June 2008 California elections

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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.

Propositions

Proposition 98

Proposition 98 would have been a constitutional amendment that limited eminent domain and gradually eliminated rent control.^[1]

Proposition 98^[2]
Choice	Votes	%
No	2,677,456	61.51
Yes	1,675,213	38.49
Valid votes	4,352,669	95.66
Invalid or blank votes	197,558	4.34
Total votes	4,550,227	100.00

Proposition 99

Proposition 99 was a constitutional amendment that limited eminent domain and government acquisition of owner-occupied residences.^[1]

Proposition 99^[2]
Choice	Votes	%
Yes	2,678,106	61.96
No	1,644,509	38.04
Valid votes	4,322,615	95.00
Invalid or blank votes	227,612	5.00
Total votes	4,550,227	100.00

12th State Senate district recall election

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^[2]
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

References

^ ^a ^b "Initiative Update as of April 9, 2008". California Secretary of State. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statement of Vote: June 3, 2008, Statewide Direct Primary Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. July 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2008.

External links

June 2008 Statewide Election Results from the California Secretary of State
State Senate District 12 recall election

[propositions-1] "Initiative Update as of April 9, 2008". California Secretary of State. April 8, 2008. Archived from the original on June 17, 2009. Retrieved April 14, 2008.

[results-2] "Statement of Vote: June 3, 2008, Statewide Direct Primary Election" (PDF). California Secretary of State. July 16, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 17, 2008. Retrieved July 16, 2008.

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(2007 ←) 2008 California elections (→ 2009)
February primary election	Democratic presidential primary Republican presidential primary Propositions: 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, and 97
	Propositions: 98 and 99
November general election	Presidential United States House of Representatives State Senate State Assembly Propositions: 1A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12
Special elections	55th State Assembly district 12th congressional district 12th State Senate district
Local elections	San Francisco general (February) San Francisco general (June) San Francisco general (November) San Francisco Board of Supervisors Los Angeles Measure R