Sacramento mayoral election, 2008
Candidate
Kevin Johnson
Heather Fargo
Party
Democratic
Democratic
First-round vote
32,160
27,472
First-round percentage
46.08%
39.36%
Second-round vote
92,288
67,348
Second-round percentage
57.40%
41.89%
Candidate
Leonard Padilla
Party
Nonpartisan
First-round vote
4,231
First-round percentage
6.06%
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 .
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
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