2008 California's 12th congressional district special election

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2008 California's 12th congressional district special election
	April 8, 2008
Representative before election; Tom Lantos; Democratic	Elected Representative ; Jackie Speier; Democratic

California's 12th congressional district special election, 2008 occurred on April 8, 2008. California's 12th congressional district was vacated following the death of Democrat Tom Lantos on February 11, 2008. The special election was called by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to fill the vacancy for the remainder of Lantos's term ending on January 3, 2009. The special election took the form of an open primary. Another election would have taken place on June 3 had no candidate received a majority.

Democrat Jackie Speier won a majority of the votes in the open primary and therefore won the election.