On February 5, California held a special election to fill the vacant 55th Assembly district. Only three candidates were on the ballot, a Democrat, a member of the Constitution (American Independent) Party, and a Libertarian. The results:

Warren Furutani, Democrat, 41,518, 69.84%
Charlotte Gibson, American Independent, 9,153, 15.40%
Herb Peters, Libertarian, 8,775, 14.76%

The district’s registration is 52.9% Democratic, 24.0% Republican, American Independent 1.9%, Peace & Freedom .6%, Libertarian .4%, Green .4%, independent and other 19.7%. Thanks to ThirdPartyWatch and Glenn Brown.