2008 California State Assembly election

2008 California State Assembly election

November 4, 2008 (2008-11-04)
All 80 seats in the California State Assembly 41 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Karen Bass Michael Villines Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 47th–Los Angeles 29th–Clovis Last election 48 seats, 54.36% 32 seats, 43.48% Seats won 51 29 Seat change 3 3 Popular vote 6,905,219 4,830,252 Percentage 57.80% 40.43% Swing 3.44% 3.05%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold Vote share:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90%      50–60%      60–70%      >90%
Speaker before election Karen Bass Democratic Elected Speaker Karen Bass Democratic

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.

Overview

California State Assembly elections, 2008
Party		Votes	Percentage	Seats	+/–
	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%

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51	29
Democratic	Republican

Results

Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.

District 1

California's 1st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wesley Chesbro	137,777	70.78
	Republican	Jim Pell	56,870	29.22
Total votes			194,647	100.00
Turnout				77.39
	Democratic hold

District 2

California's 2nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Nielsen	118,149	65.40
	Democratic	Paul Singh	62,510	34.60
Total votes			180,659	100.00
Turnout				75.54
	Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Logue	104,755	55.51
	Democratic	Michael Harrington	83,950	44.49
Total votes			188,705	100.00
Turnout				74.24
	Republican hold

District 4

California's 4th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ted Gaines (incumbent)	166,736	100.00
Total votes			166,736	100.00
Turnout				56.63
	Republican hold

District 5

California's 5th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Roger Niello (incumbent)	101,888	54.22
	Democratic	Danial Leahy	71,733	38.17
	Peace and Freedom	Karen Martinez	14,295	7.61
Total votes			187,916	100.00
Turnout				71.91
	Republican hold

District 6

California's 6th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jared Huffman (incumbent)	145,142	69.45
	Republican	Paul Lavery	50,053	23.95
	Libertarian	Timothy Hannan	13,790	6.60
Total votes			208,985	100.00
Turnout				83.72
	Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Noreen Evans (incumbent)	128,279	71.95
	Republican	Doris Gentry	50,020	28.05
Total votes			178,299	100.00
Turnout				80.89
	Democratic hold

District 8

California's 8th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mariko Yamada	112,524	66.03
	Republican	Manuel Cosme	57,883	33.97
Total votes			170,407	100.00
Turnout				74.21
	Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dave Jones (incumbent)	92,038	72.81
	Republican	Mali Currington	26,622	21.06
	Peace and Freedom	Gerald Frink	7,744	6.13
Total votes			126,404	100.00
Turnout				66.38
	Democratic hold

District 10

California's 10th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alyson Huber	88,242	46.66
	Republican	Jack Sieglock	87,768	46.41
	Libertarian	Janice Bonser	13,096	6.93
Total votes			189,106	100.00
Turnout				73.80
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 11

California's 11th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Torlakson	117,773	73.70
	Republican	Elizabeth Hansen	42,023	26.30
Total votes			159,796	100.00
Turnout				77.60
	Democratic hold

District 12

California's 12th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Fiona Ma (incumbent)	131,231	83.26
	Republican	Conchita Applegate	26,380	16.74
Total votes			157,611	100.00
Turnout				67.87
	Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tom Ammiano	162,977	83.35
	Republican	Harmeet Dhillon	32,552	16.65
Total votes			195,529	100.00
Turnout				70.93
	Democratic hold

District 14

California's 14th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Skinner	162,432	100.00
Total votes			162,432	100.00
Turnout				61.01
	Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joan Buchanan	125,897	52.24
	Republican	Abram Wilson	115,096	47.76
Total votes			240,993	100.00
Turnout				78.25
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 16

California's 16th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Sandré Swanson (incumbent)	136,066	87.85
	Republican	Jim Faison	18,817	12.15
Total votes			154,883	100.00
Turnout				67.49
	Democratic hold

District 17

California's 17th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cathleen Galgiani (incumbent)	77,525	66.26
	Republican	Jack Mobley	39,480	33.74
Total votes			117,005	100.00
Turnout				63.78
	Democratic hold

District 18

California's 18th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Hayashi (incumbent)	115,780	77.51
	Republican	Lou Filipovich	33,596	22.49
Total votes			149,376	100.00
Turnout				69.33
	Democratic hold

