On October 5, California held a special election for US House, 48th district. Since no one got 50%, there will be a run-off (featuring the top vote-getter from each of 5 parties) on December 6.

The unofficial October 5 results are: the 9 Republicans, together, polled 67.3% of all the votes cast. The 4 Democrats together polled 16.6% of the vote. The Constitution Party nominee, Jim Gilchrist, polled 16.1% (in California, the Constitution Party is called the American Independent Party). The Green nominee polled .9% and the Libertarian nominee polled .8%.