2008 California State Assembly election

none July 2026 September 2023 2008 California State Assembly election California legislative no 2006 California State Assembly election 2006 2010 California State Assembly election 2010 All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 2008 11 04 Karen Bass Karen Bass Feb10 174 (cropped).jpg California Democratic Party 47th–Los Angeles 48 seats, 54.36% 51 3 6,905,219 57.80% 3.44% 3x4.svg Michael Villines California Republican Party 29th–Clovis 32 seats, 43.48% 29 3 4,830,252 40.43% 3.05% 400px#0671B0 Democratic gain #CA0120 Republican gain #92C5DE Democratic hold #F48882 Republican hold Results by gains and holds 400px #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% #0d0596 >90%#e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #a80000 >90% Results by winning party vote share Speaker Elected Speaker Karen Bass California Democratic Party Karen Bass California Democratic Party The 2008 California State Assembly elections were held on November 4, 2008. Voters in all 80 of California's State Assembly districts voted for their representative. Other elections were also held on November 4. Only five seats changed parties: one to the Republican Party and four to the Democratic Party, which maintained a majority with 51 seats. Of the 80 State Assembly districts, only about nine were 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 Assembly elections, 2008http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf Statement of Vote: November 4, 2008, General Election 2008-12-15 2009-05-06 PDF Secretary of State of California https://web.archive.org/web/20121018225250/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_general/sov_complete.pdf October 18, 2012 dead mdy-all PartyVotesPercentageSeats+/– Democratic 6,905,219 57.80% 51 +3 Republican 4,830,252 40.43% 29 –3 Libertarian 171,324 1.43% 0 0 Peace and Freedom 33,212 0.28% 0 0 Green 6,505 0.05% 0 0 Independent 27 0.00% 0 0 Valid votes 11,946,539 86.93% — — Invalid or blank votes 1,796,638 13.07% — — Totals 13,743,177 100.00% 80 — Voter turnout 79.42% Midpoint5129 Democratic Republican 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 Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/15day-presgen-08/assembly.pdf October 20, 2008 Report of Registration: Registration by Assembly District Secretary of State of California 2008-10-31 2009-05-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20090502173916/http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/ror/ror-pages/15day-presgen-08/assembly.pdf May 2, 2009 dead mdy-all District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • 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__NOTOC__ District 1 California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Wesley Chesbro 137,777 70.78 California Republican Party Jim Pell 56,870 29.22 194,647 100.00 77.39 California Democratic Party District 2 California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Jim Nielsen 118,149 65.40 California Democratic Party Paul Singh 62,510 34.60 180,659 100.00 75.54 California Republican Party District 3 California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Daniel Logue 104,755 55.51 California Democratic Party Michael Harrington 83,950 44.49 188,705 100.00 74.24 California Republican Party District 4 California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Ted Gaines (incumbent) 166,736 100.00 166,736 100.00 56.63 California Republican Party District 5 California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Roger Niello (incumbent) 101,888 54.22 California Democratic Party Danial Leahy 71,733 38.17 Peace and Freedom Party Karen Martinez 14,295 7.61 187,916 100.00 71.91 California Republican Party District 6 California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Jared Huffman (incumbent) 145,142 69.45 California Republican Party Paul Lavery 50,053 23.95 Libertarian Party of California Timothy Hannan 13,790 6.60 208,985 100.00 83.72 California Democratic Party District 7 California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Noreen Evans (incumbent) 128,279 71.95 California Republican Party Doris Gentry 50,020 28.05 178,299 100.00 80.89 California Democratic Party District 8 California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mariko Yamada 112,524 66.03 California Republican Party Manuel Cosme 57,883 33.97 170,407 100.00 74.21 California Democratic Party District 9 California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Dave Jones (incumbent) 92,038 72.81 California Republican Party Mali Currington 26,622 21.06 Peace and Freedom Party Gerald Frink 7,744 6.13 126,404 100.00 66.38 California Democratic Party District 10 California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Alyson Huber 88,242 46.66 California Republican Party Jack Sieglock 87,768 46.41 Libertarian Party of California Janice Bonser 13,096 6.93 189,106 100.00 73.80 California Democratic Party California Republican Party District 11 California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Tom Torlakson 117,773 73.70 California Republican Party Elizabeth Hansen 42,023 26.30 159,796 100.00 77.60 