District 19

California's 19th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jerry Hill	124,157	72.99
	Republican	Catherine Brinkman	39,132	23.01
	Libertarian	Brian Perry	6,803	4.00
Total votes			170,092	100.00
Turnout				70.92
	Democratic hold

District 20

California's 20th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alberto Torrico (incumbent)	99,305	71.36
	Republican	Jeffrey Wald	39,861	28.64
Total votes			139,166	100.00
Turnout				68.16
	Democratic hold

District 21

California's 21st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ira Ruskin (incumbent)	133,856	70.93
	Republican	Annalisa Marie Temple	54,849	29.07
Total votes			188,705	100.00
Turnout				75.26
	Democratic hold

District 22

California's 22nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Fong	109,249	76.14
	Republican	Brent Oya	34,230	23.86
Total votes			143,479	100.00
Turnout				75.42
	Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joe Coto (incumbent)	81,523	76.62
	Republican	Mark Patrosso	24,876	23.38
Total votes			106,399	100.00
Turnout				71.12
	Democratic hold

District 24

California's 24th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jim Beall (incumbent)	110,793	66.09
	Republican	Doug McNea	56,835	33.91
Total votes			167,628	100.00
Turnout				75.78
	Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Tom Berryhill (incumbent)	102,951	59.79
	Democratic	Taylor White	69,223	40.21
Total votes			172,174	100.00
Turnout				70.39
	Republican hold

District 26

California's 26th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Berryhill	70,620	51.71
	Democratic	John Eisenhut	65,940	48.29
Total votes			136,560	100.00
Turnout				67.18
	Republican hold

District 27

California's 27th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bill Monning	127,102	65.97
	Republican	Robert Murray	48,107	24.97
	Libertarian	Mark Hinkle	17,435	9.05
	Independent	Rexford Keyes (write-in)	27	0.01
Total votes			192,671	100.00
Turnout				78.71
	Democratic hold

District 28

California's 28th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anna Caballero (incumbent)	90,012	100.00
Total votes			90,012	100.00
Turnout				57.74
	Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Villines (incumbent)	110,230	65.88
	Democratic	Humberto Avila	57,100	34.12
Total votes			167,330	100.00
Turnout				69.18
	Republican hold

District 30

California's 30th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Danny Gilmore	43,925	50.76
	Democratic	Fran Florez	42,615	49.24
Total votes			86,540	100.00
Turnout				65.66
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 31

California's 31st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Juan Arambula (incumbent)	64,620	69.52
	Republican	Clifford Archer	28,310	30.46
	Democratic	Christopher McCowan (write-in)	17	0.02
Total votes			92,947	100.00
Turnout				58.72
	Democratic hold

District 32

California's 32nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jean Fuller (incumbent)	120,628	69.16
	Democratic	Virginia Martinez	53,789	30.84
Total votes			174,417	100.00
Turnout				72.72
	Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Sam Blakeslee (incumbent)	114,316	63.84
	Democratic	Robert Cuthbert	64,740	36.16
Total votes			179,056	100.00
Turnout				76.38
	Republican hold

District 34

California's 34th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Connie Conway	77,620	63.68
	Democratic	Desmond Farrelly	44,263	36.32
Total votes			121,883	100.00
Turnout				68.89
	Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Pedro Nava (incumbent)	119,613	67.25
	Republican	Gregory Gandrud	58,244	32.75
Total votes			177,857	100.00
Turnout				75.51
	Democratic hold

District 36

California's 36th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steve Knight	79,502	51.51
	Democratic	Linda Jones	74,841	48.49
Total votes			154,343	100.00
Turnout				69.83
	Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Audra Strickland (incumbent)	102,087	52.10
	Democratic	Ferial Masry	93,857	47.90
Total votes			195,944	100.00
Turnout				75.64
	Republican hold

District 38

California's 38th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Cameron Smyth (incumbent)	103,761	54.99
	Democratic	Carole Lutness	84,936	45.01
Total votes			188,697	100.00
Turnout				72.78
	Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Felipe Fuentes (incumbent)	59,495	73.73
	Republican	Grady Martine	14,689	18.20
	Green	John Lindblad	6,505	8.06
Total votes			80,689	100.00
Turnout				63.41
	Democratic hold

District 40

California's 40th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bob Blumenfield	72,360	58.56
	Republican	Armineh Chelebian	32,973	26.68
	Libertarian	Pamela Brown	18,239	14.76
Total votes			123,572	100.00
Turnout				67.67
	Democratic hold

