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2008Final results

2008 election for California Assembly District 68

California State Assembly · California

Van Tran (R) won with 54.0% of the vote, defeating Ken Arnold (D) by 8.1 points.

Van TranRepublican · winner · incumbent
54.0%72,034
Ken ArnoldDemocrat
46.0%61,239
133,273 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+35.02002R+21.82004R+23.32006R+8.12008R+10.42010R+21.62012

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