California state elections, February 2008

The California state elections, February 2008 were held on February 5, 2008 throughout California. Presidential primaries and a special election for a State Assembly seat were among the contests held. Seven ballot propositions were also decided on.

Presidential primaries

Green presidential primary

Seven candidates participated in the Green Party's presidential primary, which is a non-binding contest.

Republican presidential primary

Proposition 93

Proposition 93 sought to change the term limits for members of the California State Legislature in both the in the State Assembly and State Senate.

Proposition 96

Proposition 96 sought to expand the Indian Gaming Compact with the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation.

Proposition 97

Proposition 97 sought to expand the Indian Gaming Compact with the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians.

California's 55th State Assembly district special election

The seat of California's 55th State Assembly district was vacated by Assemblymember Laura Richardson, who won a special election to fill California's 37th congressional district on June 26, 2007. The congressional district was vacant after Juanita Millender-McDonald died of cancer on April 22, 2007.

Primary election

A primary election for the special election was held on December 11, 2007. Since no candidate won a majority, the candidates with the top votes for each party appeared on the ballots for the special election.cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/Special/ad55/final_official_canvass_ad55_primary.pdf |title=Special Election Results State Assembly, 55th District Special Primary Election, ecember 11, 2007 FINAL - OFFICIAL CANVASS |accessdate=2008-02-06 |date=2007-12-18 |format=PDF |publisher=Secretary of State of California]

Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Warren Furutani
votes = 9,578
percentage = 48.52Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Mike Gipson
votes = 7,602
percentage = 38.51Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Herb Peters
votes = 1,137
percentage = 5.76Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Charlotte Gibson
votes = 776
percentage = 3.93Election box candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Mervin Evans
votes = 531
percentage = 2.69Election box invalid no change
votes = 116
percentage = 0.59Election box total no change
votes = 19,740
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 11.56

Special election

Election box winning candidate with party link no change
party = California Democratic Party
candidate = Warren Furutani
votes = 48,419
percentage = 55.63Election box candidate with party link no change
party = American Independent Party
candidate = Charlotte Gibson
votes = 10,785
percentage = 12.39Election box candidate with party link no change
party = Libertarian Party of California
candidate = Herb Peters
votes = 10,168
percentage = 11.68Election box invalid no change
votes = 17,670
percentage = 20.30Election box total no change
votes = 87,042
percentage = 100.00Election box turnout no change
percentage = 50.96Election box hold with party link without swing
winner = California Democratic Party

Notes

:note label|turnout|A|AVoter turnout information is listed where applicable.cite web |url=http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/03_county_reg_totals_012208.pdf |title=Report of Registration as of January 22, 2008 |date=2008-03-15 |accessdate=2008-06-16 |format=PDF |publisher=California Secretary of State] Turnout information is not available for the American Independent or Democratic primaries because both parties allowed Decline to State voters to participate. [cite web |url= http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/elections_decline.htm |title= Decline to State - Voter Information |accessdate=2008-06-16 |publisher=California Secretary of State] There where a total of 328,261 eligible registered voters registered with the American Independent Party, 6,749,406 with the Democratic Party, and 3,043,164 who declined to state. There was a total of 15,712,753 eligible registered voters regardless of party affiliation in the entire state.

References

ee also

*Political party strength in California
*Political party strength in U.S. states

External links

* [http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/sov/2008_primary/contents.htm Statement of Vote (official results)]