California State Assembly election, 2008

California State Assembly elections, 2008

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All 80 seats of the California State Assembly
Majority party Minority party   Leader Karen Bass Michael Villines Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 47th-Los Angeles 29th-Clovis Last election 48 32 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%
Electoral results by district
Speaker before election Karen Bass Democratic Speaker-designate Karen Bass Democratic

Karen Bass
Democratic

Karen Bass
Democratic

The 2008 California State Assembly elections took place 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.

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