Sacramento mayoral election, 2008
Candidate
Kevin Johnson
Heather Fargo
Leonard Padilla
Party
nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
Nonpartisan
First-round vote
32,160
27,472
4,231
First-round percentage
46.08%
39.36%
6.06%
Second-round vote
92,288
67,348
Second-round percentage
57.40%
41.89%
Mayor before election
Heather Fargo
Democratic
Elected Mayor
Kevin Johnson
Democratic
The 2008 Sacramento mayoral election was held on June 3, 2008 and November 4, 2008 to elect the mayor of Sacramento, California . It saw the election of Kevin Johnson , who defeated incumbent mayor Heather Fargo .
Municipal elections in California are officially non-partisan.
Results [ ]
First round [ ]
First round results[1]
Candidate
Votes
%
Kevin Johnson
32,160
46.08
Heather Fargo (incumbent)
27,472
39.36
Leonard Padilla
4,231
6.06
Shawn D. Eldredge
2,462
3.53
Muriel Strand
2,104
3.01
Richard Jones
679
0.97
Adam Daniel
407
0.58
Write-ins
280
0.40
Total votes
69,795
Runoff results [ ]
Runoff results[2]
Candidate
Votes
%
Kevin Johnson
92,288
58.40
Heather Fargo (incumbent)
67,348
41.89
Write-ins
1,154
0.72
Total votes
160,790
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