California State Senate election, 2008

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California State Senate elections, 2008
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20 seats from odd-numbered districts
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Darrell Steinberg Dave Cogdill
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 6th-Sacramento 14th-Modesto
Seats before 25 15
Seats after 25 15
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 3,786,204 2,837,361
Percentage 55.06% 41.27%
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Electoral results by State Senate district
Pro Tem before election

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

 Elected Pro Tem

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

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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 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.[1]

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Overview

California State Senate elections, 2008[2][3]
Party Votes Percentage Seats
up		 Seats
not up		 Total
seats		 +/–
Democratic 3,786,204 55.06% 11 14 25 0
Republican 2,837,361 41.27% 9 6 15 0
Independent 131,248 1.91% 0 0 0 0
Libertarian 94,132 1.37% 0 0 0 0
Peace and Freedom 26,996 0.39% 0 0 0 0
Totals 6,875,941 100.00% 20 20 40 —
Voter turnout 72.60%

Composition

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

Results

The following candidates are the official results from the California Secretary of State.[2][3]

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

District 1

California's 1st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Dave Cox (incumbent) 267,426 62.27
Democratic Anselmo Chavez 162,044 37.73
Total votes 429,470 100.00
Voter turnout 75.31%
Republican hold

District 3

California's 3rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark Leno 326,755 80.21
Republican Sashi McEntee 80,617 19.79
Total votes 407,372 100.00
Voter turnout 78.08%
Democratic hold

District 5

California's 5th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lois Wolk 207,108 64.54
Republican Greg Aghazarian 113,778 35.46
Total votes 320,886 100.00
Voter turnout 73.54%
Democratic hold

District 7

California's 7th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mark DeSaulnier 256,311 66.54
Republican Christian Amsberry 128,878 33.46
Total votes 385,189 100.00
Voter turnout 78.22%
Democratic hold

District 9

California's 9th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Loni Hancock 272,225 77.22
Republican Claudia Bermudez 53,299 15.12
Peace and Freedom Marsha Feinland 26,996 7.66
Total votes 352,520 100.00
Voter turnout 70.50%
Democratic hold

District 11

California's 11th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Joe Simitian (incumbent) 272,154 74.82
Republican Blair Nathan 91,592 25.18
Total votes 363,746 100.00
Voter turnout 76.37%
Democratic hold

District 13

California's 13th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Elaine Alquist (incumbent) 179,855 70.94
Republican Shane Connolly 57,033 22.49
Libertarian John Webster 16,659 6.57
Total votes 253,547 100.00
Voter turnout 75.24%
Democratic hold

District 15

California's 15th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Abel Maldonado (incumbent) 222,617 62.91
Independent Jim Fitzgerald 131,229 37.09
Total votes 353,846 100.00
Voter turnout 74.71%
Republican hold

District 17

California's 17th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George Runner (incumbent) 182,295 54.85
Democratic Bruce McFarland 150,060 45.15
Total votes 332,355 100.00
Voter turnout 70.90%
Republican hold

District 19

California's 19th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tony Strickland 207,976 50.10
Democratic Hannah-Beth Jackson 207,119 49.90
Independent Peter Diederich (write-in) 14 0.00
Total votes 415,109 100.00
Voter turnout 78.94%
Republican hold

District 21

California's 21st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Carol Liu 204,737 66.88
Republican Teddy Choi 77,525 25.33
Libertarian Steve Myers 23,842 7.79
Total votes 306,104 100.00
Voter turnout 69.81%
Democratic hold

District 23

California's 23rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Fran Pavley 238,172 67.40
Republican Rick Montaine 96,274 27.25
Libertarian Colin Goldman 18,906 5.35
Total votes 353,352 100.00
Voter turnout 70.91%
Democratic hold

District 25

California's 25th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Roderick Wright 179,654 71.90
Republican Lydia Gutierrez 70,199 28.10
Total votes 249,853 100.00
Voter turnout 66.73%
Democratic hold

District 27

California's 27th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Alan Lowenthal (incumbent) 171,668 67.34
Republican Allen Wood 83,268 32.66
Total votes 254,936 100.00
Voter turnout 67.36%
Democratic hold

District 29

California's 29th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bob Huff 178,155 54.37
Democratic Joseph Lyons 127,536 38.92
Libertarian Jill Stone 21,983 6.71
Total votes 327,674 100.00
Voter turnout 69.66%
Republican hold

District 31

California's 31st State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert Dutton (incumbent) 186,191 58.70
Democratic Ameenah Fuller 130,973 41.29
Independent Denise Sternberg (write-in) 5 0.00
Total votes 317,169 100.00
Voter turnout 70.43%
Republican hold

District 33

California's 33rd State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mimi Walters 219,068 58.11
Democratic Gary Pritchard 157,945 41.89
Total votes 377,013 100.00
Voter turnout 69.46%
Republican hold

District 35

California's 35th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Tom Harman (incumbent) 222,149 58.55
Democratic Ginny Meyer 157,271 41.45
Total votes 379,420 100.00
Voter turnout 67.73%
Republican hold

District 37

California's 37th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican John Benoit 190,415 54.79
Democratic Arthur Guerrero 157,142 45.21
Total votes 347,557 100.00
Voter turnout 72.48%
Republican hold

District 39

California's 39th State Senate district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Christine Kehoe (incumbent) 227,475 65.21
Republican Jeff Perwin 108,606 31.13
Libertarian Jesse Thomas 12,742 3.65
Total votes 348,823 100.00
Voter turnout 73.39%
Democratic hold

References

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