California's 8th Senate district

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California's 8th State Senate district is one of 40 Senate Districts. It is currently represented by Democratic Senator Leland Yee of San Francisco.

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[edit] District Profile

The 8th district covers almost half of San Francisco and all but southeastern San Mateo County. Major cities in the San Mateo portion of the district include Belmont, Brisbane, Broadmoor, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, El Granada, Foster City, Half Moon Bay, Highlands-Baywood Park, Hillsborough, Millbrae, Montara, Moss Beach, Pacifica, Portola Valley, San Bruno, San Mateo, South San Francisco, and Woodside

[edit] Politics

The 8th district is a strongly Democratic district. As of 2006, 52.6% of registered voters were registered Democrats while 21.6% were registered Republicans.

[edit] 2006 Results

2006 State Senate District 8 election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Leland Yee 179,556 78.0 -0.2
Republican Michael Skipakevich 50,670 22.0 +2.9
Total votes 230,226 100.0
Majority 124,658 56.4 -2.7
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing -2.7

[edit] 2002 Results

2002 State Senate District 8 election[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Jackie Speier (incumbent) 158,999 78.2 -1.0
Republican Dennis Zell 38,881 19.1 -1.7
Libertarian Robert Fliegler 5,540 2.7 +2.7
Total votes 203,420 100.0
Majority 80,118 59.1 +0.7
Turnout
Democratic hold Swing +0.7


[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 2006 State Senate Results. California Secretary of State (2006-12-04). Retrieved on 2006-12-05.
  2. ^ 2002 State Senate Results. California Secretary of State (2008-03-18). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.

[edit] External links

Official Profile of Senate District from California State Senate--[1]

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