Nov 4, 2008
It was only House seats up for grabs in the 2008 California Elections, and all the incumbents were sent back to Washington including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
There were two open House seats. In the 52nd District Duncan D Hunter (pictured left) won the seat vacated by his father.
California Senator Barbara Boxer is up for re-election in 2010, while Dianne Feinstein's term expires in 2012. The next California Gubanatorial Election is in 2010.
Barack Obama won California's 55 electoral votes.
| California 1st District | ||
| Mike Thompson Incumbent (68%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Zane Starkewolf (REP - 24%); Carol Wolman (GRN) | ||
| California 2nd District | ||
| Wally Herger Incumbent (57%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Jeff Morris (DFL - 43%) | ||
| California 3rd District | ||
| Dan Lungren Incumbent (50%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Bill Durston (DFL - 44%); DA Tuma (LIB); Dina Padilla (PFP) | ||
| California 4th District | ||
| Tom McClintock (50%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Charlie Brown (DFL - 50%) | ||
| California 5th District | ||
| Doris Matsui Incumbent (74%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Paul Smith (REP - 21%); Linda Roberts (PFP) | ||
| California 6th District | ||
| Lynn Woolsey Incumbent (72%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Mike Halliwell (REP - 24%); Joel Smolen (LIB) | ||
| California 7th District | ||
| George Miller Incumbent (73%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Roger Peterson (REP - 21%); Camden McConnell (LIB); Bill Callison (PFP) | ||
| California 8th District | ||
| Nancy Pelosi Incumbent (72%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Dana Walsh (REP - 9%); Philip Berg (LIB); Lea Sherman (SW); Cindy Sheehan (IND) | ||
| California 9th District | ||
| Barbara Lee Incumbent (86%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Charles Hargrave (REP - 10%); Jim Eyer (LIB) | ||
| California 10th District | ||
| Ellen O Tauscher Incumbent (65%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Nicholas Gerber (REP - 31%); Eugene Ruyle (PFP) | ||
| California 11th District | ||
| Jerry McNerney Incumbent (55%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Dean Andal (REP - 45%) | ||
| California 12th District | ||
| Jackie Speier Incumbent (75%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Greg Conlon (REP - 19%); Barry Hermanson (GRN); Kevin Peterson (LIB); Nathalie Hrizi (PFP); Gerardo Sanchez (SW) | ||
| California 13th District | ||
| Fortney H Stark Incumbent (76%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Raymond Chui (REP - 24%) | ||
| California 14th District | ||
| Anna Eshoo Incumbent (70%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Ronny Santana (REP - 22%); Carol Brouillet (GRN); Brian Holtz (LIB) | ||
| California 15th District | ||
| Michael M Honda Incumbent (72%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Joyce Stoer Cordi (REP - 23%); Peter Myers (GRN) | ||
| California 16th District | ||
| Zoe Lofgren Incumbent (71%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Charel Winston (REP - 24%); Steven Wells (LIB) | ||
| California 17th District | ||
| Sam Farr Incumbent (74%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Jeff Taylor (REP - 26%) | ||
| California 18th District | ||
| Dennis Cardoza Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| California 19th District | ||
| George P Radanovich Incumbent (Unapposed) REP | ||
| California 20th District | ||
| Jim Costa Incumbent DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: James Lopez (REP) | ||
| California 21st District | ||
| Devin Nunes Incumbent (68%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Larry Johnson (DFL - 32%) | ||
| California 22nd District | ||
| Kevin McCarthy Incumbent (Unapposed) REP | ||
| California 23rd District | ||
| Lois Capps Incumbent (68%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Matt Kokkonen (REP - 32%) | ||
| California 24th District | ||
| Elton Gallegly Incumbent (58%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Marta Jorgensen (DFL - 42%) | ||
| California 25th District | ||
| Howard McKeon Incumbent REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Jackie Conaway (DFL) | ||
| California 26th District | ||
| David Dreier Incumbent REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Russ Warner (DFL); Ted Brown (LIB) | ||
| California 27th District | ||
| Brad Sherman Incumbent (69%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Navraj Singh (REP - 25%); Tim Denton (LIB) | ||
| California 28th District | ||
| Howard L Berman Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| California 29th District | ||
| Adam Schiff Incumbent (70%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Charles Hahn (REP - 26%); Alan Pyeatt (LIB) | ||
| California 30th District | ||
| Henry A Waxman Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| California 31st District | ||
| Xavier Becerra Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| California 32nd District | ||
| Hilda L Solis Incumbent (Unapposed) DFL | ||
| California 33rd District | ||
| Diane Watson Incumbent (88%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: David Crowley (REP - 12%) | ||
| California 34th District | ||
| Lucille Roybal-Allard Incumbent (77%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Christopher Balding (REP - 23%); Michael Ortega (SW) | ||
| California 35th District | ||
| Maxine Waters Incumbent (83%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Ted Hayes (REP - 13%); Herb Peters (LIB); James Harris (SW) | ||
| California 36th District | ||
| Jane Harman Incumbent (69%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Brian Gibson (REP - 31%) | ||
| California 37th District | ||
| Laura Richardson Incumbent DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Arlene Rubinstein (SW) | ||
| California 38th District | ||
| Grace F Napolitano Incumbent DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Christopher Agrella (LIB) | ||
| California 39th District | ||
| Linda T Sanchez Incumbent (70%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Diane Lenning (REP - 30%) | ||
| California 40th District | ||
| Ed Royce Incumbent (63%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Christina Avalos (DFL - 37%) | ||
| California 41st District | ||
| Jerry Lewis Incumbent REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Tim Prince (DFL ) | ||
| California 42nd District | ||
| Gary G Miller Incumbent REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Ed Chau (DFL) | ||
| California 43rd District | ||
| Joe Baca Incumbent DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: John Roberts (REP) | ||
| California 44th District | ||
| Ken Calvert Incumbent (51%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Bill Hedrick (DFL - 49%) | ||
| California 45th District | ||
| Mary Bono Mack Incumbent (57%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Julie Bornstein (DFL - 43%) | ||
| California 46th District | ||
| Dana Rohrabacher Incumbent (52%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Debbie Cook (DFL - 43%); Tom Lash (GRN); Ernst Gansteiger (LIB) | ||
| California 47th District | ||
| Loretta Sanchez Incumbent (66%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Rosie Avila (REP - 28%); Robert Lauten (AIP) | ||
| California 48th District | ||
| John Campbell Incumbent (55%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Steve Young (DFL - 41%); Don Patterson (LIB) | ||
| California 49th District | ||
| Darrell Issa Incumbent (58%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Robert Hamilton (DFL - 38%); Lars Grossmith (LIB) | ||
| California 50th District | ||
| Brian Bilbray Incumbent (50%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Nick Leibham (DFL - 46%); Wayne Dunlap (LIB) | ||
| California 51st District | ||
| Bob Filner Incumbent (72%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: David Joy (REP - 25%); Dan Litwin (LIB) | ||
| California 52nd District | ||
| Duncan D Hunter (57%) REP | ||
| Also on the ballot: Mike Lumpkin (DFL - 39%); Michael Benoit (LIB) | ||
| California 53rd District | ||
| Susan A Davis Incumbent (69%) DFL | ||
| Also on the ballot: Michael Crimmins (REP - 27%); Edward Teyssier (LIB) | ||