| Election Name: | June 2008 California elections |
| Country: | California |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | February 2008 California elections |
| Previous Year: | Feb 2008 |
| Election Date: | June 3, 2008 |
| Next Election: | November 2008 California elections |
| Next Year: | Nov 2008 |
The California state elections, June 2008 were held on June 3, 2008, throughout California. The elections included two ballot propositions and one recall election for a State Senate seat. All primary elections for Californian seats to the House of Representatives, all of the seats of the State Assembly, and all odd-numbered seats of the State Senate were also held.
See main article: California Propositions 98 and 99 (2008).
Proposition 98 would have been a constitutional amendment that limited eminent domain and gradually eliminated rent control.[1]
Proposition 99 was a constitutional amendment that limited eminent domain and government acquisition of owner-occupied residences.[1]
In response to his actions involving the state budget, a petition to recall State Senator Jeff Denham, a Republican who represents California's 12th State Senate district, was circulated. In the election his successor was to be determined, if a majority of voters favored the recall. As it happened, the majority did not and he remained in office.
| California's 12th State Senate district recall election, 2008 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vote on recall | Votes | Percentage | |||
| No | 61,309 | 75.36% | |||
| Yes | 20,043 | 24.64% | |||
| Valid votes | 81,352 | 95.11% | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 4,183 | 4.89% | |||
| Totals | 85,535 | 100.00% | |||
| Voter turnout | 28.44% | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Democratic | Simon Salinas | 30,946 | 100.00% | ||
| Valid votes | 30,946 | 36.18% | |||
| Invalid or blank votes | 54,589 | 63.82% | |||
| Totals | 85,535 | 100.00% | |||
| Voter turnout | 28.44% | ||||
| Republican hold | |||||