California's 39th State Assembly district special election, 2007

California's 39th State Assembly district special election, 2007 occurred on May 15, 2007 to fill a vacancy in California's 39th State Assembly district created by the resignation of Democrat Richard Alarcón. Alarcón won a special election to fill Alex Padilla's seat on the Los Angeles City Council. Since Democrat Felipe Fuentes won the primary election with a majority, a run-off election was not necessary. The run-off would have been held on July 10. [cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/Special/ad39/primary_spec_elec_calendar.pdf |title=Special Election Calendar |format=PDF |date=2007-03-20 |accessdate=2008-08-05 |publisher=California Secretary of State]

Candidates

The following is the list of candidates that registered with the Secretary of State. [cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/Special/ad39/cert_list_ad39_primary.pdf |title=Certified List of Candidates |format=PDF |date=2007-04-09 |accessdate=2008-08-05 |publisher=California Secretary of State]

Democratic

*Margie Carranza, a retired administrative assistant
*Felipe Fuentes, a staffmember to Los Angeles City Council member Alex Padilla
*Eric Dwight Rothenay, a peace officer
*Felipe "Philip" Siordia, a businessman and youth coach

Republican

*Jose Bonilla Sr., an internal auditor

Results

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Felipe Fuentes
votes = 5,819
percentage = 50.46Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Republican Party
candidate = Jose Bonilla
votes = 2,277
percentage = 19.75Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Felipe Siordia
votes = 1,457
percentage = 12.63Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Eric Rothenay
votes = 1,300
percentage = 11.27Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Margie Carranza
votes = 597
percentage = 5.18Election box invalid no change
votes = 82
percentage = 0.71Election box total no change
votes = 11,532
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 10.24Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = California Democratic Party

References

External links

* [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_ad39.htm Election Web site from the Secretary of State]