11th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Joe Simitian (incumbent) 272,154 74.82 California Republican Party Blair Nathan 91,592 25.18 363,746 100.00 76.37 California Democratic Party District 13 California's 13th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Elaine Alquist (incumbent) 179,855 70.94 California Republican Party Shane Connolly 57,033 22.49 Libertarian Party of California John Webster 16,659 6.57 253,547 100.00 75.24 California Democratic Party District 15 California's 15th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Abel Maldonado (incumbent) 222,617 62.91 Independent (politician) Jim Fitzgerald 131,229 37.09 353,846 100.00 74.71 California Republican Party District 17 California's 17th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party George Runner (incumbent) 182,295 54.85 California Democratic Party Bruce McFarland 150,060 45.15 332,355 100.00 70.90 California Republican Party District 19 California's 19th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Tony Strickland 207,976 50.10 California Democratic Party Hannah-Beth Jackson 207,119 49.90 Independent (politician) Peter Diederich (write-in) 14 0.00 415,109 100.00 78.94 California Republican Party District 21 California's 21st State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Carol Liu 204,737 66.88 California Republican Party Teddy Choi 77,525 25.33 Libertarian Party of California Steve Myers 23,842 7.79 306,104 100.00 69.81 California Democratic Party District 23 California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Fran Pavley 238,172 67.40 California Republican Party Rick Montaine 96,274 27.25 Libertarian Party of California Colin Goldman 18,906 5.35 353,352 100.00 70.91 California Democratic Party District 25 California's 25th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Roderick Wright 179,654 71.90 California Republican Party Lydia Gutierrez 70,199 28.10 249,853 100.00 66.73 California Democratic Party District 27 California's 27th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) 171,668 67.34 California Republican Party Allen Wood 83,268 32.66 254,936 100.00 67.36 California Democratic Party District 29 California's 29th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Bob Huff 178,155 54.37 California Democratic Party Joseph Lyons 127,536 38.92 Libertarian Party of California Jill Stone 21,983 6.71 327,674 100.00 69.66 California Republican Party District 31 California's 31st State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Robert Dutton (incumbent) 186,191 58.70 California Democratic Party Ameenah Fuller 130,973 41.29 Independent (politician) Denise Sternberg (write-in) 5 0.00 317,169 100.00 70.43 California Republican Party District 33 California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Mimi Walters 219,068 58.11 California Democratic Party Gary Pritchard 157,945 41.89 377,013 100.00 69.46 California Republican Party District 35 California's 35th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party Tom Harman (incumbent) 222,149 58.55 California Democratic Party Ginny Meyer 157,271 41.45 379,420 100.00 67.73 California Republican Party District 37 California's 37th State Senate district election, 2008 California Republican Party John Benoit 190,415 54.79 California Democratic Party Arthur Guerrero 157,142 45.21 347,557 100.00 72.48 California Republican Party District 39 California's 39th State Senate district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Christine Kehoe (incumbent) 227,475 65.21 California Republican Party Jeff Perwin 108,606 31.13 Libertarian Party of California Jesse Thomas 12,742 3.65 348,823 100.00 73.39 California Democratic Party References State Senate California 2008