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California's 12th congressional district special election, 2008 occurred on April 8, 2008. California's 12th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008.^[1] The special election was called by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy for the remainder of Lantos's term ending on January 3, 2009.^[2] The special election took the form of an open primary. Another election would have taken place on June 3 had no candidate received a majority.^[3]

Democrat Jackie Speier won a majority of the votes in the open primary and therefore won the election.

1 Candidates
2 Results
3 References
4 External links

Candidates

The following individuals appeared in the certified list of candidates and the certified list of write-in candidates published by the California Secretary of State, and were thus eligible to receive votes in the special primary election.^[4]^[5]

Green

Barry Hermanson, an equity lawyer

Democratic

Michelle T. McMurry, a health policy director
Jackie Speier, a former State Senator who was endorsed by Lantos as his successor^[6]

Libertarian

Kevin Peterson, a write-in candidate

Republican

Robert "Rock" Brickell-Viagra, a write-in candidate
Greg Conlon, a businessman and former member of the California Public Utilities Commission, who favored deregulation.
Mike Moloney, a retired businessman who ran for the seat in 2002 and 2006

Results

California's 12th congressional district special election, 2008^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	Percentage
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Democratic	Jackie Speier	66,279	77.72%
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Greg Conlon	7,990	9.37%
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Democratic	Michelle McMurry	4,546	5.33%
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Republican	Mike Moloney	4,517	5.30%
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Green	Barry Hermanson	1,947	2.28%
style="background-color: ; width: 2px;" \|	Libertarian	Kevin Peterson (write-in)	2	0.00%
Valid votes			85,281	98.95%
Invalid or blank votes			903	1.05%
Totals			86,184	100.00%
Voter turnout			25.69%
style="background-color: " \|	Democratic hold

References

External links

Greg Conlon's campaign
Barry Hermanson's campaign
Michelle McMurry's campaign
Mike Moloney's campaign
Jackie Speier's campaign

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