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2008Final results

2008 election for California Assembly District 40

California State Assembly · California

Bob Blumenfield (D) won with 58.6% of the vote, defeating Armineh Chelebian (R) by 31.9 points.

Bob BlumenfieldDemocrat · winner
58.6%72,360
26.7%32,973
Pamela J. BrownLibertarian
14.8%18,239
123,572 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

EvenD+13.02002D+15.92004D+26.82006D+31.92008D+21.82010R+0.82012

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