District 41

California's 41st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Julia Brownley (incumbent)	117,761	66.12
	Republican	Mark Bernsley	60,350	33.88
Total votes			178,111	100.00
Turnout				70.52
	Democratic hold

District 42

California's 42nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Feuer (incumbent)	142,456	76.07
	Republican	Steven Sion	44,803	23.93
Total votes			187,259	100.00
Turnout				70.07
	Democratic hold

District 43

California's 43rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Paul Krekorian (incumbent)	91,863	67.87
	Republican	Jane Barnett	43,492	32.13
Total votes			135,355	100.00
Turnout				67.59
	Democratic hold

District 44

California's 44th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Portantino (incumbent)	102,896	63.68
	Republican	Brian Fuller	49,246	30.48
	Libertarian	Thomas Logan	9,446	5.85
Total votes			161,588	100.00
Turnout				69.87
	Democratic hold

District 45

California's 45th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Kevin de León (incumbent)	70,869	82.05
	Republican	Phillip Alexander	15,506	17.95
Total votes			86,375	100.00
Turnout				60.66
	Democratic hold

District 46

California's 46th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Pérez	51,556	84.89
	Republican	Manuel Aldana	9,180	15.11
Total votes			60,736	100.00
Turnout				57.23
	Democratic hold

District 47

California's 47th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Bass (incumbent)	134,003	85.00
	Republican	Lady Cage-Barile	23,642	15.00
Total votes			157,645	100.00
Turnout				68.20
	Democratic hold

District 48

California's 48th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Davis (incumbent)	75,279	87.08
	Peace and Freedom	Lucilla Esguerra	11,173	12.92
Total votes			86,452	100.00
Turnout				59.41
	Democratic hold

District 49

California's 49th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mike Eng (incumbent)	62,418	67.17
	Republican	Esthela Siegrist	30,511	32.83
Total votes			92,929	100.00
Turnout				59.11
	Democratic hold

District 50

California's 50th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hector De La Torre (incumbent)	75,082	100.00
Total votes			75,082	100.00
Turnout				55.12
	Democratic hold

District 51

California's 51st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Curren Price (incumbent)	95,589	76.68
	Republican	Reece Pollack	23,515	18.86
	Libertarian	Carl Swinney	5,563	4.46
Total votes			124,667	100.00
Turnout				68.99
	Democratic hold

District 52

California's 52nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Isadore Hall, III	72,895	86.17
	Republican	Gwen Patrick	11,700	13.83
Total votes			84,595	100.00
Turnout				58.86
	Democratic hold

District 53

California's 53rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ted Lieu (incumbent)	127,117	67.33
	Republican	Thomas Vidal	61,692	32.67
Total votes			188,809	100.00
Turnout				74.12
	Democratic hold

District 54

California's 54th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bonnie Lowenthal	95,350	57.13
	Republican	Gabriella Holt	61,650	36.94
	Libertarian	John Kling	9,896	5.93
Total votes			166,896	100.00
Turnout				71.62
	Democratic hold

District 55

California's 55th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Warren Furutani (incumbent)	84,597	71.68
	Republican	Edwin Williams	33,420	28.32
Total votes			118,017	100.00
Turnout				64.26
	Democratic hold

District 56

California's 56th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony Mendoza (incumbent)	78,652	65.17
	Republican	Roger Garrett	42,040	34.83
Total votes			120,692	100.00
Turnout				64.14
	Democratic hold

District 57

California's 57th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Hernandez (incumbent)	71,953	66.30
	Republican	Victor Saldana	36,576	33.70
Total votes			108,529	100.00
Turnout				63.22
	Democratic hold

District 58

California's 58th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Calderon (incumbent)	85,086	70.35
	Republican	Carlos Getino	35,867	29.65
Total votes			120,953	100.00
Turnout				65.24
	Democratic hold

District 59

California's 59th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Adams (incumbent)	91,366	51.01
	Democratic	Donald Williamson	73,011	40.76
	Libertarian	Maureen Keedy	14,744	8.23
Total votes			179,121	100.00
Turnout				70.33
	Republican hold

District 60

California's 60th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Curt Hagman	92,907	55.86
	Democratic	Diane Singer	73,425	44.14
Total votes			166,332	100.00
Turnout				68.81
	Republican hold

