| Election Name: | 2008 California State Assembly election |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2006 California State Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2006 |
| Next Election: | 2010 California State Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
| Seats For Election: | All 80 seats in the California State Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 41 |
| Leader1: | Karen Bass |
| Image1: | Karen Bass Feb10 174 (cropped).jpg |
| Party1: | California Democratic Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | 47th–Los Angeles |
| Last Election1: | 48 seats, 54.36% |
| Seats1: | 51 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,905,219 |
| Percentage1: | 57.80% |
| Swing1: | 3.44% |
| Leader2: | Michael Villines |
| Party2: | California Republican Party |
| Leaders Seat2: | 29th–Clovis |
| Last Election2: | 32 seats, 43.48% |
| Seats2: | 29 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 4,830,252 |
| Percentage2: | 40.43% |
| Swing2: | 3.05% |
| Speaker | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Speaker |
| Before Election: | Karen Bass |
| Before Party: | California Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Karen Bass |
| After Party: | California Democratic Party |
The 2008 California State Assembly elections were held 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.[1]
| California State Assembly elections, 2008[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Votes | Percentage | Seats | +/– | ||
| Democratic | 6,905,219 | 57.80% | 51 | +3 | ||
| Republican | 4,830,252 | 40.43% | 29 | –3 | ||
| Libertarian | 171,324 | 1.43% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peace and Freedom | 33,212 | 0.28% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Green | 6,505 | 0.05% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Independent | 27 | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valid votes | 11,946,539 | 86.93% | — | — | ||
| Invalid or blank votes | 1,796,638 | 13.07% | — | — | ||
| Totals | 13,743,177 | 100.00% | 80 | — | ||
| Voter turnout | 79.42% | |||||
| 51 | 29 | |
| Democratic | Republican | |
Below are the final official results as reported by the Secretary of State.[2] [3]
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