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2004 California U.S. House District 8 Election

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Who won the 2004 California U.S. House District 8 Election?

Nancy Pelosi won the 2004 California U.S. House District 8 Election. Nancy Pelosi received 224,017 popular votes (82.95%). The main challenger was Jennifer DePalma (11.51%).

See the full head-to-head between Pelosi and DePalma

Pelosi +71.4 pts · won by 192,943 votes
Nancy PelosiDemocraticWINNER82.95%
224,017 votes
Jennifer DePalmaRepublican11.51%
31,074 votes
Leilani Dowellpeace and freedom3.53%
9,527 votes
Other candidates received the remaining 2.0% of the popular vote; only the leading candidates are individually recorded for this election.
Popular-vote totals for U.S. House elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.