2008Final results
2008 election for California Assembly District 21
California State Assembly · California
Ira Ruskin (D) won with 70.9% of the vote, defeating Annalisa Marie Temple (R) by 41.9 points.
Ira RuskinDemocrat · winner · incumbent
70.9%133,856
Annalisa Marie TempleRepublican
29.1%54,849
188,705 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