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2008Final results

2008 election for California Assembly District 47

California State Assembly · California

Karen Bass (D) won with 85.0% of the vote, defeating Lady Cagebarile (R) by 70.0 points.

Karen BassDemocrat · winner · incumbent
85.0%134,003
Lady CagebarileRepublican
15.0%23,642
157,645 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+66.82002D+66.12004D+69.72006D+70.02008D+65.82010D+38.12020

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