2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election

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2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections
← 2006 2010 →
3 of the 5 seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

The 2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 3, 2008, coinciding with the California elections, June 2008.^[1] Three of the five seats (for the Second, Fourth and Fifth Districts) of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. None of the incumbents were termed out.

Results

Second District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 2

← 2004

2012 →


Candidate	Mark Ridley-Thomas	Bernard C. Parks
Popular vote	68,192	59,069
Percentage	45.63%	39.53%

Supervisor before election

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Supervisor

Mark Ridley-Thomas

2nd District supervisorial election - June 3, 2008 ^[2]
Candidate	Votes	%
Mark Ridley-Thomas	68,192	45.63
Bernard C. Parks	59,069	39.53
Antonio Alvarez	5,733	3.84
Martin L K Aubrey	4,803	3.21
Thomas Neusom	3,519	2.35
D "Doc" Smith Jr	2,748	1.84
Morris Griffin	2,274	1.52
Drew "Doc" Fenton	2,117	1.42
F Thompson	987	0.66
Voter turnout	20.89%
Total votes	149,442	100.00

Since Second District voters failed to elect a Supervisor by a two-thirds vote, a runoff election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States presidential election.

2nd District supervisorial election - November 4, 2008 ^[3]
Candidate	Votes	%
Mark Ridley-Thomas	309,654	61.18
Bernard C. Parks	196,442	38.82
Voter turnout	69.18%
Total votes	506,096	100.00

Fourth District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 4

← 2004

2012 →


Candidate	Don Knabe	Marylou Cabral
Popular vote	95,062	23,703
Percentage	70.04	17.46

Candidate	Jay Shah
Popular vote	16,963
Percentage	12.50%

Supervisor before election

Don Knabe

Supervisor

Don Knabe

4th District supervisorial election, 2008^[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
Don Knabe (incumbent)	95,062	70.04
Marylou Cabral	23,703	17.46
Jay Shah	16,963	12.50
Voter turnout	18.97%%
Total votes	135,728	100.00

Fifth District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 5

← 2004

2012 →


Candidate	Michael D. Antonovich	Stephen Mark Hinze
Popular vote	114,634	29,875
Percentage	79.33%	20.67%

Supervisor before election

Michael D. Antonovich

Supervisor

Michael D. Antonovich

5th District supervisorial election - June 3, 2008^[5]
Candidate	Votes	%
Michael D. Antonovich (incumbent)	114,634	79.33
Stephen Mark Hinze	29,875	20.67
Voter turnout	15.06%
Total votes	144,509	100.00

References

^ "Charter of the County of Los Angeles" (PDF). Board of Supervisors. County of Los Angeles. June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.
^ "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^ "November 4, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. November 28, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^ "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.
^ "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

External links

Los Angeles County Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

[lac-charter-1] "Charter of the County of Los Angeles" (PDF). Board of Supervisors. County of Los Angeles. June 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2013. Retrieved September 10, 2013.

[2] "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[3] "November 4, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. November 28, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[4] "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

[5] "June 3, 2008 - General Election - Final Official Election Returns". Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. County of Los Angeles. June 25, 2008. Retrieved September 9, 2013.

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