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
Popular vote	3,786,204	2,837,361
Percentage	55.06%	41.27%

Electoral results by State Senate district

Pro Tem before election

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

Elected Pro Tem

Darrell Steinberg
Democratic

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.

Democratic: 25
Republican: 15
Total: 40

Democratic uncontested: 14
Republican uncontested: 6
Total: 40

Democratic: 25
Republican: 15
Total: 40

The following candidates are the official results from the California Secretary of State.

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