| Election Name: | 2008 California State Senate election |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | November 4, 2008 |
| Previous Election: | 2006 California State Senate election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2010 California State Senate election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | 20 seats from odd-numbered districts in the California State Senate |
| Majority Seats: | 21 |
| Image1: | File:Darrell_Steinberg_2014_CADEM_Convention.jpg |
| Leader1: | Darrell Steinberg |
| Party1: | California Democratic Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | 6th–Sacramento |
| Seats Before1: | 25 |
| Seats After1: | 25 |
| Popular Vote1: | 3,786,204 |
| Percentage1: | 55.06% |
| Leader2: | Dave Cogdill |
| Party2: | California Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 14th–Modesto |
| Seats Before2: | 15 |
| Seats After2: | 15 |
| Popular Vote2: | 2,837,361 |
| Percentage2: | 41.27% |
| Map Size: | 450px |
| President pro tempore | |
| Before Election: | Darrell Steinberg |
| Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Darrell Steinberg |
| After Party: | California Democratic Party |
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 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]
| California State Senate elections, 2008 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% | |||||||
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The following candidates are the official results from the California Secretary of State.[2] [3]
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