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2008Final results

2008 election for California Assembly District 36

California State Assembly · California

Stephen Knight (R) won with 51.5% of the vote, defeating Linda K. Jones (D) by 3.0 points.

Stephen KnightRepublican · winner
51.5%79,502
48.5%74,841
154,343 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

EvenR+27.82002R+32.42004R+23.02006R+3.02008R+15.12010D+0.12012

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