California Democratic Party District 12 California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Fiona Ma (incumbent) 131,231 83.26 California Republican Party Conchita Applegate 26,380 16.74 157,611 100.00 67.87 California Democratic Party District 13 California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Tom Ammiano 162,977 83.35 California Republican Party Harmeet Dhillon 32,552 16.65 195,529 100.00 70.93 California Democratic Party District 14 California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Nancy Skinner 162,432 100.00 162,432 100.00 61.01 California Democratic Party District 15 California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Joan Buchanan 125,897 52.24 California Republican Party Abram Wilson 115,096 47.76 240,993 100.00 78.25 California Democratic Party California Republican Party District 16 California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Sandré Swanson (incumbent) 136,066 87.85 California Republican Party Jim Faison 18,817 12.15 154,883 100.00 67.49 California Democratic Party District 17 California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent) 77,525 66.26 California Republican Party Jack Mobley 39,480 33.74 117,005 100.00 63.78 California Democratic Party District 18 California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mary Hayashi (incumbent) 115,780 77.51 California Republican Party Lou Filipovich 33,596 22.49 149,376 100.00 69.33 California Democratic Party District 19 California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Jerry Hill 124,157 72.99 California Republican Party Catherine Brinkman 39,132 23.01 Libertarian Party of California Brian Perry 6,803 4.00 170,092 100.00 70.92 California Democratic Party District 20 California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Alberto Torrico (incumbent) 99,305 71.36 California Republican Party Jeffrey Wald 39,861 28.64 139,166 100.00 68.16 California Democratic Party District 21 California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Ira Ruskin (incumbent) 133,856 70.93 California Republican Party Annalisa Marie Temple 54,849 29.07 188,705 100.00 75.26 California Democratic Party District 22 California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Paul Fong 109,249 76.14 California Republican Party Brent Oya 34,230 23.86 143,479 100.00 75.42 California Democratic Party District 23 California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Joe Coto (incumbent) 81,523 76.62 California Republican Party Mark Patrosso 24,876 23.38 106,399 100.00 71.12 California Democratic Party District 24 California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Jim Beall (incumbent) 110,793 66.09 California Republican Party Doug McNea 56,835 33.91 167,628 100.00 75.78 California Democratic Party District 25 California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Tom Berryhill (incumbent) 102,951 59.79 California Democratic Party Taylor White 69,223 40.21 172,174 100.00 70.39 California Republican Party District 26 California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Bill Berryhill 70,620 51.71 California Democratic Party John Eisenhut 65,940 48.29 136,560 100.00 67.18 California Republican Party District 27 California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Bill Monning 127,102 65.97 California Republican Party Robert Murray 48,107 24.97 Libertarian Party of California Mark Hinkle 17,435 9.05 Independent (politician) Rexford Keyes (write-in) 27 0.01 192,671 100.00 78.71 California Democratic Party District 28 California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Anna Caballero (incumbent) 90,012 100.00 90,012 100.00 57.74 California Democratic Party District 29 California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Michael Villines (incumbent) 110,230 65.88 California Democratic Party Humberto Avila 57,100 34.12 167,330 100.00 69.18 California Republican Party District 30 California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Danny Gilmore 43,925 50.76 California Democratic Party Fran Florez 42,615 49.24 86,540 100.00 65.66 California Republican Party California Democratic Party District 31 California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Juan Arambula (incumbent) 64,620 69.52 California Republican Party Clifford Archer 28,310 30.46 California Democratic Party Christopher McCowan (write-in) 17 0.02 92,947 100.00 58.72 California Democratic Party District 32 California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Jean Fuller (incumbent) 120,628 69.16 California Democratic Party Virginia Martinez 53,789 30.84 174,417 100.00 72.72 California Republican Party District 33 California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Sam Blakeslee (incumbent) 114,316 63.84 California Democratic Party Robert Cuthbert 64,740 36.16 179,056 100.00 76.38 California Republican Party District 34 California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Connie Conway 77,620 63.68 California Democratic Party Desmond Farrelly 44,263 36.32 121,883 100.00 68.89 California Republican Party District 35 California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Pedro Nava (incumbent) 