The 2008 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors election were held on June 3, 2008, to elect three of the five seats of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, with runoffs held on November 4, 2008. Runoffs only occurred if no candidate received more than 50% of the votes cast in the contest. Local elections in California are officially nonpartisan. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors is the governing body for Santa Clara County. Each supervisor is elected to a 4-year term, with each supervisor capped at 3 consecutive terms in office.
District 2 Incumbent Blanca Alvarado was initially appointed to the 2nd district in 1995 to fill the vacancy left by Zoe Lofgren after she was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was subsequently reelected to the 2nd district in 1996, 2000, and 2004. She was ineligible for reelection.
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District 3 Incumbent Peter "Primo" McHugh was elected to the 3rd district in 1996, 2000, and 2004. He was ineligible for reelection.
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District 5 Incumbent Liz Kniss was elected to the 5th district in 2000 and 2004. She was eligible for reelection.
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