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2008Final results

2008 election for California Senate District 5

California State Senate · California

Lois Wolk (D) won with 64.5% of the vote, defeating Greg Aghazarian (R) by 29.1 points.

Lois WolkDemocrat · winner
64.5%207,108
Greg AghazarianRepublican
35.5%113,778
320,886 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+20.21996D+0.52000D+4.42004D+29.12008D+1.02012D+13.42016

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