119,613 67.25 California Republican Party Gregory Gandrud 58,244 32.75 177,857 100.00 75.51 California Democratic Party District 36 California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Steve Knight 79,502 51.51 California Democratic Party Linda Jones 74,841 48.49 154,343 100.00 69.83 California Republican Party District 37 California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Audra Strickland (incumbent) 102,087 52.10 California Democratic Party Ferial Masry 93,857 47.90 195,944 100.00 75.64 California Republican Party District 38 California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Cameron Smyth (incumbent) 103,761 54.99 California Democratic Party Carole Lutness 84,936 45.01 188,697 100.00 72.78 California Republican Party District 39 California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Felipe Fuentes (incumbent) 59,495 73.73 California Republican Party Grady Martine 14,689 18.20 Green Party of California John Lindblad 6,505 8.06 80,689 100.00 63.41 California Democratic Party District 40 California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Bob Blumenfield 72,360 58.56 California Republican Party Armineh Chelebian 32,973 26.68 Libertarian Party of California Pamela Brown 18,239 14.76 123,572 100.00 67.67 California Democratic Party District 41 California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Julia Brownley (incumbent) 117,761 66.12 California Republican Party Mark Bernsley 60,350 33.88 178,111 100.00 70.52 California Democratic Party District 42 California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Michael Feuer (incumbent) 142,456 76.07 California Republican Party Steven Sion 44,803 23.93 187,259 100.00 70.07 California Democratic Party District 43 California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Paul Krekorian (incumbent) 91,863 67.87 California Republican Party Jane Barnett 43,492 32.13 135,355 100.00 67.59 California Democratic Party District 44 California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Anthony Portantino (incumbent) 102,896 63.68 California Republican Party Brian Fuller 49,246 30.48 Libertarian Party of California Thomas Logan 9,446 5.85 161,588 100.00 69.87 California Democratic Party District 45 California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Kevin de León (incumbent) 70,869 82.05 California Republican Party Phillip Alexander 15,506 17.95 86,375 100.00 60.66 California Democratic Party District 46 California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party John Pérez 51,556 84.89 California Republican Party Manuel Aldana 9,180 15.11 60,736 100.00 57.23 California Democratic Party District 47 California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Karen Bass (incumbent) 134,003 85.00 California Republican Party Lady Cage-Barile 23,642 15.00 157,645 100.00 68.20 California Democratic Party District 48 California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mike Davis (incumbent) 75,279 87.08 Peace and Freedom Party Lucilla Esguerra 11,173 12.92 86,452 100.00 59.41 California Democratic Party District 49 California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mike Eng (incumbent) 62,418 67.17 California Republican Party Esthela Siegrist 30,511 32.83 92,929 100.00 59.11 California Democratic Party District 50 California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Hector De La Torre (incumbent) 75,082 100.00 75,082 100.00 55.12 California Democratic Party District 51 California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Curren Price (incumbent) 95,589 76.68 California Republican Party Reece Pollack 23,515 18.86 Libertarian Party of California Carl Swinney 5,563 4.46 124,667 100.00 68.99 California Democratic Party District 52 California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Isadore Hall, III 72,895 86.17 California Republican Party Gwen Patrick 11,700 13.83 84,595 100.00 58.86 California Democratic Party District 53 California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Ted Lieu (incumbent) 127,117 67.33 California Republican Party Thomas Vidal 61,692 32.67 188,809 100.00 74.12 California Democratic Party District 54 California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Bonnie Lowenthal 95,350 57.13 California Republican Party Gabriella Holt 61,650 36.94 Libertarian Party of California John Kling 9,896 5.93 166,896 100.00 71.62 California Democratic Party District 55 California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Warren Furutani (incumbent) 84,597 71.68 California Republican Party Edwin Williams 33,420 28.32 118,017 100.00 64.26 California Democratic Party District 56 California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Tony Mendoza (incumbent) 78,652 65.17 California Republican Party Roger Garrett 42,040 34.83 120,692 100.00 64.14 California Democratic Party District 57 California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Edward Hernandez (incumbent) 71,953 66.30 California Republican Party Victor Saldana 36,576 33.70 108,529 100.00 63.22 California Democratic Party District 58 California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Charles Calderon (incumbent) 85,086 70.35 California Republican Party Carlos Getino 35,867 29.65 120,953 100.00 65.24 California Democratic Party District 59 California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Anthony Adams (incumbent) 91,366 51.01 California Democratic Party Donald Williamson 73,011 40.76 Libertarian Party of California Maureen Keedy 14,744 8.23 179,121 100.00 70.33 California Republican Party District 60 California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Curt Hagman 92,907 55.86 California Democratic Party Diane Singer 73,425 44.14 166,332 100.00 68.81 California Republican Party District 61 California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Norma Torres 61,004 60.52 California Republican Party Wendy Maier 33,284 33.02 Libertarian Party of California Michael Mendez 6,517 6.46 100,805 100.00 65.60 California Democratic Party District 62 California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Wilmer Carter (incumbent) 78,003 100.00 78,003 100.00 49.23 California Democratic Party District 63 California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Bill Emmerson (incumbent) 90,213 54.37 California Democratic Party Mark Westwood 75,719 45.63 165,932 100.00 68.20 California Republican Party District 64 California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Brian Nestande 124,414 100.00 124,414 100.00 51.54 California Republican Party District 65 California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Paul Cook (incumbent) 93,566 53.20 California Democratic Party Carl Wood 82,305 46.80 175,871 100.00 71.22 California Republican Party District 66 California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Kevin Jeffries (incumbent) 95,093 57.94 California Democratic Party Grey Frandsen 69,040 42.06 164,133 100.00 72.77 California Republican Party District 67 California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Jim Silva (incumbent) 108,502 62.31 California Democratic Party Steve Blount 65,622 37.69 174,124 100.00 65.95 California Republican Party District 68 California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Van Tran (incumbent) 72,034 54.05 California Democratic Party Kenneth Arnold 61,239 45.95 133,273 100.00 60.93 California Republican Party District 69 California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Jose Solorio (incumbent) 50,809 71.05 California Republican Party Cameron Mangels 20,705 28.95 71,514 100.00 54.72 California Democratic Party District 70 California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Chuck DeVore (incumbent) 114,556 57.78 California Democratic Party Michael Glover 83,709 42.22 198,265 100.00 67.01 California Republican Party District 71 California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Jeff Miller 149,166 100.00 149,166 100.00 55.49 California Republican Party District 72 California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Michael Duvall (incumbent) 79,066 54.80 California Democratic Party John MacMurray 65,216 45.20 144,282 100.00 65.01 California Republican Party District 73 California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Diane Harkey 87,905 53.10 California Democratic Party Judy Jones 67,485 40.76 Libertarian Party of California Andrew Favor 10,171 6.14 165,561 100.00 71.15 California Republican Party District 74 California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Martin Garrick (incumbent) 90,383 50.59 California Democratic Party Brett Maxfield 72,126 40.37 Libertarian Party of California Paul King 16,166 9.05 178,675 100.00 74.33 California Republican Party District 75 California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Nathan Fletcher 98,758 52.13 California Democratic Party Darren Kasai 78,970 41.68 Libertarian Party of California John Murphy 11,731 6.19 189,459 100.00 72.60 California Republican Party District 76 California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Lori Saldaña (incumbent) 113,754 64.23 California Republican Party Ralph Denney 55,128 31.13 Libertarian Party of California Daniel Baehr 8,224 4.64 177,106 100.00 73.25 California Democratic Party District 77 California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Republican Party Joel Anderson (incumbent) 92,621 55.44 California Democratic Party Raymond Lutz 64,949 38.87 Libertarian Party of California Rich Belitz 9,503 5.69 167,073 100.00 73.17 California Republican Party District 78 California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Marty Block 93,938 55.49 California Republican Party John McCann 75,350 44.51 169,288 100.00 72.07 California Democratic Party California Republican Party District 79 California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Mary Salas (incumbent) 74,051 69.48 California Republican Party Derrick Roach 32,526 30.52 106,577 100.00 66.31 California Democratic Party District 80 California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2008 California Democratic Party Manuel Perez 70,140 52.65 California Republican Party Gary Jeandron 63,085 47.35 133,225 100.00 69.41 California Democratic Party California Republican Party References State Assembly 2008 California State Assembly