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2006Final results

2006 election for California Senate District 8

California State Senate · California

Leland Yee (D) won with 78.0% of the vote, defeating Michael Skipakevich (R) by 56.0 points.

Leland YeeDemocrat · winner
78.0%179,556
22.0%50,670
230,226 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+5.61994D+58.41998D+59.02002D+56.02006D+57.92010R+33.02014

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET