The 2008 San Jose City Council election took place on June 3, 2008, to elect five of the ten seats of the San Jose City Council, with runoff elections taking place 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. Each councilmember is term-limited after two consecutive terms in office.
District 2 Incumbent Forrest Williams was elected to the 2nd district in 2000 and 2004. He was ineligible for reelection.
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District 4 Incumbent Kansen Chu was elected to the 4th district in 2007 in the special election runoff with 64.7% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 6 Incumbent Pierluigi Oliverio was elected to the 6th district in 2007 in the special election primary with 58.2% of the vote. He was eligible for reelection.
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District 8 Incumbent Dave Cortese was elected to the 8th district in 2000 and 2004. He was ineligible for reelection.
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District 10 Incumbent Nancy Pyle was elected to the 10th district in 2004 in the runoff with 50.6% of the vote. She was eligible for reelection.
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