2008Flipped from RepublicanFinal results
2008 election for California Assembly District 15
California State Assembly · California
Joan Buchanan (D) won with 52.2% of the vote, defeating Abram Wilson (R) by 4.5 points, a seat Republicans won last time.
Joan BuchananDemocrat · winner
52.2%125,897
Abram WilsonRepublican
47.8%115,096
240,993 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 2008
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET