2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election

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2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections
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3 of the 5 seats of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
 Majority partyMinority party
 
Party Democratic Republican
Seats before32
Seats won12
Seats after32
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The 2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors elections were held on June 3, 2008, coinciding with the California elections, June 2008. [1] Three of the five seats (for the Second, Fourth and Fifth Districts) of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors were contested in this election. None of the incumbents were termed out.

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Results

Second District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 2
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Candidate Mark Ridley-Thomas Bernard C. Parks
Popular vote68,19259,069
Percentage45.63%39.53%

Supervisor before election

Yvonne Brathwaite Burke

Supervisor

Mark Ridley-Thomas

2nd District supervisorial election - June 3, 2008 [2]
CandidateVotes %
Mark Ridley-Thomas 68,19245.63
Bernard C. Parks 59,06939.53
Antonio Alvarez5,7333.84
Martin L K Aubrey4,8033.21
Thomas Neusom3,5192.35
D "Doc" Smith Jr2,7481.84
Morris Griffin2,2741.52
Drew "Doc" Fenton2,1171.42
F Thompson9870.66
Voter turnout20.89%
Total votes149,442 100.00

Since Second District voters failed to elect a Supervisor by a two-thirds vote, a runoff election was held on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the 2008 United States presidential election.

2nd District supervisorial election - November 4, 2008 [3]
CandidateVotes %
Mark Ridley-Thomas 309,65461.18
Bernard C. Parks 196,44238.82
Voter turnout69.18%
Total votes506,096 100.00

Fourth District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 4
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Candidate Don Knabe Marylou Cabral
Popular vote95,06223,703
Percentage70.0417.46
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CandidateJay Shah
Popular vote16,963
Percentage12.50%

Supervisor before election

Don Knabe

Supervisor

Don Knabe

4th District supervisorial election, 2008 [4]
CandidateVotes %
Don Knabe (incumbent)95,06270.04
Marylou Cabral23,70317.46
Jay Shah16,96312.50
Voter turnout18.97%%
Total votes135,728 100.00

Fifth District

2008 Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors election District 5
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Candidate Michael D. Antonovich Stephen Mark Hinze
Popular vote114,63429,875
Percentage79.33%20.67%

Supervisor before election

Michael D. Antonovich

Supervisor

Michael D. Antonovich

5th District supervisorial election - June 3, 2008 [5]
CandidateVotes %
Michael D. Antonovich (incumbent)114,63479.33
Stephen Mark Hinze29,87520.67
Voter turnout15.06%
Total votes144,509 100.00

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