District 61

California's 61st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Norma Torres	61,004	60.52
	Republican	Wendy Maier	33,284	33.02
	Libertarian	Michael Mendez	6,517	6.46
Total votes			100,805	100.00
Turnout				65.60
	Democratic hold

District 62

California's 62nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wilmer Carter (incumbent)	78,003	100.00
Total votes			78,003	100.00
Turnout				49.23
	Democratic hold

District 63

California's 63rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Emmerson (incumbent)	90,213	54.37
	Democratic	Mark Westwood	75,719	45.63
Total votes			165,932	100.00
Turnout				68.20
	Republican hold

District 64

California's 64th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Nestande	124,414	100.00
Total votes			124,414	100.00
Turnout				51.54
	Republican hold

District 65

California's 65th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Cook (incumbent)	93,566	53.20
	Democratic	Carl Wood	82,305	46.80
Total votes			175,871	100.00
Turnout				71.22
	Republican hold

District 66

California's 66th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kevin Jeffries (incumbent)	95,093	57.94
	Democratic	Grey Frandsen	69,040	42.06
Total votes			164,133	100.00
Turnout				72.77
	Republican hold

District 67

California's 67th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jim Silva (incumbent)	108,502	62.31
	Democratic	Steve Blount	65,622	37.69
Total votes			174,124	100.00
Turnout				65.95
	Republican hold

District 68

California's 68th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Van Tran (incumbent)	72,034	54.05
	Democratic	Kenneth Arnold	61,239	45.95
Total votes			133,273	100.00
Turnout				60.93
	Republican hold

District 69

California's 69th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jose Solorio (incumbent)	50,809	71.05
	Republican	Cameron Mangels	20,705	28.95
Total votes			71,514	100.00
Turnout				54.72
	Democratic hold

District 70

California's 70th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chuck DeVore (incumbent)	114,556	57.78
	Democratic	Michael Glover	83,709	42.22
Total votes			198,265	100.00
Turnout				67.01
	Republican hold

District 71

California's 71st State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jeff Miller	149,166	100.00
Total votes			149,166	100.00
Turnout				55.49
	Republican hold

District 72

California's 72nd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Duvall (incumbent)	79,066	54.80
	Democratic	John MacMurray	65,216	45.20
Total votes			144,282	100.00
Turnout				65.01
	Republican hold

District 73

California's 73rd State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Diane Harkey	87,905	53.10
	Democratic	Judy Jones	67,485	40.76
	Libertarian	Andrew Favor	10,171	6.14
Total votes			165,561	100.00
Turnout				71.15
	Republican hold

District 74

California's 74th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Martin Garrick (incumbent)	90,383	50.59
	Democratic	Brett Maxfield	72,126	40.37
	Libertarian	Paul King	16,166	9.05
Total votes			178,675	100.00
Turnout				74.33
	Republican hold

District 75

California's 75th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nathan Fletcher	98,758	52.13
	Democratic	Darren Kasai	78,970	41.68
	Libertarian	John Murphy	11,731	6.19
Total votes			189,459	100.00
Turnout				72.60
	Republican hold

District 76

California's 76th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lori Saldaña (incumbent)	113,754	64.23
	Republican	Ralph Denney	55,128	31.13
	Libertarian	Daniel Baehr	8,224	4.64
Total votes			177,106	100.00
Turnout				73.25
	Democratic hold

District 77

California's 77th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joel Anderson (incumbent)	92,621	55.44
	Democratic	Raymond Lutz	64,949	38.87
	Libertarian	Rich Belitz	9,503	5.69
Total votes			167,073	100.00
Turnout				73.17
	Republican hold

District 78

California's 78th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Marty Block	93,938	55.49
	Republican	John McCann	75,350	44.51
Total votes			169,288	100.00
Turnout				72.07
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 79

California's 79th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mary Salas (incumbent)	74,051	69.48
	Republican	Derrick Roach	32,526	30.52
Total votes			106,577	100.00
Turnout				66.31
	Democratic hold

District 80

California's 80th State Assembly district election, 2008

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Manuel Perez	70,140	52.65
	Republican	Gary Jeandron	63,085	47.35
Total votes			133,225	100.00
Turnout				69.41
	Democratic gain from Republican